After a 37 points, 18 rebound, 15 assist game in a victory over the Dallas Mavericks, Nikola Jokic is absolutely on a historic run to start this season. Out of necessity and circumstance this has been absolutely needed. Accepting that, on the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how the Nuggets can sneak Jokic more rest this season. Enjoy the show!…

The Denver Nuggets are playing faster than they have since the George Karl era. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how this is a good thing and how Michael Malone just needs to get used to it. Also Jeff talks about Jokic's remarkable start to the season and asks if the team is at risk of running him into the ground Enjoy the show!…

In part two of his series on the 2014 article in ESPN about the Denver Nuggets Jeff talks about how he received the article and how the Nuggets themselves received it and how it helped change the direction of the team that year. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

A new article from ESPN just dropped, 10 years after the last big article in the website. This one wasn't as bomb thowingly hot but it still conveyed a very obvious point of view across about a difference of opinion between coach and GM. Also, Jeff ends the podcast talking about how Tommy Balcetis needs to be the public voice of the Denver Nuggets …

A new Friday series for November comes to the Mortcast. Today's episode is part one of Jeff's series on the 10 year anniversary of "The Article" in ESPN about the team that fundamentally shook them. This week, Jeff talks about how the Nuggets got to November 2014 and some of the decisions that were made. Enjoy the show!…

"When the mighty arms of Atlas hold the heavens from the earth" Yes folks ... Led Zeppelin reference for Nikola Jokic. We've reached peak podcasting. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how great Jokic is and why he's having to carry this Nuggets team. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

You better run! The Nuggets (specifically Michael Malone and Jamal Murray) can make their spacing issues a little less pronounced if they would just run a little. On the latest Mortcast Jeff advocates the Nuggets pick up the pace a little. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about the growing frustration (apparently) of NIkola Jokic and how the Nuggets shooting woes could be helped, a bit, if they just bothered to play faster. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

On the latest Mortcast Jeff gives his three tips for de-stressing during this potentially chaotic Denver Nuggets season. Also Jeff gives a preview for the Nuggets opening night game against the Thunder. What will he be looking for? Is it a barometer for the rest of the season? Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

I break with Mortcast tradition and give my prediction on the number of wins the I feel the Nuggets will have this season, as well as where I see them placing in the Western Conference. This is what I'm calling "The season where we find out" with the Nuggets and we need to embrace the struggle. Enjoy the show!…

The Nuggets might have a little gem on their hands as Julian Strawther might emerge as a great 6th man. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how Strawther can be the Nuggets new JR Smith and why he works better as a 6th man (right now) than as a starter. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

The 2024-25 season for the Denver Nuggets will be a very difficult one. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how that is a good thing and that we might be entering into a season of change for the Denver Nuggets. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

On the Latest Mortcast Jeff talks about the super concerning but not surprising trend of the Denver Nuggets not shooting many threes and giving up a bunch of threes on defense. It's a trend that cannot continue if the Nuggets want to make noise this year Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

The NBA GM survey just came out. News flash ... the GM's in the league love Nikola Jokic. Water is wet. Also they don't particularly like the Nuggets as a team. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about that and also goes over the "analysis" of the first two preseason games by the Hoop Collective and how ... uh ... unique it was. Enjoy the show!…

The Nuggets are looking at the prospect of struggle this next season. While the Nuggets will still be good, it likely will be a more painful year than we are used to. We need to embrace the struggle to come out a better team. Also Jeff talks about Calvin Booth's idiosyncrasy and how he identifies with it but it come with big risk Enjoy the show!…

The Denver Nuggets lost their first Preseason game in Abu Dabi to the Boston Celtics. Who cares, right? On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about the Christian Braun question for the Nuggets this season and how this will be a lingering issue for awhile. Also Jeff talks about his Ty Lawson/Russell Westbrook comparison and how the Nuggets can incorpora…

Nuggets legend and humanitarian superstar Dikembe Mutombo passed away after a long battle with brain cancer on Monday. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about Mutombo, his time in Denver and more importantly how great of a human being Mutombo really was. RIP Deke.Door Mile High Sports

The Nuggets wrapped up their (early) 2024 media day before they start camp and head out to Abu Dabi for two games against the Boston Celtics. How wars Jamal Murray's attitude? (poor). How were MPJ and Russ (Great). Did Calvin Booth talk without saying something weird? (no). Jeff has all the wrap up! Enjoy the show!…

Can the respect for Jokic become so great that it adversely affects the other players on the roster? On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how the perception of the Nuggets is affected by how great Jokic is. In the second half Jeff talks about how having a "true" number 2 on the roster (in terms of 'perception') in the REGULAR season goes a long …

2024 Media Day is upon us! To celebrate Jeff looks back on the final Media day of the Brian Shaw era. The weird vibes, the pensive approach and the make or break year for an embattled coach who struggled with expectation. A media day that proved to be fortuitous. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe spoke about the Nuggets on the latest Simmons podcast. While much of what Bill Simmons said was nonsense, his worry about the Nuggets burning out Jokic was real. Jeff talks about why. Also, Adrian Wojnarowski has retired from NBA coverage. Jeff looks back at some funny Woj moments from the past. Enjoy the show!…

The offseason needs to be re-examined and reframed through the lens of Nikola Jokic. The Westbrook signing in particular and what it means for the Nuggets youth movement. Also ... Jeff talks about the 2013 Nuggets and Andre Iguodala. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

The decision on Aaron Gordon's extension is upcoming. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how the Nuggets have his bird rights, there's no hard cap in the NBA and more. Also Jeff goes over Julian Strawther's importance to the next season on the Nuggets. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

It as announced that Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets came to an agreement on a 4 year 208 million dollar extension. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how it was an extension of co-dependency. Of Need. The Nuggets and Jamal need each other and they have no choice. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Stan Kroenke, owner of the Denver Nuggets, is a super successful owner of the Denver Nuggets is highly averse to taking risk. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about Kroenke's history of owning the Nuggets and explains why the Nuggets are the way they are. Because of Stan. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

I little diversion on the latest Mortcast on CSG where Jeff talks about his memories of the 1994 Colorado Buffaloes football team. The future NFL players, the talent, the Miracle at Michigan and the disappointing loss that still infuriates Jeff to this very day (seriously ... still). Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Full length preview of the a new series on the Mortcast talking about and comparing the Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics and their approaches to repeating as champions and title sustainability. What can we learn from each team? Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Josh Kroenke spoke to reporters at Castle Pines in Castle Rock for the BMW Classic. He answered some questions about the cap which were quite revealing. Also the Denver Post and Deion Sanders are currently in a dust up over name calling and access. What does that mean for the media? Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Jusuf Nurkic hurt his knee at the very end of his rookie season in 2015. He would reaggrevate it at the beginning of 2015-16. This injury, while unfortunate for Nurkic, was fortunate for one Nikola Jokic. Jeff talks about how this injury played a huge and singular part in opening up the door for Jokic to become the legend that he is. Enjoy the show…

In our continuing exploration of good faith vs bad faith criticism Jeff talks about how to be critical of the Kroenke's while still acknowledging the good that has happened. Also the schedule has been released and Jamal still hasn't signed his extension. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how the advent of blogging, team controlled in-house media and the explosion of social media has combined to limit our ability to accept good-faith criticism. Also, there's a ton of pressure this next season on both Calvin Booth and Michael Malone. Jeff explains how. Enjoy the show!…

There was a bit of a kerfuffle between Kevin Durant and Nuggets fans after Serbia was defeated by the US in mens basketball a few days ago. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about not caring about what people think or say and how that will come in handy for both Nuggets fans and KD. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Jamal Murray had a really bad game as team France eliminated team Canada in the first round of Olympic tournament play. On the flip side, Nikola Jokic put on an amazing performance leading an enormous comeback for team Serbia vs Australia. What do these two performances mean for the Denver Nuggets and Jamal and Jokic? Enjoy the show!…

On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about the discourse surrounding Jamal Murray and how it's both fair and unfair. Also Jeff talks about how Jamal's weird contract situation is making things even more stressful and how this is another example of people being weird about the Nuggets because the Nuggets themselves are weird. Enjoy the show!…

On the latest Mortcast, Jeff talks about the history of Stan Kroenke buying the Denver Nuggets in 2000 and how hands on he was and contrasts that with 2024 where he is decidedly NOT hands on. The story of KSE becoming a mom and pop shop to giant sports conglomerate. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

The Olympics are underway and so are Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic for their respective countries. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about what we have seen so far from Jokic and team Serbia and Jamal on team Canada is a mirror to the Denver Nuggets of the last few years. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

The Nuggets made official their signing of Russell Westbrook today. 2 years 6.8 million. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about 'fit' and how the pressure is one Nikola Jokic to take what Westbrook does well and incorporate that in to what he does already. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

TNT announced that it 'matched' the Amazon portion of the NBA media rights package ... it's this a futile act or a smart move by Warner Brothers? Also Joel Embiid has been talking and Jeff talks about whether or not he should be. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Nate Timmons returns to CSG to talk about the inevitable Nuggets signing of Russell Westbrook. What does it mean for the Nuggets and how can it work/not work. Also Jeff and Nate talk about Summer League and the players that have stood out do us. We end, as usual, with what ya been watchin' Enjoy the show!…

News and notes edition of the Mortcast. This week featuring thoughts about James Dolan's terrible letter to the league, Trey Alexander maybe being the savior of The Booth Doctrine and some thoughts on the nature of criticism. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

The Nuggets are in a state of arrested development after the tragic Achilles tendon injury to DeRon Holmes and the extremely disappointing Summer League debut's of Pickett and Tyson. Jeff proposes that in order to turn the frowns upside down the Nuggets need to be bold in a way they haven't in the Booth era. Enjoy the show!…

This hasn't been a great spring/summer for Jamal Murray. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how Jamal can be a bit of a jerk and how people will ignore that as long as your play backs it up. In the last year it hasn't. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

This has been a weird offseason for the Denver Nuggets. The vibes are strange. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how that directly stems from the Nuggets themselves and how they need to change their front facing approach. Jeff also talks about how the Jamal Murray extension weirdness stems directly from the Nuggets own approach to this offsea…

Stan Kroenke has desired a hard cap in the NBA since he purchased the Nuggets in 2000. He's got a pseudo hard cap right now. Also the Nuggets have made 'choices' since the offseason of 2023 and choice is how they got to the weird position they are in right now. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

The Denver Nuggets offseason, so far, has been weird and angsty. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how the Nuggets internal issues are being felt by the fans and how almost every team in the league will be going through this. The cost of a terrible CBA. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

In the final installment of Dream and Nightmare scenarios for the Nuggets, Jeff talks about the "Booth approach" to the Nuggets and how he believes the team will stick to the rookie stockpile approach for one more offseason. How Booth's Boy's will get one more shot. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

On the latest Mortcast, Jeff talks about the overwhelming "filthy" amounts of money in the NBA. How this Lucre and the firing of Monty Williams prove that the NBA we used to know is gone. It's awash in money to burn. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

Part two of Jeff's fantasy looks at the Denver Nuggets offseason. This week Jeff talks about how the Nuggets would need to trade a max deal in order to stay flexible under the new cba. Hitting the second apron is almost a de-facto hard cap so in fantasy land Jeff talks about an MPJ trade scenario. Enjoy the show!…

The Logo himself, Jerry West, passed away this week at the age of 86. One the Latest Mortcast Jeff talks about West's hyper competitive legacy, his drive, and how Luka Doncic could learn a lesson from West's own personality. Enjoy the show!Door Mile High Sports

A new three week Monday series on the Mortcast begins today talking about different scenarios for a Nuggets offseason and how it could play out. In week one Jeff goes over the most insane one (that definitely won't happen) and talks about scenarios/reasons behind it. The trading Jamal and Mike for 2025 Lottery pick scenario. Enjoy the show!…