Heading into the 2025-26 season, the Denver Nuggets were among the teams that were being hyped up as a worthy challenger to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the NBA championship. In this article, we will be discussing the absolute, no holds barred dream scenario for the Nuggets as well as the more realistic dream scenario they must aspire towards. Nuggets' absolute dream scenario: Acquire Trey Murphy III from the PelicansThe Pelicans, as per reports, have already come out and set an exorbitant price for Murphy on the trade market. Nuggets' realistic trade deadline scenario: Just get everybody back healthyIt's kind of twisted that in the year the Nuggets have put together quite a deep roster around Jokic and Murray, they've experienced a deluge of injury problems. And having Jokic back is like getting a superstar at the trade deadline for free.