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3 teams that can challenge the Nuggets for the NBA championship next season

By Nicholas Chiarito

LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns. (Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)
LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns. (Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) /
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Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) watches as Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /

3 teams that will contend with the Nuggets: 2. Phoenix Suns

When you have Kevin Durant on your team, you are always going to be in the conversation for winning the NBA Championship. Having Devin Booker along at his side, the Phoenix Suns are going to be the Nuggets’ biggest threat in the West.

Of all the teams that the Nuggets played this postseason, the Suns gave them the most problems. They took the Nuggets to six games and Devin Booker went haywire. The biggest reason why the Suns lost is that their role players were significantly worse than the Nuggets. Also, let’s not forget the Chris Paul injury.

With the Suns firing Monty Williams and looking to move on from Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton, now is their chance to revamp the roster. The Nuggets struggled to guard Devin Booker as he averaged 30.8 points on 57/55/88 splits. In the last two games of that series, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant just hit the wall because they were forced to do everything.

The Suns have one of the best duos in the NBA, and both of them have NBA Finals experience. If the Suns can fill out the roster around them that could limit the damage of the other role players that the Nuggets have, the Suns are going to be serious threats to win the West and the title.

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