The 2024 offseason will either be a showcase of the Nuggets’ patience, or their reaction time. It’s up to general manager Calvin Booth to determine which philosophy is the way forward after Denver’s NBA title defense ended abruptly and disappointingly in the second round of the playoffs.

Pretty much no one but the players on the Minnesota Timberwolves roster had that ball club beating the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets in the West postseason, but yet, here we are. And now that the team who has had Boston’s number more than any other team in recent years is out of the running to represent the Western Conference in the 2024 NBA finals,

Denver coach Michael Malone first broached the subject with his team in training camp, reminding them no NBA champion had won back-to-back titles since the Golden State Warriors did it in 2018.