They may get bounced out in the first round this year. It's not just escaping the gentlemen sweeps.. remember the year before they needed 7 games to survive vs a rebuilding 7th seed Spurs team.. and then went another 7 games life n death vs an injured Blazers squad, choking game 7 at home.
For whatever reason they be bullshyttin waaay too much.. and it'll catch up to them this year if they find themselves a 4th seed or lower.
As far as the past playoffs its because none of the top players on the team were veterans. And I guess thats actually still a problem since they got younger this season and all the vets on the team have taken steps back besides Jaymichael
They gotta be one of the worst 3rd quarter teams in the league and I think its because at halftime the opposing coach looking at their team like "They running the same two plays every trip down the floor

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The FO chose not to make a run at a playoff run because the best and only good perimeter defenders Denver has right now is Garry Harris and PJ Dozier but they're both too small to guard elite forwards. Its almost like the organization decided not to try this year but at the same time Hampton, Bol, and Nnaji can't get any meaningful burn. If they don't make a trade of some kind I'll be surprised if they make it out the first round without some really good matchup luck