The Oklahoma City Thunder, the top seed in the Western Conference, are one win away from punching their ticket to the conference finals of the 2025 NBA playoffs. But the Denver Nuggets will not go quietly and will try to hold court in Denver for Game 6 on Thursday night.

The son of former Blazers and Kings coach Rick Adelman, the Nuggets' interim head coach has spent a lifetime preparing for this moment.

Michael Porter Jr. has struggled tremendously in the second round of the 2025 Playoffs, and the Denver Nuggets could shop him in one of these five best trade deals this summer.

Aaron Gordon might be the gold standard of the "struggling leading man to role player" transformation right now. After never finding his place in Orlando, he has become Mr. Nugget in Denver by giving up the on-ball portion of his offensive game,

David Adelman didn't give Nikola Jokić or Jamal Murray a breather with the Thunder on the ropes. He should regret that.

One of the midseason moves LA made to bolster its postseason push was the buyout market addition of former Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons. Acquired by Brooklyn in 2022 as part of the James Harden deal, Simmons spent three seasons with the Nets, but appeared in just 90 games.