The Nuggets Have Created An Awesome 9 Part Mini Series That Follows Their Journey To The NBA Title And This Needs To Become The Norm

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If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times. I am a huge sucker for any sort of basketball documentary. I don't care who it's about, if you produce one, I'm in. That's one of the best parts about the basketball media landscape in 2023, everyone puts out documentaries. It doesn't matter if you're MJ, Boogie Cousins, KD, Stephon Marbury, Steph, etc. While some argue not everyone needs their own documentary, I couldn't disagree more. Give me all of them.

It's also true that if there's one thing the NBA is missing, it's their own version of Hard Knocks. There have been a few teams that have tried to replicate it on their own team YouTube pages, but for my money, it's definitely something I wish was a consistent thing. Take me behind the scenes from the Draft to free agency to Summer League to preseason to the regular season to the playoffs. 

That's why I was over the moon when I caught wind on Twitter that the Nuggets/the NBA were releasing their own 9 part mini series following the defending champion Denver Nuggets and their quest for the first ever title in franchise history. 

Hell yes. Unfortunately, because these are on the NBA app and NBA.com you can't embed the full 11-12 minute videos here, but if you're interested, here are the links to both

I don't care who your favorite team is, if you're a basketball fan I don't know how you couldn't love this type of access/inside look. Especially when it comes to a team like the Nuggets, who reached the top of the mountain by drafting well, making smart front office decisions, and remaining patient. Some might say they built it "the right way". It's not as if NBA stars are fighting over who gets to join the Nuggets, so they had to go a different route. They could have bailed after Murray got hurt, but they didn't. They could have bailed on MPJ, but they stuck with him through his injuries and helped him develop. They could have fired Michael Malone after not being able to break through for so many years, but they stuck it out and helped establish a culture. 

My hope is that this now becomes a thing for every champ. I know the Warriors made their own mini-movie of sorts that they put out about the 2022 Finals, but I'm not linking it in this blog because fuuuuuuuuuuuckkkk reliving that pain. If the NBA doesn't want to dive fully into a full season Hard Knocks type deal, I feel like this is at least a good compromise. 

So much goes into winning a title that we as outsiders never get to see, so I'm going to need this to become a thing as we move forward.