Jusuf Nurkic walked down a familiar Pepsi Center hallway Monday offering hugs, handshakes and short conversations to old friends along the way. Then he stepped into the unfamiliar visitors’ locker room. Nurkic has played his former team three times since last year’s trade. But Monday marked his first time back in Denver with the division-rival Trail Blazers, the latest benchmark for Nurkic as he aims to close the circle on his journey from the Nuggets to Portland. “Everybody knows why we didn’t work (in Denver),” Nurkic said.