Nuggets granted Nikola Jokic's wish more than anyone expected

Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic | Tanner Pearson/Clarkson Creative/GettyImagesRemember last year when Nikola Joki\u0107 noted how teams winning in the playoffs had "longer benches" and deep rotations? Of course you do, because he said so after the Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the semifinals. Joki\u0107 didn't say anything fans didn't already know, but it still felt like a message to the front office.

The new front office duo of Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace went to work over the offseason, from offloading Michael Porter Jr.'s contract to create the space to sign players like Tim Hardaway Jr., to trading for Jonas Valan\u010di\u016bnas. Just like that, the Nuggets had the…