No shot, Sherlock. Did you know that the Nuggets’ dear Doctor Watson never got more than 14 field-goal attempts in a regular-season game while Michael Porter, Jr. was here?
Without the MPJ trade, Peyton Watson: Springy, Lengthy, Role Player, doesn’t become Peyton Watson: Restricted Free-Agent Wing I Desperately Want My Team To Sign Now. There’s no Lakers chatter. There’s no 35-point evening in Washington. No 31-point effort in New Orleans. Or a 30-point game in Boston. And the Nuggets sure as heck aren’t 9-6 this month without Nikola Jokic.