Miami, I think, is a total sleeper team. Once it gets Tyler Herro back, the Heat is going to be a real problem. Health-permitting, they look like a top 6 team in the East for sure, with a real chance to crack into the top 4.

Miami’s defense on Nuggets “smalls” was stellar. And so the Nuggets adapted and punished them in the paint. They scored 62 points in the paint; and that kept points on the board even on a bad shooting night. They adapted to the night by adjusting to more post ups and inside play.

NO is a super high volume ball screen team, and they got just 0.778 points per possession on screening action. That is bad. Which is good for Denver. And they held NO to 44 points in the paint on 55 percent shooting. That is also well done by the Nuggets. We’ll break down more of this soon…

F) Adelman on playing both Jokic & Valanciunas together: “Those two guys will play together at certain points.”

Also, Cam Johnson said his goal is to play more than 75 games this season. He played in 57 last season…Peyton Watson has worked on his jump shot and “I’m excited to take that next jump.”

D) Bruce Brown’s outlook on the team: “The vibe is great. The vibe is at an all time high. We all know what we want to do at the end of the day.”

E) Jamal Murray on having a chance to really prepare his body for the upcoming season: “I just feel a lot better than I did last summer.”

B) Jonas Valanciunas stressing he’s happy to be a Nugget: I’m here, I”m happy to be here. And I’m going to dive in to win more games than ever.”

C) Head coach David Adelman’s outlook on his team: “This conference is unreal and we know that. And we’re part of it. We’re a problem.”