FIRST TAKE | “Nikola Jokic is a phenomenal player” – Stephen A. claims Nuggets are BEST team in NBA

FIRST TAKE | “Nikola Jokic is a phenomenal player” – Stephen A. claims Nuggets are BEST team in NBA

Shot no good go home on a windmill Aaron Gordon the highlight of the Year wow time for a quick take last night’s Anthony Edwards hit his head on the rim making a game saving block against the Indiana Pacers while Aaron Gordon Hamm at home a vicious put back dunk against

The Celtics chenet which one are you most excited to talk about oh absolutely the block I mean he had pogo sticks trampoline in his legs he said after I don’t think I’ve ever you know jumped this high in my life and the crazy thing is that maybe the next best

Play happened this season when he threw it off the backboard and went and finished it so Aunt has given us two out of maybe the top three plays so far in the NBA season even though that dunk right there I mean this is a guy that should have been a slam dunk contest

Champ yes Sensational plays on both ends but I got to give the edge to Aunt Edwards what about you Wendy it’s not even the most important play that Aaron Gordon made in the fourth quarter of that game that was on the lob that he finished it was obviously extremely impressive but that

Was on the lob that he finished in the last minute that iced the game an Edwards makes the I think one of the most impressive plays I’ve seen in years so look nothing to take away from Aaron Gordon he was great especially late but this is ant Edwards day to shine and

Celebrate that play no doubt about it moving on Nicole AIC recorded his 20th triple double of the season leading the Nuggets to a 115 109 win over the Boston Celtics in Denver and a sweep of the season series against Boston Charles Barkley was asked about the possibility

Of Boston not winning the title this season here’s what he had to say if they don’t win a championship this year it would be a total gag job cuz they got everything you know before I ask y’all a question you know it is international women’s wed day and I’m not sitting here

Molly’s on vacation but since I am sitting in Molly’s chair Rihanna could you come over here please I mean I just wanted to give a little tribute to Molly right here I mean could you just Dave with me right there this is what Molly does when she when she’s in the chair

Whatever right there please right there take that’s what I’m saying I had to do that for Molly I had to do that I’m in Molly’s chair the rules are you going to tell people the rules of of first not to the ladies not not to the ladies this

Doesn’t apply to the ladies now Wendy knows as a man you speak when you’re spoken to okay no cussing address me as Stephen A or Mr Stephen A don’t ever ever thank you for taking care of me so much cuz every time Molly’s in this chair she gets dabbed up every

Commercial break so I felt that in the spirit of mollywood I needed to do the same all right J let’s get back let’s get back to joic and the Denver Nuggets did they prove they’re the best team in the NBA the Denver Nuggets have always

Been in my opinion when you tip off the ball the best team team in the NBA now I know the Celtics have the best record but they’re trying to do something that they haven’t done in a while they’re trying to bring home Banner 18 so they’re doing everything necessary to

Put themselves in the best position which is why the game versus the Nuggets was a let down because we wanted to say Jason Tatum could take the next step we wanted to say that hey they’re going to be one of the hardest places to play

Because they have one of if not the best record at home they’re doing a lot of the things that help you improve except showing up in the biggest moments now I saw some bright spots for this Celtics I loved Drew holiday we got a little bit of his 20 uh 2021 Championship form

Knocking down threes being that clutch player late I like porzingis being able to stre stretch the floor he’s he’s got to help that efficiency a little bit I think he was like nine for 23 or something from the field with 23 points those are good boosts but at the end of

The day it’s that guy right there Nica yic they have the best player on the floor with the Best Supporting Cast that is tailored to his needs I mean watching the game yic can get it from the perimeter he’ll get into on ball actions he’ll find someone open and and and then

You go to the inside the paint I mean right there he’s backing people down and just when you feel like okay I’m going to send help he’ll throw a lob as you see there to Aaron Gordon who had 16 really crucial baskets or he’ll just finish you know with the right hand or

The left he can’t be stopped on the inside he can’t stop finding his teammates like this is a team that is the best in the NBA the Denver Nuggets even though the Celtics are are doing I would say 99% of everything to put themselves in the position to rival them

Right now it’s the Nuggets Wendy I have no doubt that you probably feel the same way knowing you um who’s the team you give the best chance to beat Denver at this point because clearly after beating the best team in the NBA supposedly which is in Boston Celtics sweeping them

In this series we’ve got to look at the Denver Nuggets as the favorites who do you see as the biggest threat to them I think it’s definitely Boston I I think at full power Minnesota is interesting I don’t think that they have quite enough I would like to see that

Series with Carl towns healthy I don’t know if we’ll get it um I do think Boston and there’s a couple of reasons one Boston I believe is going to end up having homecourt advantage against anybody in the west they’ve got a six-game lead over Denver right now even

Though Denver has the tie break now I don’t think they’re going to lose that lead so Denver is almost unbeatable at home they did lose at home earlier this week to Phoenix in overtime but they’re very hard to beat at home they were Untouchable at home in the playoffs last

Year other than when Miami got him in the one game in the finals so a series in this in this matchup would start in Boston and on the road Denver is just a little bit less po now they are so they stress you out so much defensively the other thing is joic

And this is a this is a feather in his MVP case yic called on his team at the All-Star break I think he sent a group-wide text message and my guess is he’s not that active on the group text on the team but I don’t know for sure

But my guess is he’s not that active he sent a group message basically imploring his team let’s get it going and they’ve been almost Untouchable since they came back from the break and I kind of think that that would start to show up in Road

Games but I do think that you have a little bit of an edge on them if you can get with a homecourt advantage and Boston would have that Stephen A if this was a seven game series and last night was game one I would still like Boston’s

Chances because I think that there is some match up things that they found they used Drew holiday as a defender on jic in the fourth quarter and they had a little bit of success they were able to get some stops they used porzingis they brought some double teams they were very

Effective in limiting the nuggets from three-point range also the Nuggets bench played better than they usually do I feel like this would be a six or seven game series and if you had home court maybe you get them Wendy I can’t believe I have to say this you cuz I love you de

You know that don’t ever take that long again on International women’s day I mean you taking time away from J understand what I’m saying CH go ahead Wendy went went on about a minute two too long Wendy let really B go ahead Chan go ahead look I agree with you that

Boston probably has the best home court in the NBA based off what we’ve seen this season we’ve seen I mean we were coming off of not too long ago I know people remember the calves and people remember the Nuggets but I know people should remember also the Golden State

Warriors yes the Warriors are not the Warriors of three or two even so years ago but still they have a very potent home court which you’re right that could be the equalizer but what I will say is this the nuggets have wins twice against Boston OKC they’ve beaten the Clippers

And you’re looking at when they show up in those games how do they handle it they’ve handled the Celtics twice now maybe and and I learned this from Becky Hammond yesterday we asked the question when you’re going into a an NBA Finals you know matchup she says that coaches

Don’t really necessarily show all of their cards maybe that’s what’s happening with the Celtics they’re experimenting they’re exploring what’s the best way for us to defend joic and maybe sometimes those plays resulted in yic scoring or yic find finding Gordon which we found quite a bit down the

Stretch and maybe they’re not putting so much emphasis on this one loss and they’re trying to find ways to win when it matters most but still when I see the head-to heads you just see a yic that’s able to slice and dice them just comfortably whether that was in Boston

Not too long ago or at home in Denver where their home court is is just as or if not maybe a little bit based off of this year a little less couple of quick comments before I get on out of here number one nuggets 2-0 against the

Celtics but four and nine against the other top four seeds in either in in either conference I don’t understand that I’m wondering about that number one number two if Jason Tatum shows up and plays the way we know he can play I don’t think anybody’s beating the Boston

Celtics last Point Becky Hamm you brought her up first of all she does a phenomenal job with y’all on TV and secondly on International women’s day I think it’s only say fair to Sayell for foreign speee ande spee Fore fore fore Speee Spee spee For spee spee spee fore foreign speech fore fore foree spe spee I need Spe

FIRST TAKE | “Nikola Jokic is a phenomenal player” – Stephen A. claims Nuggets are BEST team in NBA