The Denver Nuggets have yet to find their footing this season. Despite the strong play of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, the Nuggets are carrying a 6-4 record and sitting in ninth place in the Western Conference.

While it is too early to press the panic button, Denver might want to get on track sooner rather than later to avoid an implosion and waste another championship window with Jokic and Murray.

The Nuggets are still a legitimate threat, but The Ringer's Wosny Lambre is worried that Jokic's prime years may already be over.

“I'm one of the biggest Jokic fans outside of the state of Colorado and the country of Serbia. There's no f****** way this guy should get a supermax contract. The guy we've seen since he came back from injury. He wasn't that good in the regular season. I'm not saying that good by (Ryan) Kalkbrenner standards, but by Jokic standards,” said Lambre on “The Kevin O'Connor Show.”

“If you watched Jokic in his prime, playing against the (Los Angeles) Lakers, AD (Anthony Davis), one of the best defenders of his generation, he couldn't do anything with this guy!”

Are we past Prime Jokic? @BigWos is worried that we indeed are… https://t.co/YNOX7n4b48 pic.twitter.com/dlJxc2FloL

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnor) November 13, 2026

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The 31-year-old Jokic may have spoiled everyone with his all-around brilliance because averaging anything less than a triple-double is now deemed a decline.

This season, the three-time MVP is averaging—gasp!—23.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 9.0 assists. He is also tallying—que horror!—1.8 steals and 1.2 blocks and shooting 50% from the field.

The Nuggets have won three of their last four games, with Jokic putting up big numbers. It might be only a matter of time until he shows that his prime years are still ahead of him.