Most-read Denver Nuggets accounts of 2020, coming from skinny Nikola Jokic to Michael Doorperson Jr. business gossips

Here’s a look back at The Denver Post’s top 10 most popular Denver Nuggets stories of 2020, as determined by our readers.

10. NBA trade deadline: Nuggets not trading Michael Porter Jr., want first-round pick for Malik Beasley

Published on Feb. 4, 2020. As the Feb. 6 trade deadline inched closer, one name the Nuggets had no intention of dealing is rookie Michael Porter Jr. The Nuggets also had to make decisions on fourth-year shooting guard Malik Beasley and fourth-year forward Juancho Hernangomez, both of whom could enter restricted free agency this past summer.

9. Altitude waives exclusive rights to Avalanche and Nuggets playoff games

Published on Aug. 11, 2020. Altitude has announced it will waive its exclusive broadcasting rights for Avalanche and Nuggets first-round playoff games, thus all games will be available locally on national platforms.

8. Nuggets Mailbag: Will Nikola Jokic’s weight loss negatively affect his game?

Published on June 19, 2020. “I get the premise and have no problem with the question. But from a year-over-year standpoint, Jokic just can’t win,” Mike Singer writes.

7. Nuggets coach Michael Malone calls NBA’s guest policy “criminal in nature” after 60 days inside bubble

Published on Sept. 4, 2020. When asked about having spent “a month and a half or so,” inside the “bubble” before the question cut out, Malone clarified the timeframe and issued a scathing rebuke of the NBA’s bubble policies.

6. Nuggets’ Jerami Grant expected to opt out of contract, source says, could command $16 million annually

Published on Sept. 27, 2020. Grant made himself invaluable throughout the Nuggets’ postseason run. When the Nuggets traded a first-round pick last summer for Grant, they hoped he’d provide the defensive versatility that he ultimately did.

Grant later opted out and signed a three-year, $60 million deal with the Pistons.

5. Nikola Jokic looking good after pandemic break

Published on June 12, 2020. Jokic was looking svelte late this spring and everyone wanted to see.

4. Nuggets’ Troy Daniels dishes on the Lakers, LeBron James and his path to Denver: “It’s good to feel wanted”

Published on Aug. 1, 2020. On his sixth team in his seventh season in the NBA, Daniels craved the chance to get out of the first round of the playoffs, something he’d never done. Had he stayed with the Lakers, that benchmark was almost assured.

But Daniels had heard the Lakers were considering other options with his roster spot, and there were no guarantees he’d be with the team after March 1. If the Lakers moved on from Daniels after that date, he wouldn’t have been eligible to play on a playoff team. So the Lakers did what was best for Daniels; they agreed to waive him.

3. Rockets target Michael Porter Jr. in potential James Harden trade, gained no traction with Nuggets, sources say

Published on Dec. 22, 2020. A new season, a new Michael Porter Jr. trade rumor. Houston’s interest centered firmly on Nuggets small forward Michael Porter Jr., the source said. Those talks haven’t materialized into anything substantial. Any potential deal would have to include Gary Harris or Will Barton, if not both, to match salaries, which would leave the Nuggets extremely thin on the wing.

2. Why Facundo Campazzo left Spain for the Nuggets: “This kid just doesn’t belong here”

Published on Dec. 20, 2020. For years, the 5-foot-11 firecracker dissected defenses for Real Madrid and the Argentinian national team, awing onlookers with his devilish passes and inspired play. The Nuggets were among those captivated.

1. Michael Porter Jr.’s tweets on George Floyd spark criticism from several NBA players

Published on May 29, 2020. The Nuggets rookie later encouraged his followers to “pray” for both the Floyd family and the police officers involved in the killing — a message that drew Porter a substantial amount of backlash, including from some fellow NBA players.

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