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- Christian Braun is a defensive wizard from the Kansas City metropolitan area. Last season he was a key two way piece to the Jayhawks path to winning a national championship.
This past summer he was selected 21st overall by the Denver Nuggets and has shown that he can stay in this league.
In this video I went over CB’s tremendous defensive impact. What makes Braun so good defensively is his frame, athleticism, motor, and most importantly his feel and intelligence.
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His full potential is highlighted in game 3 of the final series with the Heat. Hoping to see more of that next year 🙏
Braun has every tool you could possibly want in a guy to play along side Jokic.
He is already a great defender, he can shoot, has size & is hyper athletic.
Him making the rotation for a team in the Finals says a lot about him as a Rookie.
“He can shoot” wellllllll… lol
Just came by here cus I'm blown away with how Braun plays. I literally wanted him on my Heat since I saw him in the Final Four and then winning the chip with Kansas. I was hoping we draft him but didn't. He has Heat Culture in him and is showing it in Denver. Two things for you Nuggets fans: 1 Congratulations on winning your 1st title, don't sleep on it cus it's hard to get there. 2 Treasure C Braun, he's special.
Good video bro, definitely think Braun is looking like the Nuggets best draft pick since MPJ. I like Bones but as far as pairing someone with Jokic, having the size and screen navigation plus cutting and shooting ability of Braun is a match made in heaven. Keep the content up my guy
Thank you so much 6Man love your content man
Bro whenever CB is on the court I feel so much more secure
exactly. you know he’s gonna play his role on offense. But defensively, he’s a game changer.
Very good assessment. The Rookie needs more play time he brings defense the Nuggets sorely need. Malone has a bad habit of not letting young players play.
Thank you. And I very much agree
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Even with decent minutes in some finals games, your point about Malone and younger players was kinda proven. Guy had 15 points in 20 minutes on like 8/9 shooting. If he was that hot, why take him out? Kid coulda had 25 if Malone left him in.
The ROOKIE stood his ground and did an AWESOME job.
Congratulations to Christian and the Denver Nuggets
The kid have great playoff! Against Minnesota, Suns and Miami he was big part of team...he have little problem in LA series but that is completely normal even for older players... every team don't lay down the same for you!
The kid have great potential and he is in great environment , just hard work and health, everything else will come to his place!
He learned from the best coach and best college program in the nation. KANSAS 💪🏾💪🏾
I've watched all Nuggets games this season and right from the get go, from the first moment he stepped on the court he impressed me with his defense! I never seen rookie plays so good defense in his first game and I believe that was the Nuggets second game in the season. He's going to be a DPOY one day and multiple defensive all NBA team, mark my words!
Kid is impressive, he plays defense like an vet from his first game and he isn't liability at offense, he can create for himself from the triple treat position.
I don't know that I'm as confident in his offense, but he's had some nice finishes.
That’s that Kansas defense. Can’t stay on the court if you can’t defend for BILL SELF
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I don't know about US youth bball, I have no idea quite literally. Never ever watched single game of university bball so I really have no idea. I'm from Europe and I'm not ashamed to say that I don't know and I'm not trying to be smart ass but tnx you can learn something every day.
@@rebellion-starwars I wasn’t trying to be a smart ass either, just giving you some knowledge. Christian Braun went to University of Kansas, the all time most winningest program in college hoops. Was a starter on a national championship team for Bill Self. We were one of the best defenses in the nation.
I fell in love with his style and effort to help team make scores , not just about himself. He's selfless and makes team plays. I am a Kansas fan and a Christian N. BRAUN fan
I’m hoping that by the playoffs we are seeing him get 20-25 minutes per game. He just fits so perfectly with what this team needs on a nightly basis, which is perimeter D and guys who can beat the PnR.
Especially. He’s a great screen navigator, has a great frame and can guard 1-3 efficiently and maybe some 4’s. Wish Malone played him more because it’s obvious how special christian is
Terrific clips and analysis! He ended up being a key contributor to a championship. I will look forward to seeing great things from him in the future.
He needs to be one f the starters in the game
Christian Braun is great. "ONE OF THE BEST" picks since MPJ....cuz Bones is doing his thing!!!! But I am super excited about this kid. This dude is all over the court....all over the court fighting for the ball!!!!
now he has a ring already!
I think his quickness, 40 in vert and his feel for the game make up for the "short wingspan". Great Video! He's what Denver (we) wanted in Gary Harris.
Bro im a nuggets fan and he is fucking insanely impressive. Him locking Ja the fuck up made me realize how he's just a different player
You understand the game extremely well. Especially the defensive aspect of it. Great analysis and great video!
I can't believe you only have 300 subs. You're gonna grow fast if you keep making content like this.
I wish you talked a bit more about this offense. I don't think he starts over Murray and KCP but I can see him being in the rotation and getting minutes with the starters, especially against some of the better guards and wings.
He's been impressive.
Ayo, appreciate you a lot and thank you. The offense is definitely elite and Christian buys into the cutting and shooting role. Definitely could be a great play finisher but you’re right Jamal (although has been having a rough year) is still a great secondary creator for jokic.
@@juzta Jamal just isn't as athletic as he was before the injury. It affects him on offense and defense.
Earned my sub my man, you can tell how much work you’re putting in your content. Keep it up!
Thank you!
Rookie champion👏
Great content man 🔥
Thank you gang!
Did yall see that tough bump on butler just now in the finals? Damn, bytler is by far not a soft player
Butler is one of the strongest players in his position. Any other rookie wouldn't have even tried to score on him like Braun did.
Dude. Great analysis. 👍👍👍
preciate it🫶🏾
great content, keep it up
Thank you!
The Nuggets defense is solid brother. Top 5 in calendar year 2023, and in the playoffs have looked solid too. CB a monster though, even against great NBA scorers. Disciplined, solid D you dont see from rookies.
This was back when the nuggets had like the 24th best defense in the league you gotta read the date of the video 🗣️🗣️
Seems he shows something new offensively every game very athletic and likes to play defense good kid too
Christian is great, this offseason he needs to practice his free throw shots🤔🎉🏀
Only 300 subs? Bro this is great content
Lol. Thank you!
when B brown leave, Braun got a important role from bench!
banger bro
ayo you keep grinding bro‼️
Good review, CB's high basketball IQ made him play this way.
Thank you!🫶🏾
Greg commentary on CB, the kid definitely lockin up some top players. I do think you may wanna check into MPJ’ s D though, you were pretty hard on him and although he’s not a CB type defender, Mike has been playin solid D all year and continues to improve. Go Nuggets.
Mike has been okay, like on the ball he is alright, off the ball tho is another story. Teams attack him off the ball and use their best movement shooters to make relocations and Mike isn’t aware of those players moving.
But at least he tries
@@juzta Don’t agree bro. MPJ has improved all over the floor. Yes, he hats back footed occasionally, but to say he’s bein singled out and attacked just doesn’t match up.
Rob trust me, just watch the kings game lol, we were winning that game and choked the lead bc the kings had Red Velvet and Fox constantly attack MPJ especially off the ball. I also posted this clip on twitter if you wanna check it out twitter.com/jurkkanen/status/1626865124706222080?s=46&t=e8dicl7f7aUUmZ0A_ItibA
@@juzta That’s one game bro. I’ve watched every Nuggets game this year, MPJ is much better I’m in D than you are giving him credit for.
i’ve watched every nuggets game and every possession countless of times; i just gave an example of one game to explain that his defense is still like not good and that in the playoffs he will be hunted lolz. he’s been cool on the ball but he’s always shown on ball chops, off the ball he’s still horrendous and overplays help and consistently gets beat and misses rotations.
He's good & has a lot of potential, IDK about starting though - that was a bit too spicy for me. He definitely deserves more minutes on a consistent basis.
Fair. But with his defense he’s already our best guard defender and other than Payton, AG, and a little bit of zeke he would be our 3rd-4th best wing defender.
And his offense is good for what he is. Attacking closeouts, making the right off ball read and good connections, great feel for cutting, and has some good shooting.
💯 I love him for our bench but not going sit MPJ or KCP for him then on the bench not going sit Bruce Brown for him nuggets are deep sucks for Braun minutes this year still think he should get minutes over Cancar or Green but Malone likes there size for Forward over Braun.
@@philhardyeep that stupid opinion and he’ll go where he can be maximized. He’s wasting on the bench. They did the same shit with Devonte Graham when he was with the Pelicans. A wasted player for over-hyped players that you want to start. If he keeps getting limited minutes, I hope a team will unleash him. I’d love to see him with Philly and Embiid. Braun is way more consistent and twice the defender of Harden.
Braun is great and I just hope they can add Watson soon. He’s killing it in the G league and he has so much talent, not to mention he could be that long defensive wing the nuggets are looking for
Exactly. Pwat would be our wing stopper that we’ve been looking for, for like the past 5 years. And he’s shown some creation chops too
I wish that Zeke Nnaji was better as a team defender and rebounder because I've seen him stay in front of some very quick guards and wings, recover quickly and contest well, but he just gets lost sometimes and doesn't always know when to help.
I'm glad he's getting more minutes though. He's also a good spot up shooter.
The dream scenario is to have Braun, Watson, Kamagate, and maybe even Collin Gillespie in the rotation next season. Not exactly all 4 of them at once coming off the bench playing together, but just getting consistent minutes and finding their roles off the bench. It's going to be tough because Malone hate playing young players especially ones who do not have much NBA experience. But there's a legit argument that all 4 of them deserves NBA minutes and can really help out the Nuggets bench. They are also not bad players to stagger among the starters. For instance, Kamagate can play the backup center while Jokic rest but can also stagger with Jokic due to Kamagate's rim protection. I feel like Christian Braun is already a guaranteed rotational player, but for some odd reason he only played 3 minutes against the Timberwolves last night. And while I do think Zeke Nnaji is a great player for us, Malone isn't utilizing him correctly. He needs to be utilized as a dynamic forward who can pick and pop, not a rim running backup center. I don't think he can never be the backup center for us because he's not an elite rebounder hence we still have DeAndre Jordan on the team. I can't wait to watch Watson and Kamagate play in the NBA. They're the real deal. Also, all the rookies we have drafted this year have one common theme. They're all tenacious and versatile defenders who have shown two-way abilities. The rest is just about unlocking those potential and whether or not we have a coach who knows how to integrate those players into our system.
@@LLawliet-tv9ig You basically nailed it lol. While I do think Collin might be whatever, Pwat and CB def bring that defensive versatility we need. CB is our guard defender who takes up the touch matchups out west (Booker, Luka, Shai, Ja, Steph etc.) And Pwat is our wing stopper we’ve been looking for in the past decade in a half atp. Also, Peyton has shown legit creation flashes and potential in the GL, which could be scary if he keeps tapping onto it since we need another creator. And for Kamagate, like you said, he’s the rim protector and playfinsher we need alongside Jokic and to backup jokic, If he ever becomes A quality role player i could see a world in which he starts alongside Nikola. And Zeke is fine, his defense is good in spurts but is bad in others. He’s a legit playfinsher and one of the best shooting bigs in the league, but we can’t have him as a pure dunking spot merchant and post merchant. An inside-out threat who has post creation and elite shooting whilst being a positive defender is what we need from him.
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preciate it, and i just dropped a new Braun breakdown th-cam.com/video/qGASyQDPkXM/w-d-xo.html
HE WANTS TO PLAY DEFENSE!! watch his podcasts, this is what he wants and where he is happy…a great defender and top shooter/scorer
best starting 5 is brown x2, kcp, aaron, jokic.
2nd unit should be run by murry and mpj as wing shooter, that would be the real champ contender
Na we need MPJ and Jamal in the starting lineup.
If we ran Braun and Brown and KCP, we’d be really small 1. But 2. we wouldn’t have any creators other than Nikola and AG, and I don’t trust AG as a secondary creator. That’s where Jamal comes into play, he’s our secondary perimeter creator.
For MPJ he’s like a t4 shooter in the league, brings crazy value as a playfinsher, but also is okay defensively and would be our low man since he’s 6’11 and that other lineup would be small.
It’s a one of the huge reason’s why the nuggets get killed defensively funny enough. We don’t have MPJ as our low man lol
@@juzta mpj could stay, but jamal should run 2nd unit. also 6'4 6'4 6'7 is not so small for backcourt
@@Byk37 kcp is 6’5 AG is 6’8
I don’t like having AG as a helpside rim protector cus that’s not his role lol. Also that lineup is still horrible cus we don’t have a secondary creator bro lol you asking for us to lose.
Jamal staggered 2nd unit lineups are cool but he has to start no questions about that, and he’s starting to warm up again.
@@juzta he is warmed up in offense enough, he need to step up in defense, key thing for backcourt is to stop easy penetration in the paint and that starting 5 i mention is best at it. we got more than enough creation with jokic on the floor, murry sometimes slow down (for now) ball movement too much.
never mind it's still january, him and MPJ could bring up their A game till PO.
also bonez is unusable in defense, he need to pick up at least some basics there. he is not mature yet to lead 2nd unit, and what happened with ish i was thinking that he would be perfect back up pg?
@@Byk37 well ish smith isn’t that good lol, he was just a contract to fill in the trade. But other than that we need more creation other than jokic lol, our offense would be hella stagnant. We can’t have one dude generate everything and just have dudes cut and camp on the perimeter. I mean you can but it’s not gonna get you anywhere. And a huge problem with the nuggets bench already is we lack a secondary creator for Bones. So moving that lack of creation into the starting lineup doesn’t help at all. Also Jamal is on a max and so is MPJ, they are starting for us and that’s that
Christian Braun is weird… he’s just like an NBA player who is out there, undercover defensive plays, random 3s or layups, it’s almost like he soaks up the baskets or plays that don’t matter in the moment, but winning a game by 2 or 3 points, it means everything. He undoubtedly has helped the defense, and it looks promising as he is just a rookie. However whenever I watch when he is in the game, I don’t have much confidence when he touches or shoots the ball. I think he can be a perfect role player in a championship roster, the potential is there, but you can absolutely tell that he is a rookie.
Na yea i agree with you. The offense is like whatever when it comes to shooting and self creation, but he’s shown flashes as a shooter. His passing and cutting is what really makes him a neutral offensive player.
But most definitely needs to become a more consistent shooter if he wants to get more mins on a playoff team and most importantly a championship team
He hoopin for sure. Wouldn’t start over anyone for the nuggets rn but I could see him getting staggered with starters and obv shoring up bench defense for the nuggs in playoff games. Maybe in a couple years after he develops his offensive game he’ll be our kcp replacement, but that’s so far down the line I’m not really thinkin about it rn
you most certainly right Adam
Nuggets are champs... and with a noticeable uptick in defence across the board
That opening line is Bruce brown erasure.
I'd say, bench MPJ and start this guy. Porter isn't performing and his potential is way overdue that he's almost overrated. No defense too. This rookie could be the Nuggets' Alvarado. Plays hard every minute on the floor.
Imma slightly disagree. MPJ is still like a t3 shooter in the association, and his on ball defense is okay. Everything else on that end is pretty mid tho. But if we did start Braun over i would like mpj to get traded for a rim protector and a tertiary shot creator
@@juzta mpj contract is absurd, it is unpossible to mach salaries with nobody. but i agree.
@@Byk37 i mean his contract atm isn’t that bad and if he’s healthy it’s actually a fine deal.
But it’s definitely moveable no contract in the nba can’t be moved
@@juzta let's give them chance to show improvement in this PO, there is no better payers on the market to trade for also.
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CB going to be Nuggs 6th man next season. Nuggets fans all thinking AG gets the all D team nod next season but CB might beat him to it.
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I'm truly excited for next year. Especially for the bench, we have so many possible options and backups for each option with a lot of versatility. Right now I'm expecting the main bench lineup to be Bones, Brown, Braun, Green, and Ismael. And if let's say, Jamal is injured and we move Brown up to starting pg, then we can run Bones, Braun, peyton Green, Ismael. If Jamal is still injured and bones' shot isn't falling and he hasn't developed as a playmaker, boom, we can run Gillespie, Braun, Peyton, Green, Ismael. If Uncle Jeff's age finally catches up with him, we can run with Nnaji or chucky, if we need to run small ball for whatever reason, again, Nnaji and/or chucky. Any way, while our starters are 100% a lock, as they should be. I haven't been this excited about our young guys in a long time
You’re absolutely right man. We have kamagate coming over and that’s the rim protector we need. And Peyton has been great in the GL and has shown some creation flashes. But his defense is what we truly need as a 6’8 Wing stopper. And Zeke is still one of the best shooting bigs in the league, plus his defense is a positive. Once Malone figures it out we will be a legit contender
he plays like the nerd, but he's good asf...
His ceiling is Jimmy Butler
Man that would be crazy. But i could see a bigger caruso, Wesley matthews type for sure. He won’t have Jimmy’s offense sadly
@@juzta I get why you say that, but his attitude reminds me alot if Jimmy's. They both came in known for their defense. Christian's offense is just more polished
@@youngmelo1841 oh yea lol. CB is a huge trash talker and has a legit sailors mouth. Wish he played with more confidence and swagger like he did at Rock Chalk. But i think he will add that along the way
He scored 15 in 19min in game 3 of the finals. If he played the whole game that would be 37pts
Zion 0pts and $200M pay
You can’t be a “horrible defensive team“ and then win an NBA finals. You have to have some sort of aptitude there.
Dude, I love CB, but he's not a better defensive player than AG or KCP.
I think he's got the potential to have a Jaylen Brown like trajectory.
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I was not surprised one bit, i wanted him all year before he was drafted..i knew he would fit like a glove. If he was black he been a lotto pick but harder for white guys to get recognition.. heck even Nikola Jokic, dude was winning mvps and he could not get uis flowers until he won it all but thrn i see guys liek Anthony Edwards,Joel Embiid be given their flowers and winning then doesnt mattwrm its hard out here for white players. Look at Luka Garza, he proven he can play in NBA but still has to be on a two way after a College hall of fame worthy career.
Nuggets need defense
its been a month. how bout that d now.? lol
he’s been elite
@@juzta I call him the paper boy cause he always delivers the hustle.!
@@losifer8829 that’s cold lol