Russell Westbrook, Jamal Murray, & the Top Denver Nuggets storylines
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- The Denver Nuggets have an interesting season ahead of them, full of compelling storylines. Can Nikola Jokic win his 4th MVP? Will Russell Westbrook bring a leadership that the team needs? And how will Christian Braun fit in the starting lineup?
Adam Mares shares his thoughts on all of that and more on the Locked On Nuggets podcast.
I suddenly have the feeling that Westbrook wasn't only acquired because of Jokic suggesting it and Westbrook's on the court skills and experience, but will also be utilized as a kind of on-the court mentor for the young players development. I feel like they're sort of tasking him with two things here that are related, but entirely unique from each other in their job description. Unexpectedly, I can see this working to an extent. I imagine Peyton Watson and Strawther will pick up useful things from him. I think Westbrook is playing a roll in the optimization of their younger talent. It's not accidental and not only because of Jokic. I feel optimistic that it might help us more than I have been thinking. I'm speculating, but that idea popped up while Adam was talking about Russ.
Did you hear any young players from the clippers and lakers saying they learnt from Russ? All you need to look at is the mavs clippers playoff series when Russ shoved Doncic. NONE of the 4 clippers teammates on the court were standing up to protect Russ. They all let the mavs players pushed Russ without stepping in.
That says it all on his teammates’ real perception on Russ.
@@boriskan6453while I am a bit more on the side that Russ will not be a mentor-type, I think the situation in Denver opens up the possibility. When Russ was brought into the Lakers, he was thrown under the bus pretty quickly. Thus there wasn’t a chance for relationships to be developed. For the Clippers, he was brought in with the intention of being a bench player and kind of had to stay out of the way. In this case, he’s being brought in understanding the different roll, but with support from the top in Jokic. Additionally, he already has a relationship with Watson, from my understanding.
I totally agree with you.. He was an exceptionnal mentor for Shaï.
@@MimieThalie that's all that needs to be said really
@@boriskan6453 you made the common mistake of taking your opinion and extrapolating it over any and all possibilities while completely dismissing the hundreds of counter examples to your assertion. You gave one example of a legitimate low point and ignored everything else.
Jokic hustles big time down the court everytime and now with Russ matching that hustle we can exploit that 5280 again. Is that Doug Moe smiling.
He'd try to run them out of the building, we had no defense, but it was fun to watch. I'd actually been thinking the same thing. We can utilize that strategy to help compensate for the loss of some perimeter shooting. That style of play also generates more open shots along the perimeter.
@@jadedlynxexactly well said...currently Jokic makes up for Murray's sluggishness...apparently based on the stats he is the slowest PG in the league to set up an offense. Jokic makes everyone look better than they actually are.
Nicely described what Jamal will look like from month to month.-Quote-Worst month October with 16 ppg, second worst November with 17ppg..third less worst December, and best worst January""-good adjective used by Adam worst :).
I watched the Hopps collective podcast with Windhorst, Tim MacMahon and Tim Bontemps in its last episode. Anyone who wanted a real analysis of Denver will get it from these guys. All that they said at the press conference after the series with Minnesota Malone, Calvin, and Kroenke Jr., especially Kroenke with the fact that money is not a problem. After that, Calvin makes a statement that Braun can start instead of KCP. Malone is the least bit at fault in all of this and I think he's wondering what on earth Calvin is doing. As they said in Hoops Collective, they still have Jokic, obviously the best player in the world, which is confirmed by his games at the Olympic, everything else makes no sense, especially with Jamal, who has been terrible since the playoffs and through the Olympics, and will he sign that contract in the end. We can hope that Russ and Saric fit in as well as possible, as well as that Watson, Julian raise their game to a very high level.
I'm not looking forward to next season. How much MPJ and Murray will play is such a tough question.
Murray has got to be healthy in shape and be consistent it's his last chance or trade him joker constantly carrying every one.
Russ &Joker would be great tandem. If Jamal,Porter &Gordon do their thing with the help from Cris,Peyton, Strawter and Šarić off the bench it might be very competitive squad.
I can already see those line ups...Jokic+Westrbrook+MPJ/Stratwer+CB+AG....1 guy glued to the one shooter the Nuggets have...4 guys just sitting in paint going: Jokic shoots like sh*t lately, let's see if it is still true, honestly, if Jokic wasn't a GOAT master mind, this would be a lottery line up...and we have lot of them like this...with zero shooting
Jokic ASKED for Westbrook, so yeah, it's gonna work out
Great show I really enjoyed the Jamal analysis.
Joker showed enough his anger in the last game against the Wolves, that Murray and MPJr didn't realized it was their last chance.
I'm not very confident in fact and I don't think that they will react and no more sure that they have the level for now..😢😢
Lot of Hope on Westbrook, in the game and to help the recrues to grow up in the best conditions, like he did with Shaï, and perrhaps to recrop MPJr too.
But one question remains unanswered: what state will Aaron be after his tragic ordeal ?
Why is no one talking about Denver getting Serbia's avramovic? The guy is a perfect replacement for KCP
Im so damn confident in CBs fit with the starting group.. eventually itll be even better than KCP and we'll look back and laugh at this offseason
Nugs fans are gonna go crazy for Russ. We're too nice not too😄
Man i honestly don’t get why everyone is so low on russ man. He chose to go to the bench with the clippers, & pretty clearly changed to his game to be a pretty contributing player to a team. He’s really started applying more energy & focus on defense, & i think that defensive playmaking combined with Peyton watson off thr bench will be very bruce brown Esq. As will his rebounding but i he’s a better rebounder then bruce. He’s still a good to great playmaker, & though scoring at the rim has definitely become more difficult for him , he’s still VERY effective at getting into the lane & to the rim for a dump off pass or kick out. Honestly if Zeke gets minutes russ could help him out there ( granted, zeke would have to screen really well). Regardless, russ still has many things he can contribute on a nba starter level when he’s given minutes that make use of his energy properly , im talking like 22-25 minutes a game.
Jamal after injury he was not that much more explosive but less tired because he had Bruce Brown ...Reality is Jamal is player that played for Canada and he is the same player in Denver when Jokic is on the bunch (without Jokic)
Jamal is far from an all star he can have out of 6 games 2 terrible games 2 average and 2 all star lvl games ..and he will miss 20 games in regular season that is Jamal M experience (reality)
Jokić, AG, CB...for me are only starters and I trust them. I do not trust rest of the team so they cant be counted as starters atm. About Jamal...only a moron can give him an extension! Until the end of the year if he and MPJ dont show that they can be trustet and in stable shape...trade them both!
When are the DNVR games?
Julian is _THE_ guy!
Think having Julian sit and watch the game has made him a better player. He's gonna be a Big difference maker if he's healthy
We now got one guard that will play hard on every play....and one guard that will not.
Don’t forget one who cares and one who doesn’t
I want Murray to do well and root for him sooooo bad - I just don't think he's our guy, never have. But man I want him to be.
10:43 he had a broken hand last year & the year before last he averaged the most efficient 25+ he’s ever averaged in his career. Wdym?
Do not understand yall it was bad coaching bye Malone last season seems nobody wants to question that 😂😂😂 CB will fine he was well at Kansas
The main advantage of KCP vs CB is spacing. KCP haven't shot a lot and the reason for that is teams didn't want him to shot, because he was deadly. If CB gets to that level, he would be as useful as KCP on offence. On defense they are on par, with different qualities.
I'd say if CB can get to that level he'd be much more dangerous than KCP was, given his cutting and finishing at the rim and how well that fits with Jokic. KCP ended up sitting in the corner waiting for the ball a lot.
I swear I'm afraid of this year. Denver organization is.... Well not good... So we see i say we don't do ish....
Jamal is going to look like a clown compared to 35 year old Westbrook , he has always been a terrible player
So this guy is basically saying that Westbrook is gonna be a great bench clown for the Nuggets. Amazing.
He's not just a guy, he is THE GUY in terms of covering the Nuggets so he knows his stuff really well.
When talking about CB taking more 3s, do you think he needs to replace the number of 3s KCP took last season? Take a little less, the same or more?
Well here's what KCP made in the playoffs: 4/10, 0/4, 1/5, 2/3, 1/6, 2/4, 0/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/6, 1/4
I don’t think he needs to replace the 3s in volume. He can contribute in other ways. More and better transition offense, offensive rebounding, harder cutting and a bigger receiver, finishing at the rim which is tbd if he can
@@rainofkhandaq6678 This is what I tell everyone, KCP is desperate in the play off with 8 ppg, in only three games out of 12 he made free throws, in nine he did not attempt a single one. The two point shot is even more devastating, he was in double figures in 4 out of 12 games, Edwards ran him over until Braun took over and did a phenomenal job on Edwards.
@@rainofkhandaq6678THANK YOU
@@adammares255it's still better to take a little bit more than what CB's usually takes. 4-5 attempts is most likely what he'll do, similar to KCP but it is byproduct of playing more minutes due to being a starter.
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jamal is ass nuggets need to trade him
You're absolutely out of your mind
God please make the jamal for micic and poku trade. Make me so happy please
what is poku?
🤣
We don't need more Campazos.. let's stick with real NBA level talent
Micic is Serbian James harden I’ll pass
No happy for you.
i believe in Jamal 101%..he lives for Nuggets and playing with Joker .. in the Canadian national team, he is somehow too secondary a member, and he is a leader by nature I guess !! just hope he will be full healthy that is most important for Jamal !! the rest of crew if will be the same as last year Nuggets will be champs , not to mention if everyone is at a higher level !! I think they learned from last year how to time their form, plus they don't have the pressure of a champion!! Unfortunately, there is a huge hole left after KCP, but they will deal with that as well
Good for you. I don't believe in him at all
Did you watch any of those games that he played for Canada? I think you didn't
Why? He was like so so bad or what..am I wrong? I watched but not every minut ..