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Coach Mike Malone said that Nurkic still needs to work his way back into game shape before receiving more court time, Christopher Dempsey of the Denver Post reports.
Nurkic played just seven minutes in Monday's loss to the Hawks and has played 10 minutes total in his four games since returning from knee and ankle injury. The center has appeared in just eight games all season after he underwent left knee surgery during the offseason, and it appears the recent setback hasn't allowed him to fully gets his legs back just yet. It hasn't helped matters that rookie Nikola Jokic has been a pleasant surprise when called upon to play center, so it doesn't appear that there's any real incentive for the Nuggets to push Nurkic back into the mix.
