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Denver Nuggets: Health

Despite everything that the Denver Nuggets have battled so far this season, they are still one of the top seeds in the Western Conference. The team is 21-9, just 1.5 games back of the best record in the NBA.

And they’re doing all this while having to survive without a few of their key pieces. Will Barton, Paul Millsap, Jamal Murray and Isaiah Thomas have all missed time this season due to injury. Oh, and we haven’t even mentioned their first-round pick Michael Porter Jr., who is still rehabbing and hoping for a return at some point in the future.

The fact that the Nuggets are still one of the better teams in the West suggest that this team is indeed for real, and if they can ever get to 100 percent healthy, they are going to be a force to be reckon with.