With the Nets having begun a rebuild this past offseason, playing them close doesn't exactly fare well for Denver, even if they end up coming away with a victory. While Russell Westbrook put together what was easily his best performance of the young season,

Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, rookie Julian Strawther scored a career-best 21 points, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from down 20 to rout the New Orleans Pelicans 134-116 on Monday night.

Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic is unquestionably one of the top three players in the NBA and he's always available to deliver when his team needs him most. But according to some rival executives, the Nuggets are set to run Jokic into the ground with a far too heavy workload.