Nuggets playing a forgotten style that's leading to historic efficiency

Sacramento Kings v Denver Nuggets | Jamie Schwaberow/GettyImagesThe Nuggets and Nikola Jokic are off to a great start this season as the team is 5-2 while the Joker has already put up five triple-doubles. But Denver is turning back the clock with their play style. They are currently driving less than any team in the past seven seasons, but that’s largely because they have the most efficient post-up game in the history of the NBA’s data tracking era.

The league started keeping such stats at the start of the 2013-14 season, and over that span, the Nuggets are averaging more points per post-up than any other team. On the one hand, it makes sense in that Jokic is the best big man to come through…