big honey and the nuggets

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

not sure he's shown enough to net much in return. seems like useful player to have on your roster but if hes checked out and feels disrespected then not what can you do

Jok pullin' out all the tricks 🃏 pic.twitter.com/CynGIQP0AW

— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) February 1, 2023

what a move.

not sure ive ever seen someone split a double team like that, lull them to sleep

Magic Jokic

Nikola Jokic with a fantastic assist to Michael Porter Jr. on the cut#Nuggets #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/JmsR8xeJGf

— Joel Rush (@JoelRushNBA) February 1, 2023

dying at this

Nikola Jokic responds to a reporter informing him that he is now averaging a triple double pic.twitter.com/X9nQtIzV5O

— hoops bot (@hoops_bot) February 1, 2023

lmaoooo

omg

what a king

22-14-16 on 9/13 shooting, +22, W

Aaron Gordon's career season is not the result of expanding his game, but narrowing it. On the benefits of doing less in order to do so much more, at @fivethirtyeight: https://t.co/LIpTadzwon

pls enjoy this video of Jokic finding AG for sick dunks https://t.co/CuppEj42o3

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) February 3, 2023

Last year, AG set a career high with 130 dunks in 75 games. This season, he already has 125 dunks. More than a quarter of his shots have been dunks! All he does is dunk, dunk, dunk, no matter what. And it's awesome. https://t.co/LIpTadzwon pic.twitter.com/3ExY2ALNyD

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) February 3, 2023

love our big dunking boy

19-10-10 on 8/10 shooting, 1 turnover in the first half

finishes with 20-12-16 in 27 minutes

nikola jokic in january: 24.0 points, 11.6 rebounds, 11.3 assists on .677/.538/.897 shooting, 76% true shooting, 143 offensive rating 110 defensive rating. video game numbers

― k3vin k., Wednesday, February 1, 2023 12:50 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

february update: 18.7, 14.7, and 14.0 on 74.5% true shooting, 150 offensive rating, 105 defensive rating

the stats of the soon to be 3x MVP are no longer impressive to ILH, sad!

The Nuggets trolling Jokic’s accent is pure comedy 🤣 pic.twitter.com/v8BIjU1hks

— ClutchBet (@ClutchBetSB) February 4, 2023

vibes

last season's suns traumatized me that all vibes are a mirage. luckily joker and jamal are sterling vibes guys, gotta keep an eye in that mpj fella tho

porter really seems to have bought into his role, he’s competing really hard on defense lately, been shooting great, vibes are good

k3v - any idea who the "full of shit / coach is trippin" guys are on the nuggets?

I still need to go and listen to all the podcasts from yesterday. but from what I had understood over the course of this year, guys like pickett and strawther (booth’s draft picks along with tyson, braun and watson), plus nnaji who booth extended a couple seasons ago, had rocky relationships with malone. but honestly, other than maybe gordon and watson, who’s known to be a good studier, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that applied to anyone on the squad. plenty of poor effort and execution to go around

from law murray on twitter

Final tally for a Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić 5-man lineup that we might not see again

Nuggets were +34 when that group was together in 142 minutes vs Thunder

Nuggets were -98 in all other lineups vs Thunder in semifinals.

Brutal

I understand why they limited AG’s minutes in game 7 because he was limping up and down the court (despite playing pretty well), but I thought adelman played the bench too much. I get there is a balance you have to strike, but they blew lead after lead

genuinely heroic effort from AG tonight

yeah, fuck michael malone for saying shai “showed why he’s the MVP”. ripping the band-aid off

have to say the reaction on twitter to that malone bit confirms my longstanding view of nuggets fans, the kinds of people who have been pining for years for reconciliation with carmelo, who couldn’t make it more clear he couldn’t care less about the franchise. a really down bad group of people who clearly have daddy issues

like I have defintely had my issues with malone over the years, you can prob just search ILH about that, but the thing I did like about him was his pugnaciousness, the loyalty to his guys. obviously being fired is rough on anyone but to say something like that for a buck, after q everything he’s said all year, tells me all I need to know. george karl reigns supreme

his valanciunas shit is driving me insane

he's got a year left on his deal at $5m, panathinaikos offers €12m, he's like cool i will void my contract to leave america, seems smart

it’s ten million!

sorry, yeah. still worth it.

I don’t see why the nuggets don’t just say they’re happy for him he wants to play somewhere else, but he’s under contract. doesnt the NBA have agreements with these leagues about this kind of thing?

Seems like bad team management to try to force a player to play for you who's clearly decided it's better to jump ship to another country and play for a team in another league. Bad for the team vibes to have someone in the locker room who feels mistreated and unhappy about playing there.

he's just trying to get an extension from them right?

in which case the play isn't to hold him to his contract and say "nuts to you", but give him the extension or else let him walk.

why would they want to do that

shams

Denver has informed Jonas Valanciunas' reps that the franchise fully intends to have him honor his contract as the Nuggets view Valanciunas as a critical center addition to back up Nikola Jokic and play alongside him. Greek team Panathinaikos pursued Valanciunas in recent days.

reading between the lines, I take it that denver wasn’t able to get horford, in which case this is the right play. not enough quality bigs left for the kroenkes to do a 10 million dollar solid to a guy under contract