Nikola Jokic's Status vs. Brooklyn Nets Revealed

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The Denver Nuggets are hosting the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night, and they will have superstar center Nikola Jokic available. Jokic has been incredibly durable for Denver over the years, and has once again been steady for them to start this season.
Jokic was ejected from Denver's most recent game, which came against the Chicago Bulls, but the NBA did not hand out a suspension or any additional punishment beyond the ejection. It was a controversial ejection that came after just one technical foul, but it's something the Nuggets are putting behind them now.
The Nets are an interesting team, because while they have pivoted from their super-team era, which included Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving, they are also not in a full rebuild. In more of a retooling era right now, the Nets still have some very good players on their roster than have kept them competitive in the Eastern Conference.
While the Nets are not contenders, they do sit three games above .500 right now at 13-10. This has Brooklyn just a half game back of the 5th seed, which is solid for a team that is still figuring things out. The Nuggets will have their hands full with this group on Thursday night, but the defending champions are tough to deal with themselves, especially with Jokic leading the way.
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Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA and WNBA for On SI. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined On SI to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts and in the classroom earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time, primarily serving as a Clippers beat writer.