The Denver Nuggets travel to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz at Vivint Arena on Wednesday.

The Nuggets are one of the most enticing teams in the NBA. They have the two-time MVP in Nikola Jokic and finally have Michael Porter and Jamal Murray both fully healthy. Those guys missed all of last season, and it's scary to think that the best player in the NBA is adding two All-Star caliber players around him. That's not the only thing Denver did, though, adding Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Bruce Brown as well. Those might not sound like huge moves, but it gives them a wing presence they've been missing in past seasons. All of that has the Nuggets as many experts pick to make it out of the west, and it'll be fun to see how things play out with all of these new pieces.

The Jazz have been one of the most consistent teams over the last three decades, but it looks like they're in the midst of a rebuild. It all started with a rough playoff loss back in May, leading to Quin Snyder stepping down as the head coach. That was the feather that started the avalanche, with Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Rudy Gobert all traded in the offseason. That's the core that landed this team the best record just two years ago, and sadly, Utah fans have to see this thing blown up. With that said, some good young players were acquired in those deals. Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, and Malik Beasley look like the new core, and it'll be interesting to see how far they fall.

Despite these teams headed in different directions, Utah swept the four-game series over Denver last year.