Rusty getting a non-gambling sponsorship, happy for you. The thing you said about sports gambling gave me more respect for a guy I already respect for his honesty
@@slayer812100 nothing wrong with betting on sports, nothing wrong to get a sponsorship (imo) ... but many influencers/youtubers frame sports betting as a way to earn money, addressing their audience, as they would have better chances as the average joe ... including children. and you can know as much about sports as you want, if you can't beat the odds. this is exactly how bookies make money of suckers. disclaimer: yes, there are professional bettors (but only far in between, and to my knowledge only a few asian bookies take action from winners) disclaimer 2: yes, you can also bet profitable in fantasy, b/c you bet against other punters (but you have to beat the juice, and there are plenty of sharps out there)
I think a big fact about last playoffs that people don’t talk about is that Jamal Murray sucked ass. If he stays injured through the next few years, it’s over for Denver. I say this as a Nuggets fan. You cannot rely on Jokić and AG to beat the monsters in the West.
@@ZayWilson-v8l it wasnt just the twolves, the main reason the lakers had leads for the entire nuggets series was because murray was playing god awful for a good portion and would then step it up near the 2nd half because lakers are an extremely top heavy team (even moreso than the nuggets) and he has the ability to make clutch shots. its amazing that he took them that far using purely his clutch gene, but you cant expect to maintain a style of play where youre behind in points for 90% of the series, its like playing with your food every single game, and that just wont work consistently against every matchup.
@@ZayWilson-v8l nah. Murray sucked. Check his stats against the Lakers 2024 1st round and it's not close to his 2023 WCF performance. He got away with it because Lakers guards isn't good at defense.
They are on the same position as the Buck 3 years ago. Lost 1 VITAL PIECE that looks not a lot at first(Tucker and Brown), but the following off season acquisitions didn't patch the hole left behind until it turn into a big mess.
Aren't you speaking too soon? They lost in a game 7 after being up 20 to the one team that could beat them last year because they ran out of gas and their 2nd best player was injured. They still tied for the #1 seed in the west last year (better record than the previous season) and they arguably improved this offseason.
At least the bucks wanted to try to build to countinue to contend. It's not like they knew the negative that'd be, or that dame was their only issue, although argubly the biggest @DailyNihilism
Why do the teams that least deserve it seem to get screwed the hardest? The Nuggets were one of the few teams to build a championship roster the “right” way, yet they’re being punished for it.
Ya when they gave MPJ his max contract, it was in the context of just having to pay a higher luxury tax bill, they had no idea this second apron was going to be a thing when they made that deal.
@@CJ_Espinoza really just depends on how our draft picks develop. It makes Holmes injury all the more devistating. They traded up to get him and he immediately tears his Achilles. Actually insane how bad that pick was, and its not even Booths fault.
It's stupid rule, you should get some relief if you draft the players, doing everything the right way and get punished for that. What's the point of drafting if you can't keep them.
They absolutely need Braun, Watson and Strawther (or some other unlikely names) to be legit rotation pieces giving 15-25 productive minutes or the Nuggets are going to slide out of true contention. Not to even bring up Murray's health.
Honestly Murray's health worries me way more than the depth. Depth is overrated in the NBA imo. At the end of the day you need your stars to be on the floor
@@CaneCarter-rl1gq I disagree. I feel the best case scenario for this team is Jamal staying healthy and Russ being the backup. We need both of them if we want a chance at winning the title.
@@DammitBobbydepth isn’t overrated the reason we lost this year was because of depth we had no quality bench players to play in game 7 so players like jokic had to play every single minute which eventually caused us to collapse from exhaustion in second half of game 7
You and everyone who watches basketball. Calvin Booth seems to be the only person who didn't think it would make a difference. But they had no control over losing Brown. Letting KCP (and Jeff Green) walk was a choice
@@michaelahurt Technically you’re correct but, there’s something else to consider. Resigning KCP would likely have meant losing Gordon when his extension comes due. And I think we can agree that losing AG would have been even worse.
@@CJ_Espinoza It wouldn't. If Murray gets $54m (it'll be less because Tatum is 54) and AG gets $30m (the Jrue contract) they would be right at the second apron next year You _might_ need to trade Porter (or KCP's expiring) in 26-27 but they only would have been over 2 years max. Same as Boston who is paying the same salaries. (More actually.)
KCP is old and was disappointing against MIN , Braun is a better replacement and Westbrook could potentially be better than Bruce , if they’re healthy they can easily win the chip
@@danielrecalderon6735 Westbrook at this age won't be better than bruce brown. Kcp isn't even that old, he's still in his prime and even if he wasn't great, he's still one of the best perimeter defenders in the league
Julian Defense is ok. Honestly coming in and reading the reports i though he would be a non factor invisible hallway defender, but he turn out to be a hard worker on defense. He doesn't allow to get push around even against stronger player, he fight screens, he put his chest on post up and drives to the rim. He got clearly limitation on his foot speed,lateral movement,athletic trays, but he make up with his insane length. He's can contest shots well with his 6'7 frame and got solid reactions to disrupt passes and make drives uncomfortable with hands. He goes for rebounds and help out on the defensive board. He needs more discipline and defensive knowledge. He set up his defensive stance wrong some times, use his hands hips and hands too much on drives. He needs to be a smarter defender and be at the right places at the right time instead of trying to contest with just his hands. He doesn't get lost on rotation which is good and always help. I do love that he gives tough fouls. He doesn't allow easy baskets and i like that.
Kinda weird because if Jamal played relatively not shit they would've won the Wolves series either way. Jamal being good or bad is still 10x more important than KCP or Bruce Brown
Totally. On the other hand it’s the other 3 starters who played like CRAP in Game 7 and totally let Jokic down. Jamal played well in Game 7 but too late and if there was a Game 7 in the first place it’s because he played poorly before in the series. We never had Playoffs Jamal… also they were all gased ´cos they played too much in the regular season. These playoffs also showed that regular season standings mean sh*t so no need to tire yourself getting that 1st seed when the WCF was 3rd seed VS 5th seed 🙄🙄🙄
@@SamuelBlackMetalRider MPJ was awful all wolves series BUT he was KD level offense in the entire Lakers series. AG had huge statlines in both series that won entire games, even though he was bad in game 7. Jamal was Reggie Jackson tier for 8/9 games on a max as the 2nd best player, hard to be that mad at the other guys. Nobody will get the Finals home court advantage over the Celtics anyways, not worth getting a higher seed than like 3 or 4 if you have to die for it.
@@wholesome7681 Yes. The only argument against him is that his offense was the most replacable (catch and shooter, mid range pullups, open layups) and that he couldn't defend Ant at all in the series. CB in theory shouldn't be that much worse at catch and shooting/defending, but KCP seemed to hit every big shot.
They did it to themselves. They couldn’t have kept Bruce Brown, that wasn’t on them. But KCP is. If they didn’t randomly give Zeke Nnaji a bunch of $ that would’ve helped, or even gotten MPJr to take a few mill less a year instead of the last year having the silly partial guarantee that wouldn’t have rly helped them. If he was so bad that the $ didn’t guarantee and you had to waive him, you were F’d regardless. The ridiculous thing is, they STILL could’ve kept KCP and stayed below the 2nd apron. Obviously no Dario, which btw I think is a bad usage of their TMLE, and they would’ve ended up in the 2A eventually (prolly 25-26) but they could’ve kept him and faded it for 24-25. If KCP opted in to his PO, they could’ve given him a 140% raise then 8% raises. KCP picking up his PO, you’re good for this year, you can stay under even if took a cpl other small different moves. He had 15,440,185 PO. He got 3/66 from ORL. I believe he would’ve taken less AAV to stay, especially if it was more actual $. So 15,440,185 * 1.4 = 21,616,259. 24-25 15,440,185 25-26 21,616,259 26-27 23,345,560 27-28 25,074,860 That’s 4/85.477M or so. Less than 22/y, but barely, and almost 20M more in gtd $. He takes this offer every single time. He likely would’ve taken a little less. Like 4/80 or something like that. I think he basically 100% takes 4/80, but if they at least had these talks with him? They would’ve figured it out. Maybe 4/80 with a trade kicker, maybe he prefers the 3/60.4M with a player option. Or 4/81 and he gets two big chunks of his salary before the season starts like how Ben Simmons deal was. This was on DEN. They either cheaped out, (likely, we’ve seen the owner do it a ton before) or the GM is so confident in the guys he drafted he wanted to take the KCP club out of the bag if you will. Plus being able to use TMLE, get Russ, etc. Maybe some of both. But they could’ve kept him, period. I see way too many DEN fans complaining saying they couldn’t keep him bc of the new CBA etc. It’s objectively false, AND THEY EVEN COULDVE DODGED THE 2A THIS YEAR WTF!
No contending team would pay KCP at over 20 millions a year...he will help a young club like Orlando but it's not as if he's turning them into a contender... The writings were on the wall in round 2 the way Edwards was going at KCP without much resistance...
Denver was the only team to beat Boston 2-0 last year. They had a better record than the year before, EVEN WITH Jamal Murray missing 20+ games during the regular season. Murray was injured the whole Minnesota series, and they STILL went to game 7 and were up 20 in the 3rd quarter before running out of gas. That's on Malone for running the starters into the ground and not trusting the bench players. The game was still within reach for Denver until the last 3 minutes. Had they won that game, they would've rolled Dallas and likely beaten Boston in the finals. And even with losing KCP this off season, they've arguably improved since last year overall. Braun will fill in just fine for KCP, Westbrook is basically a Bruce Brown replacement (I don't care that he can't shoot, Aaron Gordon can't shoot either and he's plenty effective), Dario Saric is a huge bench piece, and the other young guys (Strawther and Pwat) will only be better. Oh and they still have the best player in the league, an all-time great in his prime. I really don't understand these takes about Denver getting worse lol.
1) Just because Denver won 2 games against Boston in the regular season doesn't mean they would've beaten them in the Finals. The Sun swept the regular season series against the Wolves, then got swept by the Wolves in the first round. I'm pretty sure that Boston would've gone up against Denver having learned something from those 2 losses. 2) The Wolves were built to dominate a team like the Mavs, but the Mavs dominated THEM instead. So, I don't see how Denver would've fared any better, especially when they were lacking some of things Minnesota had. 3) If Murray was unhealthy during the Minnesota series, then he was likely gonna be playing hurt for the rest of the playoffs. So, even if Denver had gotten past the Wolves, he would not have been 100% going forward. 4) Russ will be a positive for Denver, but keep in mind his age and his regression in the playoffs. (Btw, Gordon is a better shooter than Russ; he just has lower volume. He's also an equal rebounder, is better off the ball, and a better defender.) Sario is a decent addition. Braun, Strawther, and Watson are all still young; they cpuld step up and fill in the blanks, but we'll see.
@dansheshe8039 Our starting lineup is worse, but in 2021, before Jamal's injury, we still looked dominant with Will Barton as our 2. The starting unit will be more than fine. As for the bench, russ was 7th in 6moty voting last year, and while his shooting was bad, it's not like Reggie wasn't atrocious as well. After december, he averaged 8 points on 39/34/86 splits while not being able to do anything but play hero ball. Russ fits MUCH better stylistically, is a much more willing passer, an infinitely better rebounder, and a way better defender. Then strawther who looks to have taken a leap + with russ won't be targeted as the first option on the bench along with hopefully not having another mcl injury. Pwat won't be forced to play up a position that left him with no energy on offense. Vlatko is a wild card given his ACL injury, but he should still be a good high IQ role player willing to do the dirty work. And Saric, who I personally believe is closer to a 3 than a 5 in terms of play style, adds great positional shooting and playmaking for the bench. We're going from by far the worst bench, to maybe the 20th worst bench, which will absolutely pay dividends for our starters
@@michaelbietsch2864 LMFAO....the only time they played post-trade for the Mavs, Dallas beat them IN DENVER. Who exactly is going to guard Luka? Who's going to guard Kyrie? Joker will get 25 (at least) on Lively and Gafford, but they were averaging 18/14 at the center position, so I'm okay with that. Where's your next big scorer? Murray? KCP? Porter???? 🤣🤣🤣
If you didn’t already know that was a bad move, watching him try to create mid range shots or go to the basket (when defenders figured out they just had to stand near him to shut down his scoring) was so painful. Dude has less basketball instincts than I have for Cricket….
I think you have a lot of very reasonable nuanced takes and concerns. I appreciate level headed discourse around the nuggets and it often seems to not be the case with this team for some reason. Here's one thing I will say, will we miss KCP? Most likely. however he was NOT good against Minnesota at all. He wasn't good on defense, he wasn't hitting 3s. That had to have been a factor in why Booth was willing to let him go and not go into the second apron. Could also be a Bill Belichick type cut where you get rid of them right before their major decline hits. We can only know when games actually start to be played.
He shot 37% against Minnesota. No he can't guard Ant without a rim protector but find me someone who can You can't keep losing 30-35 minute playoff guys for nothing. You need at least 7 guys and they gave 4 right now. The bigger problem is losing the asset. Even if you think it's getting out a year early, ok fine, but if you let him walk. You're out a $15m player now. That's why you sign him then trade him. Denver is quickly becoming one of the worst managed teams in the NBA.
@@michaelahurt if I'm not mistaken, they couldn't do the sign and trade because of the second apron, signing KCP puts them in the second apron and limits the way you can match saleries.
@@DammitBobby You can't do a sign-and-trade if it leaves you over the second apron but they wouldn't have been over without his salary. They easily could have taken back Quentin Grimes or Josh Green. But if you're a title contender you shouldn't be worried about being in the second apron. All it does is lock in your team. You can be in for two years before there are real penalties. You just sign him and figure it out next summer or at the deadline. Trade him or Porter (with Nnaji) then
I guarantee you someone with not 0 BBIQ, is an average shooter, is not a turnover machine, is self-aware and doesn't wear dresses exists. Hey look, Dallas snatched up Spencer Dinwiddie who shot 40% from 3 for them in his previous stint...for how much? Oh! Wow!
Ill take overall shot efficiency over volume of 3 all day long. Boston shooting tons of 3s is NOT the main reason they were the greatest team this year, its the fact that they have multiple versatile players that can play both sides of the ball & especially their incredible perimeter defense.
Both can be bad signs for a team. In Denver’s case, they clearly don’t need to shoot 3s to win most games, but when faced with high level interior defenders, the ability to space the floor is super important, and the nuggets didn’t get better at that over the offseason, they got worse. I agree with you about Boston tho, the high volume of 3 point shots isn’t the reason main reason they were a great team, they took that many 3s because they were such a great team that could generate so many open 3s.
I was talking about this with some friends around when the playoffs ended. They’re not in a totally terrible spot, as long as they have Jokic they can try different stuff to build around him, but they’re definitely in a weird spot. They went from winning a championship, to losing in the second round the next year and they’ve only gotten worse losing two of their key players to that championship. They have a couple of promising young guys but who knows what they become or if they even pan out at all. And yeah, like rusty said their depth is hurting even more than it was before. They won mostly off of jokic’s amazingness and Murray’s clutch play and synergy with Jokic, but now Murray is getting injured and may continue to, and as incredible as Jokic is he still needs good players around him to win. Westbrook can be helpful but I agree that he probably won’t play well with Jokic, and I don’t think whatever positives he can bring to the bench unit would outweigh that poor fit. They may have to scramble to restructure quickly so they don’t waste jokic’s prime. Luckily he’s a player that should have good longevity because his skill set doesn’t rely on athleticism or quickness, but he’ll still start to decline eventually. They are gonna have to rethink their roster if they want to contend again, especially with the west getting stronger
Everything depends on their development players. If Christian Braun could develop more scoring skills, that could make a big difference. MPJr could not fade on big games that would be huge. Same for Aaron Gordon. He needs to get consistent on 3s.
I wonder if the front office relaxed after the chip, thinking everything would be fine and other players would come to them…until they get another few good role players, I have OKC, Minnesota, and Dallas coming out of the West before them
Nope. They just played the team building game the right way UNDER the previous CBA which hurt them at lot. Since they built their team under the previous CBA they locked so much money to their core which was the right thing to do. Max for the best player in the world, locking your robin on Jamal, locking your all star level 3rd piece MPJ and giving as much you can possible to your premier role players. They lost Brown and KCP not because they want to, but because they just didn't got the money. The season were Brown left the team the Nugget couldn't match the offer and they weren't willing to overpay for players like Jeff Green. It was the best thing to do. Let them go and just bet on youth because else you won't have money to resign AG who is your most important role piece. KCP you either overpay him or use that money to rework the bench who was a bigger need than KCP. Like the Nuggets bench was that bad and also ORL just straight up offer more than the Nuggets could give. The Nuggets are just being victim of the new CBA being a medium market team and there nothing they can't really do.
@@RomnysGonzalez this. People act like this is on the team itself for making bad decisions when in reality they were prevented from making moves by the new CBA. Like you said, they’re being punished for building the “right way”. If anything this new CBA is going to encourage teams to go back to the “big 3” era.
Quick pointer on Braun, decent regular season 3 point shooter, awful postseason shooter, 2 postseasons, both with quite a few games, shot under 23% from 3 in both runs. As a nuggets fan, I’m very worried about this team. We got 4 great fitting, great pieces with jokic, Jamal, AG, and MPJ, and nothing after that…
Nuggets talked so much about the Lakers they copied their post-title roster moves. Let your bench walk for nothing and reload with fucking Russel Westbrook
Denver’s playoff chances have always relied on Jamal Murray randomly turning in to leagues best PG in the playoffs, if that doesn’t happen, Nuggets don’t make a run. Everyone gives Jokic the credit, but Murray carried them in the playoffs when they won it all, people talk about his bubble playoffs run, but his playoff numbers were even better when they won it all. He also showed up in a lot of big games that Jokic didn’t do great in. I mean playoff Murray single-handedly gave the Lakers PTSD. If Murray stays healthy, and can turn in to Houston James Harden like he did in 23, Nuggets will still be a threat to win it all.
Last year too many analysts were underrating how hard it is to win a championship, how much harder when back to back is and how competitive the league is. Prior to the Celtics of the last 5 teams to win a chip, not only have these teams not made the second round, some of them had regressed to losing in the first round (Bucks and Lakers), being a playin team (Lakers, GSW, Raptors), missing the playoffs altogether (Lakers, GSW, Raptors), being in the lottery (GSW, Raptors). If a team wins they have to be that much better than everyone else because the talent level is so high.
yes, KCP is a TOUGH loss. he brought great defense and veteran leadership to a championship team. but, everyone seems to have forgotten that we still have Jokic, Murray, Gordon, and MPJ, all in their primes. cmon folks let’s not get crazy
0:36 I’m sorry idk if your trolling or not fr wdym teams in the west got considerably better?? Suns are cooked, clips broke up, warriors are cooked, Lakers are stuck in purgatory, Mavs’ll be good again but idk if they can recreate that run again, Spurs are still a few years off, Kings and Pels will be better now but adding Demar and Murray isn’t enough to beat Jokic so really what are we talking about rn. Timbs and Okc are real threats forsure tho
Sure, maybe Jokic can overcompensate for Russ' 0 BBIQ, 0 self-awareness, bricklaying, constant turnovers, performative effort and dress-wearing. Or maybe just find someone not stupid and unskilled for the same money.
@@VVVY777 have you seen Russ play at all in the last 2 seasons are you just a lakers fan who's still bitter for some reason? Russ has his issues yes but we've all seen him step up in that suns series last year, he was also really good in the Dallas series this year too. He accepted his place in the league and doesn't just go to jack up bricks anymore. However he is a great cutter, rebounder, playmaker and plays really hard. He'll still find alot of success in Denver
Loved KCP during his tenure in Denver, but I think the impact felt from losing him might be over started. He shot under 33% in the playoffs last year and really struggled to guard the stronger and faster ANT in the Minni series; not sure if the numbers would support this but I felt Braun defended ANT better. I never expect Braun to become a deadeye shooter but playing alongside the starters will certainly improve his efficient this year.
You forgot about the second best Slovenian player, Vlatko Cancar! He's coming off from a leg injury last year, and will hopefully be a solid bench piece. (I don't think he makes them competitors, but he's solid.)
Drafting your own players, building the right way and being punished for that is so stupid, like NBA doesn't want to have organic good teams, what's the point of drafting and building when you can buy a ring. They should consider some cap space relief for homegrown talent, but of course they won't do it because some teams don't have patience to do it right way and NBA need them to be good every year.
Rings have been bought long before you were born lol. Just because you dont know it doesnt mean it wasnt already happening. How do you think the Celtics won 11 championships in 12 years from 1957-1969? There's no such thing as championships solely on merit. The FOs work in the background to buy championships.
The 2nd Apron was made specifically to stop teams from using bird rights to keep a core together because the other owners were mad about gsw's massive payroll built off of continuity
last season was really about Mike Malone playing too much his starters and not having a bench rotation that could spell the starters, specially the front court. He himself admitted he needs to figure out a way to develop and play much more his bench players and stagger better the minutes with some of the starters. What it came down to vs the Wolves was KCP getting abused by Edwards and shooting poorly, so did MPJ...
Too bad Holmes is injured. Dario seems to be a good pickup but I agree playing the younger guys and letting them develop would help including Braun becoming the starter after KCP absence. Jullian too
Jokic makes everyone better and can shoot off the catch him and Russ can play off one another well. I can see him being like a 2020 Rondo mixed with Bruce Brown.
Sorry you had to do an extra hour of work bruh. I imagine that must be very hard for you. Anyway its 102 degrees out and im working 16 hour days trying to finish three roofs by the end of this week. Basically the same thing. We gotta stick together.
Jokic needs to not be such a passive three-point shooter. At his best, he looked for the open threes and punished teams. 23 3FG percentage makes their odds of winning much less.
As a longtime nuggets fan, I really hope Jamal Murray and MPJ can take on a bit more responsibility for scoring and playmaking (please Michael just pass the ball). If they can make jokic’s life a little easier during the regular season and postseason, he will have more energy to cause immense problems for every team in the nba.
Not gonna lie this team can go make 4th seed but when it comes to the trade deadline they need to make a good move because the off-season is almost done
Honestly this upcoming season and offseason will really determine if the Nuggets are screwed only if they can keep the team together or they lose another good role player
Seeing videos like this makes me optimistic for the Nuggets. Because every off season there’s a team every one is pretty out on that ends up just shocking people. Like the Wolves and Mavs last season. Nuggets have the best player in the world. They’re gonna be fine
I wonder if they could trade Michael Porter Jr to Toronto for Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynik and maybe a little draft capital. I think otherwise it is Peyton Watson they would have to move. He's got a decent value and a ton of upside, but they need someone who can deliver now.
That new CBA really hit Denver hard, and Denver despite being really good the last few years, still isn't a preferred FA destination. I think a quick fix foe this team would be shipping out MPJ, maybe you can work out a deal to send him to Detroit for THJ, Malik Beasley and Isaiah Stewart, I dunno if the salaries match though
“In the PO Jokic is going to play 40min per game, especially against the top tier teams” Well basically any team making it to PO in the west is top tier 😅
While i agree theres roster issues joker makes you a contender all by himself so its really just a matter of not having multiple guys giving a bad series like what happened in the wolves series if 3-4 guys have a bad series theyre doomed without the depth
Some of those games against the warriors were close but nuggets defense wasn’t as good as the 2023 team was with no KCP and Brown. Warriors were more experienced
The new CBA is bound to ruin the league. As much as parity has been emphasized, it also ruins many teams like Denver who can never sign a superstar and probably won't ever draft a player like Jokic again. Its also bound to affect the ratings because casual fans who only watch the finals won't know much about teams when it's 2 new teams every year and they gotta keep up with more and more storylines. There needs to be a chance for a recurring finals team every year, even if they don't win the championship every year. Kinda like LeBron in the 2010s, where fans know enough about him to tune in and be invested
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Rusty getting a non-gambling sponsorship, happy for you. The thing you said about sports gambling gave me more respect for a guy I already respect for his honesty
Wait, did a sports commenter finally turn down a gambling sponsorship? Fuck yeah
rusty is based like that
What is wrong with gambling on sports?
@@slayer812100 nothing wrong with betting on sports, nothing wrong to get a sponsorship (imo) ... but many influencers/youtubers frame sports betting as a way to earn money, addressing their audience, as they would have better chances as the average joe ... including children.
and you can know as much about sports as you want, if you can't beat the odds. this is exactly how bookies make money of suckers.
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disclaimer 2: yes, you can also bet profitable in fantasy, b/c you bet against other punters (but you have to beat the juice, and there are plenty of sharps out there)
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I think a big fact about last playoffs that people don’t talk about is that Jamal Murray sucked ass. If he stays injured through the next few years, it’s over for Denver. I say this as a Nuggets fan. You cannot rely on Jokić and AG to beat the monsters in the West.
If next season ends up being another lemon they need to make a big trade because no amount of marginal moves will fix that.
he was ass because of his calf injury but yeah i agree
Haven't checked the stats on this but may just be from Timberwolves D imo, game 2 was some wild hounding
@@ZayWilson-v8l it wasnt just the twolves, the main reason the lakers had leads for the entire nuggets series was because murray was playing god awful for a good portion and would then step it up near the 2nd half because lakers are an extremely top heavy team (even moreso than the nuggets) and he has the ability to make clutch shots. its amazing that he took them that far using purely his clutch gene, but you cant expect to maintain a style of play where youre behind in points for 90% of the series, its like playing with your food every single game, and that just wont work consistently against every matchup.
@@ZayWilson-v8l nah. Murray sucked. Check his stats against the Lakers 2024 1st round and it's not close to his 2023 WCF performance. He got away with it because Lakers guards isn't good at defense.
They are on the same position as the Buck 3 years ago.
Lost 1 VITAL PIECE that looks not a lot at first(Tucker and Brown), but the following off season acquisitions didn't patch the hole left behind until it turn into a big mess.
At least Denver didn't get a guy like dame who didn't want to be there so played bad on purpose.
Aren't you speaking too soon? They lost in a game 7 after being up 20 to the one team that could beat them last year because they ran out of gas and their 2nd best player was injured. They still tied for the #1 seed in the west last year (better record than the previous season) and they arguably improved this offseason.
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Very similar thing can be said about the 2022 Bucks, albeit with a few small changes
@@gnomechomsky2524the exact same thing happened to the bucks in 22 except kmid was out not just having a hissy fit throwing stuff on the court
At least the bucks wanted to try to build to countinue to contend. It's not like they knew the negative that'd be, or that dame was their only issue, although argubly the biggest @DailyNihilism
Why do the teams that least deserve it seem to get screwed the hardest? The Nuggets were one of the few teams to build a championship roster the “right” way, yet they’re being punished for it.
Ya when they gave MPJ his max contract, it was in the context of just having to pay a higher luxury tax bill, they had no idea this second apron was going to be a thing when they made that deal.
@@DammitBobby Fr. This CBA screwed over their long term team building potential
@@CJ_Espinoza really just depends on how our draft picks develop. It makes Holmes injury all the more devistating. They traded up to get him and he immediately tears his Achilles. Actually insane how bad that pick was, and its not even Booths fault.
@@DammitBobbyMan I feel horrible For Daron. Absolutely devastating.
It's stupid rule, you should get some relief if you draft the players, doing everything the right way and get punished for that. What's the point of drafting if you can't keep them.
They absolutely need Braun, Watson and Strawther (or some other unlikely names) to be legit rotation pieces giving 15-25 productive minutes or the Nuggets are going to slide out of true contention. Not to even bring up Murray's health.
Honestly Murray's health worries me way more than the depth. Depth is overrated in the NBA imo. At the end of the day you need your stars to be on the floor
@@DammitBobbyHealthy Russ starting is pretty good
@@CaneCarter-rl1gq I disagree. I feel the best case scenario for this team is Jamal staying healthy and Russ being the backup. We need both of them if we want a chance at winning the title.
@@DammitBobbydepth gets you through the nagging injuries all teams will see soon affect seeding
@@DammitBobbydepth isn’t overrated the reason we lost this year was because of depth we had no quality bench players to play in game 7 so players like jokic had to play every single minute which eventually caused us to collapse from exhaustion in second half of game 7
I did say it, losing Bruce Brown was going to affect them more than people thought. Now they lost their most underrated player KCP.
You and everyone who watches basketball.
Calvin Booth seems to be the only person who didn't think it would make a difference. But they had no control over losing Brown.
Letting KCP (and Jeff Green) walk was a choice
@@michaelahurt Technically you’re correct but, there’s something else to consider. Resigning KCP would likely have meant losing Gordon when his extension comes due. And I think we can agree that losing AG would have been even worse.
@@CJ_Espinoza It wouldn't. If Murray gets $54m (it'll be less because Tatum is 54) and AG gets $30m (the Jrue contract) they would be right at the second apron next year
You _might_ need to trade Porter (or KCP's expiring) in 26-27 but they only would have been over 2 years max. Same as Boston who is paying the same salaries. (More actually.)
KCP is old and was disappointing against MIN , Braun is a better replacement and Westbrook could potentially be better than Bruce , if they’re healthy they can easily win the chip
@@danielrecalderon6735 Westbrook at this age won't be better than bruce brown. Kcp isn't even that old, he's still in his prime and even if he wasn't great, he's still one of the best perimeter defenders in the league
Julian Defense is ok. Honestly coming in and reading the reports i though he would be a non factor invisible hallway defender, but he turn out to be a hard worker on defense. He doesn't allow to get push around even against stronger player, he fight screens, he put his chest on post up and drives to the rim. He got clearly limitation on his foot speed,lateral movement,athletic trays, but he make up with his insane length. He's can contest shots well with his 6'7 frame and got solid reactions to disrupt passes and make drives uncomfortable with hands. He goes for rebounds and help out on the defensive board.
He needs more discipline and defensive knowledge. He set up his defensive stance wrong some times, use his hands hips and hands too much on drives. He needs to be a smarter defender and be at the right places at the right time instead of trying to contest with just his hands. He doesn't get lost on rotation which is good and always help. I do love that he gives tough fouls. He doesn't allow easy baskets and i like that.
Evil Rusty Buckets didn't hack Normal Rusty Buckets. But he did turn off his mic before the original recording!
I did not expect Rusty Buckets to be a half decent actor.
Stop glazing tf
Rusty Buckets evil twin: Polished Bolts!
Kinda weird because if Jamal played relatively not shit they would've won the Wolves series either way. Jamal being good or bad is still 10x more important than KCP or Bruce Brown
Totally. On the other hand it’s the other 3 starters who played like CRAP in Game 7 and totally let Jokic down. Jamal played well in Game 7 but too late and if there was a Game 7 in the first place it’s because he played poorly before in the series. We never had Playoffs Jamal… also they were all gased ´cos they played too much in the regular season. These playoffs also showed that regular season standings mean sh*t so no need to tire yourself getting that 1st seed when the WCF was 3rd seed VS 5th seed 🙄🙄🙄
@@SamuelBlackMetalRiderit’s like the lottery winning a chip every ball has to roll right
@@SamuelBlackMetalRider MPJ was awful all wolves series BUT he was KD level offense in the entire Lakers series. AG had huge statlines in both series that won entire games, even though he was bad in game 7. Jamal was Reggie Jackson tier for 8/9 games on a max as the 2nd best player, hard to be that mad at the other guys. Nobody will get the Finals home court advantage over the Celtics anyways, not worth getting a higher seed than like 3 or 4 if you have to die for it.
Kcps consistency was incredibly key to them
@@wholesome7681 Yes. The only argument against him is that his offense was the most replacable (catch and shooter, mid range pullups, open layups) and that he couldn't defend Ant at all in the series. CB in theory shouldn't be that much worse at catch and shooting/defending, but KCP seemed to hit every big shot.
Denver will be fine if Murray gets his level up. But he probably will not.
KCP was better in the 2023 Finals than MPJ was
They did it to themselves. They couldn’t have kept Bruce Brown, that wasn’t on them. But KCP is. If they didn’t randomly give Zeke Nnaji a bunch of $ that would’ve helped, or even gotten MPJr to take a few mill less a year instead of the last year having the silly partial guarantee that wouldn’t have rly helped them. If he was so bad that the $ didn’t guarantee and you had to waive him, you were F’d regardless.
The ridiculous thing is, they STILL could’ve kept KCP and stayed below the 2nd apron. Obviously no Dario, which btw I think is a bad usage of their TMLE, and they would’ve ended up in the 2A eventually (prolly 25-26) but they could’ve kept him and faded it for 24-25. If KCP opted in to his PO, they could’ve given him a 140% raise then 8% raises. KCP picking up his PO, you’re good for this year, you can stay under even if took a cpl other small different moves.
He had 15,440,185 PO. He got 3/66 from ORL. I believe he would’ve taken less AAV to stay, especially if it was more actual $. So 15,440,185 * 1.4 = 21,616,259.
24-25 15,440,185
25-26 21,616,259
26-27 23,345,560
27-28 25,074,860
That’s 4/85.477M or so. Less than 22/y, but barely, and almost 20M more in gtd $. He takes this offer every single time. He likely would’ve taken a little less. Like 4/80 or something like that. I think he basically 100% takes 4/80, but if they at least had these talks with him? They would’ve figured it out. Maybe 4/80 with a trade kicker, maybe he prefers the 3/60.4M with a player option. Or 4/81 and he gets two big chunks of his salary before the season starts like how Ben Simmons deal was.
This was on DEN. They either cheaped out, (likely, we’ve seen the owner do it a ton before) or the GM is so confident in the guys he drafted he wanted to take the KCP club out of the bag if you will. Plus being able to use TMLE, get Russ, etc. Maybe some of both. But they could’ve kept him, period. I see way too many DEN fans complaining saying they couldn’t keep him bc of the new CBA etc. It’s objectively false, AND THEY EVEN COULDVE DODGED THE 2A THIS YEAR WTF!
No contending team would pay KCP at over 20 millions a year...he will help a young club like Orlando but it's not as if he's turning them into a contender...
The writings were on the wall in round 2 the way Edwards was going at KCP without much resistance...
It’s like the opposite of the Luka situation, they slowly have been giving Joker less and less help 😹😹😹
Gonna see how far he can take them
😂 and the nuggets right now would still beat Dallas in a 7 game series.
@@Dre_aka_sleepysandman Maybe in your dreams little man, try beating Minnesota first 😹😹😹😹😹😹
@@Dre_aka_sleepysandmanstop lying to yourself
@@Dre_aka_sleepysandmaneven the current big rotation outside of jokic couldn't survive with 2 starting level centers
Denver was the only team to beat Boston 2-0 last year. They had a better record than the year before, EVEN WITH Jamal Murray missing 20+ games during the regular season. Murray was injured the whole Minnesota series, and they STILL went to game 7 and were up 20 in the 3rd quarter before running out of gas. That's on Malone for running the starters into the ground and not trusting the bench players. The game was still within reach for Denver until the last 3 minutes. Had they won that game, they would've rolled Dallas and likely beaten Boston in the finals. And even with losing KCP this off season, they've arguably improved since last year overall. Braun will fill in just fine for KCP, Westbrook is basically a Bruce Brown replacement (I don't care that he can't shoot, Aaron Gordon can't shoot either and he's plenty effective), Dario Saric is a huge bench piece, and the other young guys (Strawther and Pwat) will only be better. Oh and they still have the best player in the league, an all-time great in his prime. I really don't understand these takes about Denver getting worse lol.
1) Just because Denver won 2 games against Boston in the regular season doesn't mean they would've beaten them in the Finals. The Sun swept the regular season series against the Wolves, then got swept by the Wolves in the first round. I'm pretty sure that Boston would've gone up against Denver having learned something from those 2 losses.
2) The Wolves were built to dominate a team like the Mavs, but the Mavs dominated THEM instead. So, I don't see how Denver would've fared any better, especially when they were lacking some of things Minnesota had.
3) If Murray was unhealthy during the Minnesota series, then he was likely gonna be playing hurt for the rest of the playoffs. So, even if Denver had gotten past the Wolves, he would not have been 100% going forward.
4) Russ will be a positive for Denver, but keep in mind his age and his regression in the playoffs. (Btw, Gordon is a better shooter than Russ; he just has lower volume. He's also an equal rebounder, is better off the ball, and a better defender.) Sario is a decent addition. Braun, Strawther, and Watson are all still young; they cpuld step up and fill in the blanks, but we'll see.
Nah. Murray will get worse as the Nuggets go deep in the post season since he's playing with an injury so no they'll not win it all.
@@urbaindelva7869it’s about matchups bro even Charles said that the nuggets would have bet the mavs
Opened up youtube to see my team getting a video like this
Our bench is barely better and our starting lineup is worse
@dansheshe8039 Our starting lineup is worse, but in 2021, before Jamal's injury, we still looked dominant with Will Barton as our 2. The starting unit will be more than fine. As for the bench, russ was 7th in 6moty voting last year, and while his shooting was bad, it's not like Reggie wasn't atrocious as well. After december, he averaged 8 points on 39/34/86 splits while not being able to do anything but play hero ball. Russ fits MUCH better stylistically, is a much more willing passer, an infinitely better rebounder, and a way better defender. Then strawther who looks to have taken a leap + with russ won't be targeted as the first option on the bench along with hopefully not having another mcl injury. Pwat won't be forced to play up a position that left him with no energy on offense. Vlatko is a wild card given his ACL injury, but he should still be a good high IQ role player willing to do the dirty work. And Saric, who I personally believe is closer to a 3 than a 5 in terms of play style, adds great positional shooting and playmaking for the bench. We're going from by far the worst bench, to maybe the 20th worst bench, which will absolutely pay dividends for our starters
“Great matchup against the Mavs” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They would have plowed Denver like a drunk prom date.
@@SDesWriter not even a little, nuggets in 5
@@michaelbietsch2864 LMFAO....the only time they played post-trade for the Mavs, Dallas beat them IN DENVER. Who exactly is going to guard Luka? Who's going to guard Kyrie? Joker will get 25 (at least) on Lively and Gafford, but they were averaging 18/14 at the center position, so I'm okay with that.
Where's your next big scorer? Murray? KCP? Porter???? 🤣🤣🤣
What happens when you pay a glorified role player like MPJ 40 mil a year to put up bricks in the post season
Yea that contract fucked them up they couldn't pay kcp or bruce
If you didn’t already know that was a bad move, watching him try to create mid range shots or go to the basket (when defenders figured out they just had to stand near him to shut down his scoring) was so painful. Dude has less basketball instincts than I have for Cricket….
It wasn’t even bad until the new CBA deal with the second apron
20+ on 70% ts v the lakersbtw
@@jackirerioa4971 so what? He was useless against the Timberwolves and even the season they won the chip he still performed piss poor
I think you have a lot of very reasonable nuanced takes and concerns. I appreciate level headed discourse around the nuggets and it often seems to not be the case with this team for some reason. Here's one thing I will say, will we miss KCP? Most likely. however he was NOT good against Minnesota at all. He wasn't good on defense, he wasn't hitting 3s. That had to have been a factor in why Booth was willing to let him go and not go into the second apron. Could also be a Bill Belichick type cut where you get rid of them right before their major decline hits. We can only know when games actually start to be played.
He shot 37% against Minnesota.
No he can't guard Ant without a rim protector but find me someone who can
You can't keep losing 30-35 minute playoff guys for nothing. You need at least 7 guys and they gave 4 right now.
The bigger problem is losing the asset. Even if you think it's getting out a year early, ok fine, but if you let him walk. You're out a $15m player now. That's why you sign him then trade him.
Denver is quickly becoming one of the worst managed teams in the NBA.
@@michaelahurt if I'm not mistaken, they couldn't do the sign and trade because of the second apron, signing KCP puts them in the second apron and limits the way you can match saleries.
@@DammitBobby You can't do a sign-and-trade if it leaves you over the second apron but they wouldn't have been over without his salary. They easily could have taken back Quentin Grimes or Josh Green.
But if you're a title contender you shouldn't be worried about being in the second apron. All it does is lock in your team. You can be in for two years before there are real penalties.
You just sign him and figure it out next summer or at the deadline. Trade him or Porter (with Nnaji) then
i’d love a playlist of rusty tech issues, including the no mic version with the editors dub the entire video
The gameplan with Westbrook is Denver couldn't get anyone better than him for that price
I guarantee you someone with not 0 BBIQ, is an average shooter, is not a turnover machine, is self-aware and doesn't wear dresses exists.
Hey look, Dallas snatched up Spencer Dinwiddie who shot 40% from 3 for them in his previous stint...for how much? Oh! Wow!
Ill take overall shot efficiency over volume of 3 all day long. Boston shooting tons of 3s is NOT the main reason they were the greatest team this year, its the fact that they have multiple versatile players that can play both sides of the ball & especially their incredible perimeter defense.
Their shooting against Minnesota was horrible and it cost them the series.
Both can be bad signs for a team. In Denver’s case, they clearly don’t need to shoot 3s to win most games, but when faced with high level interior defenders, the ability to space the floor is super important, and the nuggets didn’t get better at that over the offseason, they got worse. I agree with you about Boston tho, the high volume of 3 point shots isn’t the reason main reason they were a great team, they took that many 3s because they were such a great team that could generate so many open 3s.
I was talking about this with some friends around when the playoffs ended. They’re not in a totally terrible spot, as long as they have Jokic they can try different stuff to build around him, but they’re definitely in a weird spot. They went from winning a championship, to losing in the second round the next year and they’ve only gotten worse losing two of their key players to that championship. They have a couple of promising young guys but who knows what they become or if they even pan out at all. And yeah, like rusty said their depth is hurting even more than it was before. They won mostly off of jokic’s amazingness and Murray’s clutch play and synergy with Jokic, but now Murray is getting injured and may continue to, and as incredible as Jokic is he still needs good players around him to win. Westbrook can be helpful but I agree that he probably won’t play well with Jokic, and I don’t think whatever positives he can bring to the bench unit would outweigh that poor fit. They may have to scramble to restructure quickly so they don’t waste jokic’s prime. Luckily he’s a player that should have good longevity because his skill set doesn’t rely on athleticism or quickness, but he’ll still start to decline eventually. They are gonna have to rethink their roster if they want to contend again, especially with the west getting stronger
Everything depends on their development players. If Christian Braun could develop more scoring skills, that could make a big difference. MPJr could not fade on big games that would be huge. Same for Aaron Gordon. He needs to get consistent on 3s.
Exactly
I wonder if the front office relaxed after the chip, thinking everything would be fine and other players would come to them…until they get another few good role players, I have OKC, Minnesota, and Dallas coming out of the West before them
Not really, they just got screwed by the 2nd apron and by being a small market team.
Nope.
They just played the team building game the right way UNDER the previous CBA which hurt them at lot. Since they built their team under the previous CBA they locked so much money to their core which was the right thing to do. Max for the best player in the world, locking your robin on Jamal, locking your all star level 3rd piece MPJ and giving as much you can possible to your premier role players.
They lost Brown and KCP not because they want to, but because they just didn't got the money. The season were Brown left the team the Nugget couldn't match the offer and they weren't willing to overpay for players like Jeff Green. It was the best thing to do. Let them go and just bet on youth because else you won't have money to resign AG who is your most important role piece.
KCP you either overpay him or use that money to rework the bench who was a bigger need than KCP. Like the Nuggets bench was that bad and also ORL just straight up offer more than the Nuggets could give.
The Nuggets are just being victim of the new CBA being a medium market team and there nothing they can't really do.
@@RomnysGonzalez this. People act like this is on the team itself for making bad decisions when in reality they were prevented from making moves by the new CBA. Like you said, they’re being punished for building the “right way”.
If anything this new CBA is going to encourage teams to go back to the “big 3” era.
Rusty graduating to ad skits, we really feasting tonight
Nowadays I feel like if a team can win one ring in 10 years span, it is very successful.
I will make sure next year that 100% of our shots are 3pointers next year
2023 run for this team was so dominant … only repeat i thought would really happen
People said they had to let them go. Nah they were cheap. No hard cap in the nba.
Bro Rusty looking good. My man's lost weight.
Quick pointer on Braun, decent regular season 3 point shooter, awful postseason shooter, 2 postseasons, both with quite a few games, shot under 23% from 3 in both runs. As a nuggets fan, I’m very worried about this team. We got 4 great fitting, great pieces with jokic, Jamal, AG, and MPJ, and nothing after that…
Nuggets talked so much about the Lakers they copied their post-title roster moves. Let your bench walk for nothing and reload with fucking Russel Westbrook
They don't have a choice tho
The second apron is a problem
I missed the days when we were one of the deepest team in the nba, we been bleeding bench units for ages, Grant,Plumlee, Beasley, Morris, etc
That ad at the start of the video was legendary
Denver’s playoff chances have always relied on Jamal Murray randomly turning in to leagues best PG in the playoffs, if that doesn’t happen, Nuggets don’t make a run. Everyone gives Jokic the credit, but Murray carried them in the playoffs when they won it all, people talk about his bubble playoffs run, but his playoff numbers were even better when they won it all. He also showed up in a lot of big games that Jokic didn’t do great in. I mean playoff Murray single-handedly gave the Lakers PTSD. If Murray stays healthy, and can turn in to Houston James Harden like he did in 23, Nuggets will still be a threat to win it all.
Last year too many analysts were underrating how hard it is to win a championship, how much harder when back to back is and how competitive the league is. Prior to the Celtics of the last 5 teams to win a chip, not only have these teams not made the second round, some of them had regressed to losing in the first round (Bucks and Lakers), being a playin team (Lakers, GSW, Raptors), missing the playoffs altogether (Lakers, GSW, Raptors), being in the lottery (GSW, Raptors). If a team wins they have to be that much better than everyone else because the talent level is so high.
yes, KCP is a TOUGH loss. he brought great defense and veteran leadership to a championship team. but, everyone seems to have forgotten that we still have Jokic, Murray, Gordon, and MPJ, all in their primes. cmon folks let’s not get crazy
MPJ doesn’t belong in the convo lol. But Jokic and Murray ya and gordon he needs to improve on the outside shot
Rusty just casually dropped one of the best pieces of sponsored content I’ve seen on the Internet in the middle of a rant about the Denver Nuggets💀💀
0:36 I’m sorry idk if your trolling or not fr wdym teams in the west got considerably better?? Suns are cooked, clips broke up, warriors are cooked, Lakers are stuck in purgatory, Mavs’ll be good again but idk if they can recreate that run again, Spurs are still a few years off, Kings and Pels will be better now but adding Demar and Murray isn’t enough to beat Jokic so really what are we talking about rn. Timbs and Okc are real threats forsure tho
That's just looking at the other teams. Look at the Nuggets. You can't pretend that their are no questions about them.
this aged like milk
This did not age well bro
I think Russ and Jokic can work just need to make sure Gordon and Pritchard are not included in the lineup with the two of them on the floor.
Sure, maybe Jokic can overcompensate for Russ' 0 BBIQ, 0 self-awareness, bricklaying, constant turnovers, performative effort and dress-wearing.
Or maybe just find someone not stupid and unskilled for the same money.
@@VVVY777 have you seen Russ play at all in the last 2 seasons are you just a lakers fan who's still bitter for some reason? Russ has his issues yes but we've all seen him step up in that suns series last year, he was also really good in the Dallas series this year too. He accepted his place in the league and doesn't just go to jack up bricks anymore. However he is a great cutter, rebounder, playmaker and plays really hard. He'll still find alot of success in Denver
@@flamingythermit314lol he averaged 6 points per game on 26% against the Mavs
Loved KCP during his tenure in Denver, but I think the impact felt from losing him might be over started. He shot under 33% in the playoffs last year and really struggled to guard the stronger and faster ANT in the Minni series; not sure if the numbers would support this but I felt Braun defended ANT better.
I never expect Braun to become a deadeye shooter but playing alongside the starters will certainly improve his efficient this year.
They should of overpaid for KCP in the short term to give strawtger time to develop, not they have to force these raw players to develop somehow
I’ve been there filming an entire video while realizing I was sitting severely off center. Did that like and subscribe 😂
that background track is BANGING, nice video rusty and crew
They should put music in the description
@@fortynights1513 I went there to look too!
between this and ThreeCone's video on the subject, I'm convinced Bruce Brown and KCP are in the role players hall of fame
No. They were both just very impactful during the Nuggets' title run, and now they're both gone.
Acting like Bruce brown and KCP made the team lol
When nuggets got kcp analyst said he was a salary dump now he the goat role player
Rusty looks different in this vid. I can’t put my finger on what it is (not talking about the twin) but something’s def different
This take is absolutely ludicrous
You forgot about the second best Slovenian player, Vlatko Cancar! He's coming off from a leg injury last year, and will hopefully be a solid bench piece. (I don't think he makes them competitors, but he's solid.)
Drafting your own players, building the right way and being punished for that is so stupid, like NBA doesn't want to have organic good teams, what's the point of drafting and building when you can buy a ring. They should consider some cap space relief for homegrown talent, but of course they won't do it because some teams don't have patience to do it right way and NBA need them to be good every year.
Rings have been bought long before you were born lol. Just because you dont know it doesnt mean it wasnt already happening. How do you think the Celtics won 11 championships in 12 years from 1957-1969? There's no such thing as championships solely on merit. The FOs work in the background to buy championships.
Building the right way isn’t a thing
The 2nd Apron was made specifically to stop teams from using bird rights to keep a core together because the other owners were mad about gsw's massive payroll built off of continuity
Another doubter that’s going to look foolish when Denver wins the West next season.
Unpopular opinion but I think Braun is already a better defender than kcp. The offensive drop off will be bad though.. he needs to shoot 40% from 3
last season was really about Mike Malone playing too much his starters and not having a bench rotation that could spell the starters, specially the front court. He himself admitted he needs to figure out a way to develop and play much more his bench players and stagger better the minutes with some of the starters.
What it came down to vs the Wolves was KCP getting abused by Edwards and shooting poorly, so did MPJ...
Too bad Holmes is injured. Dario seems to be a good pickup but I agree playing the younger guys and letting them develop would help including Braun becoming the starter after KCP absence. Jullian too
Strawthers got some good tools on defense. Definitely able to put himself in good position off the ball. On the ball is going to be something to watch
Jokic makes everyone better and can shoot off the catch him and Russ can play off one another well. I can see him being like a 2020 Rondo mixed with Bruce Brown.
Gordon was a beast against Minnesota. The problem was the depth.
That ad I didn’t see coming, well delivered
Evil Mr. Beast, or Evil RustyBuckets?
Who’d Rusty get to play evil rusty that guy must be a seasoned actor he was so good
Markkanen for Porter Jr + assets trade solves the Nuggets
Why would nuggets do that lol ? Especially Utah ? What assets
Championship teams can lose their 5th and 6th best players and still win it all.
Great content but that commercial ad was terrible 😂
I wouldn’t say Julian strawher is good defensively but he not bad either
Sorry you had to do an extra hour of work bruh. I imagine that must be very hard for you. Anyway its 102 degrees out and im working 16 hour days trying to finish three roofs by the end of this week.
Basically the same thing. We gotta stick together.
Jokic needs to not be such a passive three-point shooter. At his best, he looked for the open threes and punished teams. 23 3FG percentage makes their odds of winning much less.
“Evil Rusty Buckets isn’t real. He can’t hurt you”
Evil Rusty Buckets: 0:57
As a longtime nuggets fan, I really hope Jamal Murray and MPJ can take on a bit more responsibility for scoring and playmaking (please Michael just pass the ball). If they can make jokic’s life a little easier during the regular season and postseason, he will have more energy to cause immense problems for every team in the nba.
if anything westbrook is in a similar situation as bruce, super undervalued win contributors do well on the nuggets ie ag, cb, bb, and jeff green.
Give Evil Rusty a hug ... He needs love
Not gonna lie this team can go make 4th seed but when it comes to the trade deadline they need to make a good move because the off-season is almost done
Honestly this upcoming season and offseason will really determine if the Nuggets are screwed only if they can keep the team together or they lose another good role player
Maybe not this year but I think in the coming years strawther will be a very important piece and can become a starter he's an elite shooter
Do one of these talking good about the mavs. It’d be great
Seeing videos like this makes me optimistic for the Nuggets. Because every off season there’s a team every one is pretty out on that ends up just shocking people. Like the Wolves and Mavs last season. Nuggets have the best player in the world. They’re gonna be fine
That ad read f*cked the brian in my head up!!! Lol 😂
They'll still be a top three team kcp was bad last season, so it's not really a huge miss.
I wonder if they could trade Michael Porter Jr to Toronto for Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynik and maybe a little draft capital. I think otherwise it is Peyton Watson they would have to move. He's got a decent value and a ton of upside, but they need someone who can deliver now.
I doubt that Toronto wants to take on MPJ's deal. They just backed the brinks trucks to Scottie Barnes and Quickley.
That new CBA really hit Denver hard, and Denver despite being really good the last few years, still isn't a preferred FA destination. I think a quick fix foe this team would be shipping out MPJ, maybe you can work out a deal to send him to Detroit for THJ, Malik Beasley and Isaiah Stewart, I dunno if the salaries match though
Has to be the best ad ive ever seen
They'll be lucky to crack a top 5 seed tbh
“In the PO Jokic is going to play 40min per game, especially against the top tier teams”
Well basically any team making it to PO in the west is top tier 😅
That was an amazing ad LMAO
They blew a 20-point lead in game 7. The better team won but they were definitely good enough to beat Minnesota
Nuggets get: Bogdan Bogdanović, Cam Johnson, Cody Zeller
Hawks get: MPJ, Dennis Schroder
Nets get: Clint Capela, Jalen Pickett, Zeke Nnaji, Kobe Bufkin and 2 1st round picks
While i agree theres roster issues joker makes you a contender all by himself so its really just a matter of not having multiple guys giving a bad series like what happened in the wolves series if 3-4 guys have a bad series theyre doomed without the depth
Hey let’s stay positive dog. Nuggets will still be fun to watch next season and for seasons to come
RUSTY PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON THE PISTONS NEWEST SIGNINGS OR THE WIZARDS AND NETS REBUILDS I LOVE BAD TEAMS CONTENT
Nuggets really tryna fix their bench production, idk if it’s enough though.
19:12 Duh-Ron Holmes, not Day-Ron Holmes. I went to high school with him
what he average in highschool
Evil Rusty should be a reoccurring character
Gdi Jacob you don't have to make the ads entertaining too! (elite I am also a Nord customer)
Healthy 2022 nuggets and they’re 2x champs
Debatable
Some of those games against the warriors were close but nuggets defense wasn’t as good as the 2023 team was with no KCP and Brown. Warriors were more experienced
Didn't realize post Malone had so much ball knowledge
The new CBA is bound to ruin the league. As much as parity has been emphasized, it also ruins many teams like Denver who can never sign a superstar and probably won't ever draft a player like Jokic again. Its also bound to affect the ratings because casual fans who only watch the finals won't know much about teams when it's 2 new teams every year and they gotta keep up with more and more storylines. There needs to be a chance for a recurring finals team every year, even if they don't win the championship every year. Kinda like LeBron in the 2010s, where fans know enough about him to tune in and be invested
you have to plug in your mic and turn it on? weird
Phantom power or Dynamic?
The KCP loss hurts.