Stokley, Evans, and Mark Schlereth dive into the Nuggets bench battle and debate which reserve is truly the most important piece for another deep playoff run. Denver\u2019s starting five is elite \u2014 but the postseason always comes down to the guys who can stabilize minutes, swing momentum, and survive the non\u2011Jokic stretches.<\/p>\n
From scoring punch to defensive versatility to playoff\u2011proof reliability, the guys break down who they trust, who still has something to prove, and which bench player could decide Denver\u2019s fate in May and June.<\/p>\n
Which Nuggets bench player is most vital for a deep playoff run<\/p>\n
Who can swing a series when the starters sit<\/p>\n
Why the bench has been inconsistent \u2014 and who can fix it<\/p>\n
The role players who fit best next to Jokic and Murray<\/p>\n
Who Stokley, Evans, and Stink trust when the lights get bright<\/p>\n
The one bench piece Denver can\u2019t afford to lose in the postseason<\/p>\n
Nuggets fans \u2014 jump in the comments:
Who\u2019s the most important bench player for a title run
Which reserve do you trust in a playoff series
And who needs to step up the most this postseason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stokley, Evans, and Mark Schlereth dive into the Nuggets bench battle and debate which reserve is truly the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,301,187,3943,6,302],"class_list":{"0":"post-694106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-denver","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-denvernuggets","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nuggets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}