The Denver Nuggets have been one of the biggest surprises this season. Nikola Jokic has played well enough to throw himself into MVP talks, Denver has looked like the deepest team for most of the season and Paul Millsap has played up to the $30 million contract he signed a couple seasons ago.
And while the pieces of the roster deserve all the credit they’re getting, the person who put those pieces in place deserves just as much.
Tim Connelly took over the Nuggets in 2013. And while they were coming off a 57-win season, the organization was in shambles of sort.