The offseason hasn't even really, but there's already been so much discussion around what the Denver Nuggets plan to do with the construction of their team. 

The Nuggets' season ended far earlier than they would have liked after being upset in the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2026 playoffs, something that was truly shocking considering the Nuggets entered the postseason as the 3-seed, but that doesn't mean the team is prepared to make drastic changes.

Josh Kroenke, president of the Nuggets and son of Ann Walton Kroenke, owner of the Nuggets, said in an end-of-season press conference that he was interested in "running it back" with the majority of the core that the team already has, either through declining to trade away existing talent or re-signing players like Peyton Watson.

Other people close to the organization, like Nuggets' legend Dan Issel, also expressed doubt that the Nuggets would make any big changes.

Issel isn't the only former player who thinks things should stay the same. On the No Fouls Given podcast, Paul Pierce echoed the same sentiment when looking at the Nuggets' roster.

“If I’m the general manager of the Denver Nuggets, I think I would evaluate them when the season comes because they missed some key pieces. Aaron Gordon was dealing with injuries. Peyton Watson didn’t play," Pierce said. "So I’ll play it out again. Run it back. I have the best player in the world. I have great role players. ... But I would not make any moves if I was Denver.”

Looking broadly at the past season, the desire to keep things the same seems to be well-founded. The Nuggets were plagued by injuries to their best players, with the starting five barely playing any games with each other throughout the season.

Despite those injuries, the Nuggets still thrived and finished near the top of the difficult Western Conference. 

Keeping the core of the team the same could be a wise choice and with large contracts already on the books like Nikola Jokic and Christian Braun, the Nuggets don't have much financial flexibility under the salary cap to work with in the first place. 

Relying on health is itself a gamble, but there's no guarantee that any new players that the team could bring in to change the roster wouldn't also have the same injury issues.

Staying stagnant this offseason would not only preserve the existing chemistry of the roster, but it would be an investment in the belief at the team they already have.