In SB Nation's NBA Power Rankings, the Denver Nuggets held the No. 8 spot for the second week in a row. It was an interesting week for the Nuggets off the court. The Carmelo Anthony trade rumors reached a standstill when New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov held a press conference to state that he instructed his team's front office to pull out of a three-team deal to land Melo. Now Nuggets fans must wait to see what owner Josh Kroenke and general manager Masai Ujiri do.
↵On the court, the Nuggets defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers, while losing to the Los Angeles Lakers. Tom Ziller has a pretty good take on the Nuggets in his write-up on the team: "Denver continues to beat the teams it is supposed to beat, and lose to squads of a higher stature. That's sort of been the story of the George Karl Nuggets, hasn't it? Juuust not good enough to scare anyone."
↵A five-game road trip could do wonders to help make the Nuggets a stronger team.