Taking trade calls, and making them, are different things. But earlier this season, the Nuggets were making calls about their star guard.

If you’re wondering about the prospects that Nikola Jokić would request a trade out of Denver, you should likely think again. Never has The Joker indicated he would want to leave Denver, not after last season’s disappointing end or this season’s similar end.

Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray was added to the team’s injury report Thursday, four hours before an elimination game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Murray was listed as questionable to play in Game 6 of the second-round playoff series due to illness. He has been dealing with an illness since the first round but hasn’t missed a game.