Nuggets at a crossroads: Trade a core piece or double down around Nikola Jokić?

DENVER — With a resounding thud, a season of promise for the Denver Nuggets came crashing down Thursday when the No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves eliminated the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs.If the Nuggets thought the 4-2 series result was painful, the summer ahead promises to be just as agonizing. Tough decisions loom, not only for the front-office duo of Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace, but for Josh Kroenke, the team president and governor who holds the franchise’s purse strings.Advertisement