big honey and the nuggets

Very random but I can't stop thinking about how the other night Nikola Jokic jumped to try to create space between him and Bam Adebayo.

No fake pass from Jamal Murray or anything. Just jumped to try to trick Bam, then ran to the ball.

Gonna call this the "Joker jump." pic.twitter.com/PJ2nttyCHm

— Wes Goldberg (@wcgoldberg) January 4, 2023

ha got em

him and kornet should start a cheerleading school

Bruce Brown, last 2 seasons...

31-for-57 (54.4%) from the right corner.
12-for-59 (20.3%) from the left corner.https://t.co/ejDRStYnU9https://t.co/2YxCnuFdcJ

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) January 7, 2023

gonna use this as a nuggets thread

faked me out in slomo while i was expecting something crazy

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS JOKIC pic.twitter.com/aWNRj59h51

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) January 10, 2023

Love those kinda slow mo 360 dribble moves, luka does does a lot

yeah good for husky boys who can give a lil bump at the end of the spin and get their shoulders by

14-11-16-1-1 tonight. ON 5 SHOTS (5-5 fg, 1-1 3p, 3-3 ft)

what on earth lol

that’s truly silly it is making me laugh thinking about it

I missed 95% of the game due to a flight but it’s a sort of line Ive seen plenty of times from jokic (ok, the perfect shooting triple double is only something he’s done once). it’s a thing he does when he doesn’t respect the opponent in my viewing experience

also does anyone know if anyone keeps stats on opening tips? jokic has to be bottom 10% at that, seems like I never see him win one lol

alright maybe I’m way off base because according to “degendata.com” the nuggets win 70% of their tips?

https://www.degendata.com/games/20230109

Nuggs vibe check

“This is the best locker room I have been a part of.”

-Bruce Brown on the Nuggets roster. He said they spend off nights together, play Call of Duty and other stuff.

— T.J. McBride (@TJMcBrideNBA) January 10, 2023

Nugs vibes seem good but let’s not forget that Bruce Brown’s previous NBA locker room experiences are the Pistons and Nets

haha yes

true lol

wow this locker room is great theres no kyrie or james harden in it

i now realize that was a bad post i apologize

lol it does seem like the vibes are good tho

I think having a chill guy like jokic who is also a world-beater leading the team is a formula for good vibes. his teammates legit revere him

its true saw a bones interview where he seemed legit amazed at jokers humility, like it was something he hadnt even considered possible

yeah I watch a lot of local segments they show on the league pass streams and it’s a borderline cult

you are in a cult kev seek help

I seek help from jokic only he will save me

lmao

joks bruv

two biyombo pick and roll finishes to start out, nice

the torrey craig redemption show part 2

The best 1:42 you will spend today 😂 pic.twitter.com/NcTSjiSin0

— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) January 14, 2023

Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe are such Nikola Jokic fans/supporters/believers.

They can’t help themselves when talking about Nikola, they are like little kids on Christmas morning when they talk Jokic.

Love it. @Adam_Mares @HarrisonWind @DLineCo @BrendanVogt #Nuggets pic.twitter.com/jqZxs5mn5M

— JB Denver Sports (@JB_DenverSports) January 14, 2023

No cap like I am wearing no hat

8-6-5-1 in 10 mins of the first quarter

JOKIC. BANGARANG!https://t.co/UuwxYJmnXx pic.twitter.com/qM43q7xXBd

— Wobkola Jokić (@WorldWideWob) January 16, 2023

big shot big honey

he's somehow so chill

just don’t dunk on him

Nikola said he told Bol after the game: "If you dunk one more time on me, I'm gonna F him (up)."

— Mike Singer (@msinger) January 16, 2023

Great pass, comical shot pic.twitter.com/2jQntQmEVa

— Taco Trey Kerby (@treykerby) January 18, 2023

lowe:

With the Orlando Magic, Gordon was miscast as a wing. Orlando was overstocked with bigs. Gordon had ambitions of LeBron James-style ball dominance. Over several roster mutations, none of it worked. Across the league -- even within Orlando -- insiders wondered: Why couldn't Gordon access his inner Draymond Green? He could be the superstar role player every good team needs!

How wonderful when experience and luck put someone in the right place to fulfill their destiny at the moment they are ready to accept it. Gordon is the perfect support player for Nikola Jokic, and he's enjoying a career season: 16.5 points, 7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 59% shooting -- 37.6% on 3s, and 65% on 2s.

As a leaper with size and anticipation, Gordon is an ideal target for Jokic -- on cuts, and leaking out in transition. But Gordon is doing so much more than dining on Jokic's passing genius.

He's been vicious as a post-up scorer, and defenses are starting to send help -- even when Gordon doesn't have a size mismatch. Denver's trusting Gordon to make the right plays:

He still gets to run some pick-and-roll, and has great chemistry with Jokic. The Nuggets have averaged 1.33 points when Gordon shoots out of the pick-and-roll or dishes to a teammate who fires -- No. 1 (!) among almost 200 ball handlers who have run at least 75 such plays, per Second Spectrum.

Gordon's supplementary passing has been a big boost. He's heaving accurate outlets, leading fast breaks, and pinging smart extra passes around the perimeter. The Nuggets have sets for Gordon to facilitate from the elbows. What are you supposed to do here -- with Gordon holding the ball at the right elbow, Jokic setting a down screen for Bruce Brown at the left elbow, and ace shooters in each corner?

On defense, Gordon can guard all five positions. His pinpoint rotations and shot-blocking are essential in Denver's demanding scheme.

Gordon has a real All-Star case.

jamal is doing his best jokic impression: has 12-9-9-2 3 mins into the 3rd quarter. would be his first career triple double

*taps the sign*

jesus christ this nuggets game is a religious experience

30 assists for the team through 3 quarters with jokic not playing. 38 point third quarter

season high 15 dunks

nikola jokic is a system player

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

hint: I was entertained 😂 pic.twitter.com/YKrPy8rtWb

— Katy Winge (@katywinge) January 21, 2023

just dunk every time idk why more teams dont do it

its a high percentage shot

Joker is stylin' tonight in Denver 🔥 pic.twitter.com/nSqmmqR7Q4

— NBA (@NBA) January 21, 2023

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that absolute dominance would look like that.

John 13:7 “You may not know now, but later you’ll understand”

— Bones Hyland (@BizzyBones11) January 30, 2023

poor guy, there are lots of trade rumors about him and that’s got to be tough on a second year player. KCP said yesterday or the day before that it really affected him earlier in his career. that said I think the nuggets should definitely look to move him if the right offer comes along, though I doubt it will

There’s a genuine case to avoid the second apron if you’re Denver. Matt’s not wrong. I just fundamentally disagree because we know this five-player starter core can win the title. We’ve seen it be the best group in the NBA. And removing KCP without a replacement REALLY downgrades https://t.co/6NNXCAoUIz

— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) July 2, 2024

there’s an interesting dynamic playing out here where there seems to be a clear divide between national writers, who are mostly pillorying the move, and local writers, who are sort of sheepishly defending it. there are probably some access factors at play but otherwise I find it pretty baffling

yeah isn’t that usually the dynamic, riskier for local writers to just kill the team

local writers are hayseed rubes is how i break it down to an extent

The Nuggets and Jamal Murray have not yet agreed to a contract extension. Negotiations are still ongoing, and there’s a possibility that this becomes a bigger story than anticipated after Shams declared an expected deal on draft night.

— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) July 8, 2024

this might get interesting. I guess I had assumed the front office would just roll over, but I can totally understand the FO wanting to add some protections or offer less than the max, and I also can understand jamal’s perspective if he wants to bet on himself and thinks he can make an all-NBA team

tough one. this years playoffs dropped his stock a bit. prob one of those guys thats worth 35-40m per year but may fracture the relationship if you dont offer the full max or whatever

seen windy waggling his eyebrows over this situation a few times

one thing I hadn’t thought of, which the DNVR guys pointed out on their podcast today, is jamal is on the team canada roster. would sort of be malpractice to sign a guy who gets injured a lot right before he plays a huge tournament

True. But messing around backfires sometimes, all these guys are different how they handle being ‘slighted’

they tend not to handle it well

paul george broke down what happened with leaving the clips on his pod and it seemed like more or less he got sick of them negotiating with him, tbf according to his telling they were being kind of ridiculous about it, they did eventually come around to what he wanted which was what kawhi got but by then he had decided he wanted a no trade too and the rest is history

I mean the no trade request was pretty nuts. I’d ask for one too, but that obviously wasn’t going to happen

he just wanted them to show him the love, if they had given him the kawhi contract in the first place it wouldnt have come to that, maybe they didnt really want to sign him tho

Hahahaha Jokić doing Jokić things for Serbia pic.twitter.com/f98EvPjHwt

— Katy Winge (@katywinge) July 12, 2024

he looks even more svelte than normal

Dude Daron tore his Achilles first summer league game :( :(

cool guess I’ll just die

Aura +1000000 pic.twitter.com/9BDYcOI95y

— THE JOKER(S) 🃏🇷🇸🏆 (@SerbsInSports) August 10, 2024

the serbian basketball team getting hammered before accepting their medal has been the best thing to happen to me all month so I made a lil edit to celebrate pic.twitter.com/q02Gvux0TR

— furiosarah (@slothanova) August 13, 2024

my king

lmao

Crazy visual pic.twitter.com/Ii7bl1x0nz

— Mick (@andy__mick) August 14, 2024

Hall of Fame coach George Karl wants to let bygones be bygones with his former Nuggets star 🫶

"In a time of division, where coming together truly matters, I'm done feuding with Carmelo Anthony.

I have tremendous respect for Melo. We don't know each other now but I hear he's… pic.twitter.com/g5oAp4g6DJ

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) September 5, 2024

love to announce the end of my feud

Shots at the end of the shot-clock—often referred to as grenades—are generally tightly contested. Here are the top 50 in "grenade" FGA in '23-'24

⬆️ Efficient End-Of-Shot-Clock Scoring
➡️ More End-Of-Shot-Clock Attempts

What stands out? pic.twitter.com/q5PMPU2n2F

— NBA University (@NBA_University) September 4, 2024

can’t remember if I posted my theory here last season about why jokic’s advanced numbers were slightly down last year, but it basically reflects his shot difficulty increasing due to lack of playmaking on the roster, and jamal being hurt a lot

Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray has agreed on a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension, his agents Jeff Schwartz and Mike George tell ESPN. The deal — guaranteeing Murray $244M over next five seasons — secures a franchise cornerstone to the Western contender. pic.twitter.com/XDfBM4oX1Z

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 7, 2024

rip nuggets

probably a disastrous contract but you kind of just have to do it

yeah no choice there murrays had a rough stretch the injury stuff is worrying but hes only 27 good chance he has a lot of good ball left

I don’t understand the waiting now, like they just watched him run out of gas in the playoffs and play awful in the olympics, and I assumed the delay was due to wanting to see how he performed…but after all that he just got the max anyway

maybe they were just asking him to take less every day

man, I just hope he isn’t cooked right now, let alone five years from now

seems likea. pretty easy deal to make idk. hes on a bad stretch right now but has a pretty solid body of work that points to it being just a funk.

i think the big worries are how injury prone he is and the possibility that his two great playoff runs were flukes

Special team, fun season, loved 11 of these guys. Great uniforms.

No Nuggets team has had more wins-and without any All Stars. pic.twitter.com/ZBZsMfp5bn

— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) September 15, 2024

good for karl, don’t let them forget iggy’s perfidy

lmao he can’t tolerate the feeling of not having beef with someone, now that he’s officially cool with melo he’s gotta post this out of the blue

oh the iggy stuff is pretty messed up though

also, my fav nuggets team of all time

i dont understand why karl is bringing up all these old grudges is a launching a podcast

he seems lonely

aren’t we all!

Michael Porter Jr. says he currently weighs 236-237 pounds and says he wants to play at around 232.

He’s currently listed at 218 but says he wants to play bigger.

— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) September 26, 2024

Michael Porterhouse Jr.

— Mel (@Melanon) September 26, 2024