Travel issues leading to mental and physical concerns for Nuggets already

We’re only three weeks into the NBA season for the Denver Nuggets, yet it already feels like they’ve been grinding for months. There have been nonstop ups and downs: a Nikola Jokic beef with fans, concerns about Aaron Gordon’s career, Jamal Murray exploding, a Christian Braun heat check, a second-round steal, and much more.

They’ve won in overtime on a big comeback, they’ve gotten blown out at home by a team that looked rudderless, and seemingly every result in between. All told, they’re 5-4 and sitting basically right in the middle of the Western Conference standings. They could be playing better, but they could also be playing worse. And for the most part, they’ve avoided any major…