The snippet of Josh Kroenke’s news conference that received the most online attention Tuesday was probably one of the most trivial.
Still, it was predictable enough that an unprompted comment invoking the possibility of a Nikola Jokic trade would go viral.
The context: Kroenke was answering a question about the NBA’s second tax apron during an introductory presser for the Nuggets’ new leadership duo in the front office, Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace. The second apron is a child of the league’s 2-year-old collective bargaining agreement, imposing competitive and financial penalties on teams that pay their rosters more than a designated threshold.