CGTN Sports Talk: How competitive are Nuggets with full roster?

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The Denver Nuggets will have two star players, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., back for the 2022-23 season. Murray missed the whole 2022-21 campaign during which Porter Jr. only played nine games, both because of injuries.

Murray was able to score 50+ points in multiple games in one playoff series when he was healthy. Porter Jr. is a 2.08-meter-tall athletic forward who can drain 2.8 triples at 44.5 percent of 3-point rate per game.

They can ease the burden on the shoulders of Nikola Jokic, who was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) for both of the past two seasons, and turn the Nuggets into a more competitive franchise.

The question is, will the Nuggets be competitive enough for Jokic to pocket the MVP award for the third consecutive time and to go further in the postseason?

Jamal Murray (L) and Michael Porter Jr. will return for the Denver Nuggets in the 2022-23 season. /CFP

Nikola Jokic (#15) and Jamal Murray (#27) of the Denver Nuggets celebrate in Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals against the Los Angeles Clippers at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, September 15, 2020. /CFP

Nikola Jokic (L) and Michael Porter Jr. of the Denver Nuggets look on in the game against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, April 16, 2021. /CFP

Host: Li Xiang

Guest: Matthew Watson

Cover designer: Feng Yuan

Chief editor: Chen Ran

Supervisor: Zhang Shilei

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