Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić, a 3-time Most Valuable Player, suffered a knee injury against the Miami Heat Monday, Dec. 29.

Despite the bad luck, the Nuggets could always rely on Jokic, one of the league’s most durable players — he had played fewer than 70 games in a season only once in his career (69 in 2022-23). He hasn’t missed more than five games in a row since the 2017-18 season.

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić may have avoided a catastrophic injury when he hyperextended his left knee against the Miami Heat on Monday, but his absence of at least four weeks is sure to turn Denver and the Western Conference on their heads.

Jokić currently leads the NBA in both rebounds and assists while Gilgeous-Alexander's Oklahoma City Thunder are still on pace to go 70-12. Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging slightly less than one point per minute,

Most people think the most egregious form of tanking is the Philadelphia 76ers Process-era stuff, and while that was bad, it’s become less blatant in the current era of flattened lottery odds. It also hasn’t involved teams overtly conspiring to lose individual games.

The fact that Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić sits atop most fantasy basketball rankings is unsurprising, given his history of success. While there's no denying the excellence of LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard,

Despite the fact that the 49ers ' training room has been one of the most crowded in the NFL, they are in position to win the NFC West if they beat the Seahawks. That caught the eye of Pete Prisco, who has San Francisco on the rise in his latest NFL Power Rankings.

Knicks 130, Pelicans 125: Zion Williamson had 32 and Saddiq Bey had 27 for New Orleans (8-26). But the Knicks (23-9) dished out 35 assists and knocked down 20 3-pointers to overcome it. Jalen Brunson had 28 and 10 to lead New York.