"You Can See the Light Years a Mile High" - Nuggets (#6) vs. Warriors (#3) West 1st Round Thread

[T.he I.nformant]

Oh, no doubt, and that's my point. Jokic needs running mates like Jrue and Middleton, but Murray and MPJ (as a collective) aren't that. The stars will need to align for the Nuggets to get players like that to surround Jokic with. Giannis would still be stuck in 1st/2nd round exit status if the Bucks didn't get him the right help.

Murray and MPJ are certainly no Middleton and Jrue but I’m not willing to concede they can’t be what Jokic needs for the Nuggets to be more successful in the playoffs. I just really don’t know. I don’t think anybody does. They haven’t really had a meaningful chance to play with each other so it’s hard to assess. Perimeter defense is absolutely not a strength for these Nuggets but you got to give a lot of credit to just how good GSW’s perimeter guys are. As for maybe a bleak prognosis on the Nuggets, I think the brass felt MPJ falling in the draft was the stars aligning to help get the Nuggets over the hump. That’s why they went all in on his potential to grow with Jokic and MPJ even though injury concerns persisted. And sadly my man has been in street clothes just after getting the big contract.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Do you get tired of defending all these cacs and Euros like a little white ho

Do you ever get tired of being a keyboard militant on an anonymous online msgboard where you can't take the currency out into the real world?

 

[Don Homer]

Kenny and Chuck arguing over the split action

 

[ikbm]

Bubble asterisks

Its the only time we seen Jokic Nuggets look like a threat and it was with Jamal Murray playin like Steph Curry in the yoffs so its still TBD in a real playoff with travel and arenas.

name a single team right now thats winning anything in the playoffs with 40 points per game removed from their starting lineup immediately

subtract maxey and harden from the sixers are they winning a round in the playoffs

 

[ALonelyDad]

You know the game was bad when they spending 10 mins on a dumb fight

 

[The God Poster]

The media really gonna make a bigger deal outta Boogie/Barton instead of the teams best player crying all game/getting ejected & overall having a horrible demeanor all game

Team saw they best player losing composure & followed

 

[Dorian Breh]

name a single team right now thats winning anything in the playoffs with 40 points per game removed from their starting lineup immediately

subtract maxey and harden from the sixers are they winning a round in the playoffs

We were beating playoff teams with no Harden, (no Simmons), and 15 PPG from Maxey through the all star break

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Steph needs to come off the bench permanently, its poole's team now

nikka is you smokin?

 

[CSquare43]

 

[ikbm]

We were beating playoff teams with no Harden, (no Simmons), and 15 PPG from Maxey through the all star break

you arent winning a SERIES. a SERIES.

the off games in the middle of the year....where dudes playing 3 games in 4 nights, traveling cross country.....compared to teams focusing and gameplanning for just you for 7 games.
nikkas had ben simmons and lost to the damn hawks ...and embiid played trash miss me with that.
let alone trying to win a series against a fully loaded and healthy legit title contender. dont be disrespectful to my intelligence

 

[kornholio]

The media really gonna make a bigger deal outta Boogie/Barton instead of the teams best player crying all game/getting ejected & overall having a horrible demeanor all game

Team saw they best player losing composure & followed

They said Jokic bytching all night probably led to the rest of the team starting to bytch and argue with each other

 

[AkaDemiK]

The splash triplets + Dray

yikes

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Nuggets better hope they can get Jokic some legitimate help going forward or else he's gonna leave. They need to follow the Bucks' lead.

Jokic on the dubs

 

[BlueHeffner]

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

Nuggets just don’t have enough without Jamal Murray