J.J. Hickson

The Denver Nuggets are adding to the NBA’s waiver wire just in time to help asset-strapped playoff teams bulk up ahead of the postseason. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Nuggets plan on buying out the contracts of J.J. Hickson and Steve Novak, the latter of whom they acquired from the Oklahoma City Thunder, along [...]

The Denver Nuggets have a frontcourt logjam and they know it. Rookie Nikola Jokic’s breakout, along with Joffrey Lauvergne’s continued development and Danilo Gallinari’s need to see spot minutes at the 4, has put the team in a bit of a (pleasant) pickle. Throw in Jusuf Nurkic, Kenneth Faried and J.J. Hickson, and it becomes [...]

Here we go again. !#$%^&*&^%$#@! Not two weeks ago, we talked about the Denver Nuggets being interested in Brook Lopez. It was weird on the Nuggets’ part. Yours truly was incensed to an extent, wondering what the hell Denver was doing. Without context, it made little sense for the Nets, too. Who would the Nuggets [...]

Playing for the Denver Nuggets must be a drag. Never mind the millions of dollars you’re being paid. Or the beautiful views. Or the up-and-coming, free-spirited, young-at-heart atmosphere that dominates the streets. It must plain suck being an NBA player in Denver who likes to have a good time. Well, really, it shouldn’t. For J.J. [...]

Earlier this season, there was speculation that the Heat might dump Chris Bosh this off-season and replace him with a more affordable power forward. Bosh’s poor playoff performance might be more than enough to punch his ticket out of town. And franchise favorite, the awesome, yet injured D-Wade on his way out, too? I guess [...]

The Portland Trail Blazers are suddenly a playoff contender, and J.J. Hickson is suddenly a hot commodity. At present, Portland is one game over .500 and just a half-game outside the Western Conference playoff bubble. In the midst of a rebuild, few expected the Blazers to toil with a .500 record, let alone a playoff [...]