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Nuggets hoping to have Nikola Jokic in Orlando within days, Mike Malone says

Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone said he hopes to have star center Nikola Jokic back with the team in the next few days.

Jokic is healthy and retested negative, according to a source, but he did not travel with the Nuggets on their team flight to Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday due to travel issues.

The Nuggets went through their first practice in Orlando on Friday without the All-Star, but Malone hopes there won't be that many more practices without Jokic.

"The hope is that he will be here soon," Malone said on a Zoom call with reporters after practice at the Walt Disney World resort.