KCP is really struggling this season with Orlando it's a good thing Franz Wagner is having a breakout year. Christian Braun is putting up better numbers for than KCP this season.
CB has been so damn impressive he’s definitely earnt his spot in the starters , Payton is becoming more and more valuable to with the extra minutes he’s getting his defence is fantastic!!
How old is this video? Braun is shooting 50/50/90 basically on 18ppg. He’s killing it Russ is also shooting career high 37% 3pt KCP is one of worst shooter this season he’s a Jokic product.
I’m also adding in Peyton Watson has been taking his time and shooting 3s very well recently. He just lines it up and hits! The real issue is Dario Saric is no factor in the paint offense and defense
@@kylecooper139.....you know i think if they want Saric to succeed they are going to have to play him more with Jokic. I think The Nuggets really need to trade Zeke Nnaji for a true backup center who defends and rebounds but if they want Saric to be successful, he has to play his minutes next to Jokic. One way to do this while Gordon is still out is to start Watson of course but to sub out Watson, CB, and MPJ earlier so Saric, Strawther, and Tyson come in.... That way when Russ comes in, he can come in with Jordan, Watson, MPJ, and CB...... It's clear that the second unit needs a defensive rebounding presence, better defensive players, and more shooting... Jordan also gives Russ a lob threat... The problem with that is Jordan is probably not someone you will want to play come postseason time when rotations are shortened and neither are Saric or Strawther in my view. So trading for a better backup center should be priority #1 for The Nuggets
Denver is NOT a championship contender! They may have the best player in the world, but it takes more than that. Denver front office destroyed one of the best teams in the league; they released Bruce Brown & KCP, their key perimeter defenders who were a massive part of winning the championship. At least they can now pay MPJ $36M to $40M per year, to average 12 ppg. ...NEPOTISM....
@@tropickman ...i'm not sure i agree with that assessment? I like their top 7 rotation players: Jokic, Gordon, Porter Jr, Braun, Murray, Westbrook, and Watson. Most championship contenders have a tight 8-9 man postseason rotation, so i think The Nuggets are two reserves away from having a real shot. Backup center(which they could trade for) and either a more experienced shooting guard or combo defensive wing. That would give them as good a chance as anyone, including Boston and OKC, in my view
Russ can still be a starter and play at an all star level and tbf has been better than Murray all year. Ofc he won’t start over Murray but they should get similar minutes
I agree Russ should be getting 28-32 mins a game, not at Murray or CB's expense but at the expense of Strawther and Saric Coach Malone has to reduce the minutes of the lesser players. He can do this without increasing Jokic's minutes.
No one from the Denver board will allow Murray, who received 200 million, to sit on the bench while Russ plays big minutes. As much as Russ is better. Denver made a mistake with Mureey and that's for sure, but no one in the world would admit such a costly mistake.
@@martinvidenovic5767 ....the thing is with staggered minutes all 3 top guards can play 30+ mins. Murray, Braun, and Russ can all play 30+ mins if it's handled right by the coaching staff. You have 96 possible pg and shooting guard minutes and Braun can even play some of the 48 possible sf minutes. There is no need to bench Murray for Russ. Murray still starts and Braun still starts. Russ is still a reserve but moves from 18-24 mins to 28-32 mins. From 4.5-6 mins per qtr to 7-8 mins per qtr. An increase of only 2 to 2.5 mins per qtr. Obviously this means reducing Strawthers minutes, which is exactly what she be done. Strawther should only see his minutes increase due to injury or foul trouble.
Russ looks fantastic and not at all on his way out. What do I know though😂. He had lit the Nuggets with his intangibles as well as his game. We love Russ. It will be fun to see how this season rolls with this new dynamic.
I think jokic wanted him on the team because he wanted to give this team something to play for. He talked about how important getting a ring for the vets was that year they won and I think he saw last year that they just didn't care as much in the playoffs.
Lots of people don’t like Russ. There’s lots of players who didn’t win championships who are less polarizing. This view doesn’t make any sense and is not based on any evidence.
Braun shows improvement in his shooting every year. He was 35% when entering in the league and 38% last year. This year he's shooting at 46% but I'm not sure that he can maintain that all year and even more multiple years. But if he can stabilize around 40% he will be a great replacement for KCP. The concern is when the PO starts as he was very bad (21%) the past 2 years.
Entry pass to Joker, cutting, playmaking and defense are only things he has to do, scoring is welcome, but not a priority. What he's doing for Nuggets was worth signing him.
I tend to like your point since im a russ fan, but russ’s salary is far from being decent for a future hof. This may weight on his implication on the game/franchise as the season moves forward
Does Russ seem like the kind of guy to prioritize money over winning at this point in his career after racking up all those max contracts?... He's loved at Denver too. He won't leave for an extra million or two a year.
Although Joker is on the way to catching Russ on the triple double leader list, he'll gladly watch him rack up more. He's not competing against stats and i think that's why it wasn't going to work in LA... too much pride out there. Lebron wouldn't want his teammates getting triple doubles and outshining him.
Russ moves well without the ball, plays defense when the team is also motivated to play defense, and likes to push the pace and attack the basket. It makes defending the Nuggets a lot harder, as they don't play the same way as 95% of the other teams. They want to play transition basketball with a faster pace, which tires out the opposing teams.
I believe this Jokić Russ thing has been a bit overblown. Jokić is at the period in his career when the front office tells him what they are trying to do to see if he is ok with it. So it's not that he requested Russ he just said yes. Now we never got a comment from the back office about his yes before so it might have been an enthusiastic yes, but it was not a request.
@AbcDino843 Russ has a much higher celling than Jackson, he also has a lower floor so his bad games hurt Nuggets more. Also, while he's excellent at replacing Murray next to Jokić he's much less impressive at leading the bench unit. Additionally his pace makes Dario Šarić unusable when he has shown that he can actually carry his weight next to Murray and with both Šarić and Zeke unusable and also being 5th and 6th highest payed players and Vlatko and Holmes being out it's rough for non Jokić minutes.
Yeah, make up some imaginary story about what happened that you have no knowledge about because it doesn’t fit your worldview. Nice living with your head in the sand.
@leonyses2887 i have been following all of the pronouncements around it. And this is the conclusion I got out of it. Idk how much of Nuggets media you consume but I consume a lot. Like an unhealthy amount so I know what was said first, what were the facts that were said and what was said that was clearly just inferred.
@@leonyses2887 True cause Jokic of ball playing is so underrated,even better this year his 3 pt shooting procentage say that,most of them was of ball catch and shoot, and Russ is good in assissting big man.
Find his place in the nba?? Tf acting like this man been a free agent and can’t get picked up? He just got a triple double while being there 6th man. Every team he went to he’s been dominant besides la because they didn’t work out and old asl.
Russ is still one of the quickest cats on the floor, and he plays hard! He's been inconsistent, but shown his potential, and proved his worth. Was this script AI generated? It kind of sucks.
I like Russ in denver. But I really wish he would have got traded to Miami as a starter. They need a point guard. I want Russ to win a ring as the bus driver. And imagine him teaming up with Jimmy butler. Their mentalities go together perfectly
4:20! Absolutely. Somebody needs to talk to westbrook: You are not good at 3s, so dont shoot. He is good scoring near the paint assisted by someone or maybe try to score 2s, but not 3pts he is a disgrace. He also needs to improve his passes. Last game vs lakers lebron almost stole 3 passes. If someone older as lebron start to almost steal several of your passes, you need to improve your game
Geez, your delusional about Messbrook! No team has wanted to commit to him?!? Hes played awful selfish basketball and refuses to understand the team concept, still thinking he can use his athleticism alone inspite of awful shooting percentages and very poor devision making. Wake up.
@@alfasiger4178 I don't know if you watch Awful Coaching but he uses North Korea and homeless people a lot. I genuinely think that Jokic could go to play in with 4 5'5 North Koreans or 4 homeless people.
Jokic is real leader. He elevates Russ in spite of Lebron down him in LA
Jokic seems way more intelligent and wise, too
@@parob7285 not seem he is
Not a surpirse. LeLeech makes everyone around him worse to paper over the cracks of his unparalleled fraudulence.
LeBron and Russ skills overlaps. Jokic complements Russ.
@@kimn.555 Lebron doesn't have any skills.
What you mean is that Lebron can't play off ball and he makes his teammates worse.
jokic a smart dude. happy to see westbrook doing well again
Wish he made it to denver earlier - though he is still very much in shape and an asset
Christian Braun has shot very well this season - better than KCP ever did.
@@NoahLinden Christian Braun also can finish a layup, something that KCP strangely struggled with.
This fact is ignored, or the detractors haven't bothered to watch Braun, let alone compare his stats to KCP.
KCP is really struggling this season with Orlando it's a good thing Franz Wagner is having a breakout year. Christian Braun is putting up better numbers for than KCP this season.
CB has been so damn impressive he’s definitely earnt his spot in the starters , Payton is becoming more and more valuable to with the extra minutes he’s getting his defence is fantastic!!
Westbrook will be very good, already is. He came in a team which doesn't judge...no egos...
How old is this video?
Braun is shooting 50/50/90 basically on 18ppg. He’s killing it
Russ is also shooting career high 37% 3pt
KCP is one of worst shooter this season he’s a Jokic product.
I’m also adding in Peyton Watson has been taking his time and shooting 3s very well recently. He just lines it up and hits!
I’m also adding in Peyton Watson has been taking his time and shooting 3s very well recently. He just lines it up and hits!
The real issue is Dario Saric is no factor in the paint offense and defense
@@kylecooper139.....you know i think if they want Saric to succeed they are going to have to play him more with Jokic.
I think The Nuggets really need to trade Zeke Nnaji for a true backup center who defends and rebounds but if they want Saric to be successful, he has to play his minutes next to Jokic.
One way to do this while Gordon is still out is to start Watson of course but to sub out Watson, CB, and MPJ earlier so Saric, Strawther, and Tyson come in....
That way when Russ comes in, he can come in with Jordan, Watson, MPJ, and CB......
It's clear that the second unit needs a defensive rebounding presence, better defensive players, and more shooting...
Jordan also gives Russ a lob threat...
The problem with that is Jordan is probably not someone you will want to play come postseason time when rotations are shortened and neither are Saric or Strawther in my view.
So trading for a better backup center should be priority #1 for The Nuggets
Denver is NOT a championship contender! They may have the best player in the world, but it takes more than that.
Denver front office destroyed one of the best teams in the league; they released Bruce Brown & KCP, their key perimeter defenders who were a massive part of winning the championship.
At least they can now pay MPJ $36M to $40M per year, to average 12 ppg. ...NEPOTISM....
@@tropickman ...i'm not sure i agree with that assessment?
I like their top 7 rotation players: Jokic, Gordon, Porter Jr, Braun, Murray, Westbrook, and Watson.
Most championship contenders have a tight 8-9 man postseason rotation, so i think The Nuggets are two reserves away from having a real shot.
Backup center(which they could trade for) and either a more experienced shooting guard or combo defensive wing.
That would give them as good a chance as anyone, including Boston and OKC, in my view
Braun is an improvement from kcp I wasn't sure he could, but he's basically doing everything better
And by a significant margin, especially when you look at KCP's numbers in this season.
Jokic is so overpowered
Just imagine young Russ matched with Jokic. That might be as good as Shaq and Kobe.
Love Russ' fire despite all the air balls, missed shots, and scrutiny🫡
Braun is very promising NBA player!!!
Russ can still be a starter and play at an all star level and tbf has been better than Murray all year. Ofc he won’t start over Murray but they should get similar minutes
I agree Russ should be getting 28-32 mins a game, not at Murray or CB's expense but at the expense of Strawther and Saric
Coach Malone has to reduce the minutes of the lesser players.
He can do this without increasing Jokic's minutes.
No one from the Denver board will allow Murray, who received 200 million, to sit on the bench while Russ plays big minutes. As much as Russ is better. Denver made a mistake with Mureey and that's for sure, but no one in the world would admit such a costly mistake.
@ yeah I agree but you can still split some of his mins with Russ doesn’t have to be 40 mins for Murray and 20 for Russ
@@martinvidenovic5767 ....the thing is with staggered minutes all 3 top guards can play 30+ mins.
Murray, Braun, and Russ can all play 30+ mins if it's handled right by the coaching staff.
You have 96 possible pg and shooting guard minutes and Braun can even play some of the 48 possible sf minutes.
There is no need to bench Murray for Russ.
Murray still starts and Braun still starts.
Russ is still a reserve but moves from 18-24 mins to 28-32 mins.
From 4.5-6 mins per qtr to 7-8 mins per qtr.
An increase of only 2 to 2.5 mins per qtr.
Obviously this means reducing Strawthers minutes, which is exactly what she be done.
Strawther should only see his minutes increase due to injury or foul trouble.
@@liamleadley9168 ...right, read below
Russ looks fantastic and not at all on his way out. What do I know though😂. He had lit the Nuggets with his intangibles as well as his game. We love Russ. It will be fun to see how this season rolls with this new dynamic.
many dont love him. dont say "we". many see him as a stat padder
@@AlaborJinta Then many of yall are weird
@@AlaborJinta many of those that see him as a stat padder have questionable judgment.
9 /7 is that really great?
I think jokic wanted him on the team because he wanted to give this team something to play for. He talked about how important getting a ring for the vets was that year they won and I think he saw last year that they just didn't care as much in the playoffs.
Lots of people don’t like Russ. There’s lots of players who didn’t win championships who are less polarizing. This view doesn’t make any sense and is not based on any evidence.
How the Nuggets showed the lakers that Russ works with their system must be embarrassing for them.. and by them I mean Lebron lol
😂
westbrook has a huge ego Jokic is one of the most selfless players ever
That is some fine analysis.
To me it seems more like AI bullxxxx
you're not familiar with chatgpt game
Braun shows improvement in his shooting every year. He was 35% when entering in the league and 38% last year. This year he's shooting at 46% but I'm not sure that he can maintain that all year and even more multiple years. But if he can stabilize around 40% he will be a great replacement for KCP. The concern is when the PO starts as he was very bad (21%) the past 2 years.
As long as Westbrook is willing to take the league minimum he’s a good value for anyone.
Entry pass to Joker, cutting, playmaking and defense are only things he has to do, scoring is welcome, but not a priority. What he's doing for Nuggets was worth signing him.
Joker had to try something, because Murray sucks.
Nikola is always right. He likes pure energy. Just look at AG and Murray. And Russ has it. Just fine tuning and ....
Joker knew what missing in his team
They should get Bogdanovic from ATL
I tend to like your point since im a russ fan, but russ’s salary is far from being decent for a future hof. This may weight on his implication on the game/franchise as the season moves forward
Does Russ seem like the kind of guy to prioritize money over winning at this point in his career after racking up all those max contracts?...
He's loved at Denver too. He won't leave for an extra million or two a year.
Excellent video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Like been a great addition to the Nuggets. Playing a lot better then I thought he would. Reggie sucked last year.
Washington was willing to keep him and pay him as a starter and a main focus
Bravo!
Although Joker is on the way to catching Russ on the triple double leader list, he'll gladly watch him rack up more. He's not competing against stats and i think that's why it wasn't going to work in LA... too much pride out there. Lebron wouldn't want his teammates getting triple doubles and outshining him.
At 1:00 my guy just called him West Brick 😅😭😭😭
Ouf, sorry about that😅
Russ moves well without the ball, plays defense when the team is also motivated to play defense, and likes to push the pace and attack the basket. It makes defending the Nuggets a lot harder, as they don't play the same way as 95% of the other teams. They want to play transition basketball with a faster pace, which tires out the opposing teams.
Who made this video? you got George Santos as the nuggets front office? 😂😂😂
I believe this Jokić Russ thing has been a bit overblown. Jokić is at the period in his career when the front office tells him what they are trying to do to see if he is ok with it. So it's not that he requested Russ he just said yes. Now we never got a comment from the back office about his yes before so it might have been an enthusiastic yes, but it was not a request.
I think so too. The main thing though is that Russ us fitting in well and is a big improvement over Jackson.
@AbcDino843 Russ has a much higher celling than Jackson, he also has a lower floor so his bad games hurt Nuggets more. Also, while he's excellent at replacing Murray next to Jokić he's much less impressive at leading the bench unit. Additionally his pace makes Dario Šarić unusable when he has shown that he can actually carry his weight next to Murray and with both Šarić and Zeke unusable and also being 5th and 6th highest payed players and Vlatko and Holmes being out it's rough for non Jokić minutes.
Yeah, make up some imaginary story about what happened that you have no knowledge about because it doesn’t fit your worldview. Nice living with your head in the sand.
@leonyses2887 i have been following all of the pronouncements around it. And this is the conclusion I got out of it. Idk how much of Nuggets media you consume but I consume a lot. Like an unhealthy amount so I know what was said first, what were the facts that were said and what was said that was clearly just inferred.
@@KalifUmestoKalifa there's an easy solution for all issues that you mentioned. Swap Westbrook and Murray roles.
Joker makes every player better 30% or 50% so russ wjill do just fine
@@sasasukara5416 Russ makes Joker better too.
@@leonyses2887 True cause Jokic of ball playing is so underrated,even better this year his 3 pt shooting procentage say that,most of them was of ball catch and shoot, and Russ is good in assissting big man.
The audio seems like it was recorded before the season started…
Thanks for the feedback
2:14 What was that? 😂😂😂
Some asshole
Uhhhh lol
Indeed. That's disturbing. Is HoopEra a fan of his? I hope not, as being a fan of a convicted criminal is beyond the pale.
It's the Denver Nuggets management.
😂😂😂 laughed hard
Sounds like Ai wrote this
The voice even sounds like AI modified if not outright AI generated.
Voice and script isnt AI :)
Find his place in the nba?? Tf acting like this man been a free agent and can’t get picked up? He just got a triple double while being there 6th man. Every team he went to he’s been dominant besides la because they didn’t work out and old asl.
so sad that the data and information of this video were outdated.
Thanks for the feedback
This video seemed to repeat itself about half way through. Better luck next time
Thanks for the feedback
Russ is still one of the quickest cats on the floor, and he plays hard! He's been inconsistent, but shown his potential, and proved his worth.
Was this script AI generated? It kind of sucks.
@@MichaelCsikos it wasnt, but it was written a few days ago. So can feel a litt outdated:) thanks for the feedback though:)
I like Russ in denver. But I really wish he would have got traded to Miami as a starter. They need a point guard. I want Russ to win a ring as the bus driver. And imagine him teaming up with Jimmy butler. Their mentalities go together perfectly
@@GhostSquad4evaNAfter well… perhaps he has more chance to win one in Denver as the bus driver. Murray is oft injured.
@leonyses2887 I don't wish injury on mary. But I would love for Russ to be the second option
Wait Westbrook in Jazz??
4:20!
Absolutely.
Somebody needs to talk to westbrook:
You are not good at 3s, so dont shoot.
He is good scoring near the paint assisted by someone or maybe try to score 2s, but not 3pts he is a disgrace.
He also needs to improve his passes.
Last game vs lakers lebron almost stole 3 passes. If someone older as lebron start to almost steal several of your passes, you need to improve your game
Vice versa for lebron?? Also jokic also get many turnovers you just gon dic ride Russ tho right?
This season westbrook is shooting better than klay thompson and luka doncic lmao just see the percentage
4/5 3PT the game before lakers against the mavericks
@@morillonborjonherson3097 36% from three is a good percentage. If he keeps shooting like that this season he should keep it up.
@@Srt3D01-db-01 actually it’s his 2 point shots that are a problem this year. Shooting well from three.
5 years Russ will be his 40’s.. but I’m a fan of his
Thanks for the feedback
And can still be playing just like bron he’s in tons of shape and not injury prone
@@DavidGonzales-os4kl I think most likely, Russ has about two years left of being a plus player. Unless he can somehow become a good shooter.
Geez, your delusional about Messbrook! No team has wanted to commit to him?!? Hes played awful selfish basketball and refuses to understand the team concept, still thinking he can use his athleticism alone inspite of awful shooting percentages and very poor devision making. Wake up.
Can’t enjoy the video u speak as if the season hasn’t started or something and. We can’t see what’s going on
Thanks for the feedback, i will try releasing the videos asap moving forward
Did not enjoy this video, so much fluff and not enough play breakdowns of why Westbrook fits
@@nupham6309 thanks for the feedback:)
Yeah this analysis is outdated
Kcp was never a great 3 point shooter....not much better than average
Why George Soros he a gosh dang clown
@@jrogers426ever George Soros is an asset to humanity. Everyone should try to be like George Soros.
Marunong ksi bumasag ng dipensa si wb.sabi ni joker
AI POST. DO BETTER YOU TUBE.
Its not AI though
DEN is not a contender
Jokic and 4 trees would be a contender.
Not yet, but let some healing and learning happen. The rookies show some promise, the culture is good, and the coach is great.
@@berryesseen With the way the supporting cast plays sometimes, they might as well be trees.
@@alfasiger4178 I don't know if you watch Awful Coaching but he uses North Korea and homeless people a lot. I genuinely think that Jokic could go to play in with 4 5'5 North Koreans or 4 homeless people.
Contender achievement unlocked.
bench Jamal M. and let Russ do job.