ha I was doing a the 1975 reference
― k3vin k., Monday, 20 November 2023 01:12 (ten months ago) link
i dont know anything about that
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 November 2023 01:18 (ten months ago) link
Last night's game was embarrassing. Did Gordon make a single FG?
Chalk it up to fatigue and missing Murray, I guess.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 25 November 2023 17:59 (ten months ago) link
it’s been an extremely frustrating last couple weeks. feels a lot like the jamal/MPJ-less 2021/2022 seasons where jokic just had to do everything, which to his eternal credit he’s been doing. he’s a miracle. I’m not sure what stat this is specifically referring to but the gist is spot-on: jokic has been incredible, head and shoulders the best player in the league, and the rest of the roster has been trash:
Nikola Jokić has an NBA-leading 6.5 wins over replacement player.Every other Denver Nugget has combined for 1.1.— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) November 25, 2023
the thing about the nuggets is that they’re so interconnected that losing a guy like murray is more harmful to their bottom line than you’d think: it throws their rotations completely out of whack and the lack of playmaking, particularly when jokic sits, is glaring. their secondary guys have been very bad recently because everyone is forced into a role that is just that much more demanding than what they’re ideally suited for.
on the bright side:
Nuggets through 16 games:10-69th best offense10th best defense9th best NetRtg-8.6 NetRtg with Nikola Jokic off the floorNuggets through 16 games last season:10-67th best offense26th best defense16th best NetRtg-14.5 NetRtg with Nikola Jokic off the floor— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 25, 2023
in the end the truth for essentially any team is that losing one of your top 2 guys means you’re just not a serious contender. murray will be back soon and the pecking order will be restored, and the way they looked prior to his injury is reassuring that this is still a championship caliber team at full strength. but the vicissitudes of injury luck are just a cruel reality of the NBA
the one guy I’m keeping my eye on is aaron gordon. he’s had a disastrous past few weeks, his shot has completely abandoned him, and is basically afraid to get fouled at this point. again, his natural role is one with a little less offensive responsibility…but the way his shot has completely abandoned him this year is extremely concerning and has serious implications for the team’s ceiling
― k3vin k., Sunday, 26 November 2023 00:36 (ten months ago) link
gotta say though the hilarious thing about nikola is that he’s breaking the scales on basically all the advanced stats and yet is in the middle of a shooting slump
― k3vin k., Sunday, 26 November 2023 22:52 (ten months ago) link
he should do well tonight vs sa who are in fact trying to break the record for most dysfunctional start for a world class rookie
― oatly carmichael (m bison), Sunday, 26 November 2023 22:57 (ten months ago) link
Free big man clinic courtesy of Nikola Jokić. Take notes. pic.twitter.com/DwurKW6shV— DNVR Nuggets (@DNVR_Nuggets) November 26, 2023
I wish my job could be to let jokic get as many buckets on me as he wants
― k3vin k., Monday, 27 November 2023 00:06 (ten months ago) link
interesting matchup tonight vs the clippers, who they completely own, without jokic murray and AG. incidentally the nuggets are running the ‘20bench unit clippers offense with reggie jackson-deandre jordan lobs
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 November 2023 04:01 (ten months ago) link
trade jokic and jamal, the DAJ/reggie give and go is unstoppable
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 November 2023 04:27 (ten months ago) link
Just in: Jamal Murray has been upgraded to questionable for tomorrow vs. the Rockets. There’s a good chance he makes his return to the lineup.— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 28, 2023
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 28 November 2023 23:34 (ten months ago) link
Nikola Jokic draws up the play in real time.Bucket. pic.twitter.com/y1cI61tUkH— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 29, 2023
coach jok
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 23:22 (ten months ago) link
ha thats great
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 23:52 (ten months ago) link
that is good. what stellar defense by #54. i have zero clue who any of those spurs are on the floor
― infinite wiggles (Spottie), Thursday, 30 November 2023 00:02 (ten months ago) link
Nuggets star Jamal Murray (hamstring) will make his return vs. the Rockets tonight, sources tell ESPN. Murray has missed nearly a month with the injury. Defending champs are 6-5 without Murray, but won six of seven to start season with him.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 30, 2023
murray back baby. jokic should play but AG is out again though according to the DNVR beat guys
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 30 November 2023 00:57 (ten months ago) link
Henry Kissinger
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 30 November 2023 01:49 (ten months ago) link
Wrong thread, lol
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 30 November 2023 01:50 (ten months ago) link
and this is how I heard the news
― symsymsym, Thursday, 30 November 2023 01:52 (ten months ago) link
You're welcome
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 30 November 2023 01:56 (ten months ago) link
great news in any thread
― symsymsym, Thursday, 30 November 2023 02:05 (ten months ago) link
lmao thanking you moodles
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 30 November 2023 02:06 (ten months ago) link
damn that’s sort of ominous. anyway the nuggets look great with jamal back
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 30 November 2023 02:26 (ten months ago) link
they need him hes good
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 November 2023 02:30 (ten months ago) link
what no one needs tho is henry kissinger
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 November 2023 02:31 (ten months ago) link
jokic has 8 assists in 9 minutes. kissinger was holding him back
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 30 November 2023 02:31 (ten months ago) link
figured as much
jokic has 15 asts no turnovers
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 30 November 2023 04:05 (ten months ago) link
from what I can tell a team has turned it over two or fewer times in a game only 10x in history, nuggets have a chance to join them with 3 mins to play
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 30 November 2023 04:13 (ten months ago) link
immediate 2 turnovers in garbage time smh
nuggets with jokic and jamal (the jays as I call them) = good
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 30 November 2023 04:22 (ten months ago) link
The Suns put up a 131 ORTG and are down 7 at home. The Nuggets put up a 145.8 ORTG and are only up 7. Whichever way you want to phrase it. https://t.co/eVwcZ4eqv6 pic.twitter.com/cEkKwkW9lZ— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) December 2, 2023
filing away “teams with a 148 offensive rating in a half they made zero free throws” for later research…
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Saturday, 2 December 2023 04:21 (ten months ago) link
145*
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Saturday, 2 December 2023 04:22 (ten months ago) link
jokic had 36-13-14-2-1 in a tough loss on a road back to back last night
now leads the nba in points, rebounds, and assists
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Sunday, 3 December 2023 11:20 (ten months ago) link
leading points, rebounds, and assists is nuts, one guy shouldn't be able to do them all at once
― circles, Sunday, 3 December 2023 15:26 (ten months ago) link
yeah thats crazy he should chill out
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 December 2023 16:12 (ten months ago) link
i wonder sometimes now for how long jokic will have to play at this level and how many chips the nugs need to win b4 we start talking about him as a top 10 all-timer
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 3 December 2023 18:06 (ten months ago) link
people are already starting to talk about it tho obvs were not close to actually being there, youd like to see his peak extend into his mid thirties for top ten consideration so another five six years, if he declined a lil earlier at like 31 or 32 i think youd still have an argument but he prob wouldnt reach consensus
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 December 2023 18:28 (ten months ago) link
and then i think one ring is fine but if he got more itd be better
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 December 2023 18:29 (ten months ago) link
if he another couple rings on similarly dominant playoff runs it would supercharge the process
he already has 2 mvps could def get another, id say his chances of ending up as a widely acknowledged top ten guy are really good, injuries aside hes clearly on the trajectory
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 December 2023 18:37 (ten months ago) link
his floor is prob moses malone who had three mvps and a ring level
― lag∞n, Sunday, 3 December 2023 18:40 (ten months ago) link
the list of guys since the merger with at least 2 regular season MVPs and at least one finals MVP:
kareemmichael jordanwiltlebronmoses malonebirdmagicduncancurrygiannisjokic
that’s 11 guys, you can certainly make the argument for some others to be ahead of him (kobe, hakeem, shaq, russell), then — but assuming another 5 years of elite production I think he’s going to have a great argument. winning another title will obviously help
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Sunday, 3 December 2023 18:57 (ten months ago) link
that’s since they started doing finals MVP btw not the merger
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Sunday, 3 December 2023 18:58 (ten months ago) link
the amount of realized talent required to lead the modern nba in points, rebounds and assists is beyond my ability to understand
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 3 December 2023 20:16 (ten months ago) link
the denver nuggets starters are back together…and it’s awesome baby
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 7 December 2023 03:28 (ten months ago) link
How the fuck are they suddenly down by 4
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:13 (ten months ago) link
the way I heard it the ball don't lie
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:15 (ten months ago) link
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, December 6, 2023 11:13 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
bench lineups continue to suck and jokic had a pretty hilariously inept 10 minute stretch where he missed 9 shots in a row and fumbled multiple passes
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:19 (ten months ago) link
the deandre jordan thing was cute for a couple games but I don’t think having zeke just not play is good for the long term. maybe they’re going to trade him idk
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:27 (ten months ago) link
terrible 3 quarters from jok smh. jamal’s been great tho
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:45 (ten months ago) link
denver punking the clippers is one of the NBA’s funniest recurring subplots
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, December 6, 2023 10:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
rip subplot
― lag∞n, Thursday, 7 December 2023 15:43 (ten months ago) link
Jokic missed 23 FG attempts, a career "high"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 16:07 (ten months ago) link