Do we realize how absurd it is that in the 2018th year of our Lord, on the third day of December, we can look at the standings in the NBA and the Nuggets of House Kroenke are atop the conference?
You’d better believe it, because at 15-7, the Nuggets are tied in the standings with the Clippers and Thunder, but have wins over both teams and would have homecourt through the playoffs if the season ended today due to tiebreakers.
All this is happening while the Nuggets have been without one of their opening day starters in Will Barton, they’re missing what they expected to be their backup point guard in Isaiah Thomas, Gary Harris sat out a week, and two of their rookies haven’t been medically cleared for basketball activities.