Nuggets 3-point defense struggles in loss to Clippers | DNVR Nuggets postgame
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The Denver Nuggets fell in a hotly contested game with the LA Clippers, Jokic had a triple-double, and Aaron Gordon made his return to the lineup, but it wasn’t enough to get the win on the road. What can we takeaway from tonight’s loss? Norman Powell is officially a Nuggets’ killer. Adam Mares, Duvalier Johnson, and D-Line Co. come to you LIVE from the DNVR Bar to break down everything you need to know in this postgame edition of the DNVR Nuggets Podcast!
Start – 0:00
Fast breakdown – 2:30
Dev’s big takeaway – 5:25
D-Line’s big takeaway – 6:45
Adam’s big takeaway – 8:05
Michael Malone & Peyton’s minutes – 21:00
Flat energy to start games – 26:20
Silver linings – 36:15
Who’s the next guy? – 39:20
Free throws – 41:20
Jokic – 42:40
More optimism? – 50:00
Superchats – 54:00
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To be fair Nuggets deserve this. They were the best team in the league last season and didn't appreciate it. Now it's back to irrelevance, poor Jokic and few other guys, who actually show up and care about winning, but KARMA IS THE B-WORD
Bring Justin holiday back. There has to be more playable guys, and get a legitimate back up big. This is how you hurt AG again by having him as a back up 5 even if it’s a stagger later on
This feels like last year, except this team might not even make the playoffs.
Is it true they can’t trade Jamal this year because of his extension??? They need to:
– fire Malone
– trade Jamal, Zeke Hunter Peyton and Strawther together for some great players
– win the chip
Joker is a problem trade him….Jammal and other guys are cool and bright ☀️ future.
My takeaway is if we hit a couple more free throws and if Harden got a couple of less soft calls we would would have called it a good road win. That's unfortunately not the way the cookie crumbled
I would love to see Jok and Braun for a one/two punch to start the game with force!
Jokic has to be like, 20% less passive on rebounds this season. Don't rely on Mike, Pwat, whoever to get rebounds you can get.
Clown organization of Denver nuggets… U deserve Jamal man .. that bum is 50 mil a year. Love it 🥲🤣🥲🚮🥲🤦🥲👌
And luckily we have J.Huff to play backup big… Imagine if we don't have him 🤯😬
It's not only about getting motivated by the coach but also fearing what might happen if you don't give effort. And Murray absolutely doesn't respect Malone. Murray could literally walk for a whole quarter and Malone wouldn't bench him. So, Murray walks over him and the rest of the Nuggets roster.
Trade Jokić, he is really bad. Let him go to destroy some team that have 2-3 allstar players
This Malone's philosophy does not and will not pass. A huge distrust of half the roster and to much trust in semi-washed or washed veterans.
Every year the same story. It's just that now Murray doesn't hit as well as before and Malone's weaknesses are already very visible.
5 years of Jokic playing at the level of the best players ever + a couple of Murray's explosions consistently over the years mask Malone's weaknesses as a coach.
I like Malone as if he is some distant uncle. I've come to like him a lot over the years, but he just has a few major flaws as a coach.
Some things are not his fault, but the management's, but now he is playing in fear. He gets even tighter when it's bad and makes it even worse in his often rigid philosophy of rotation, mistrust of half the players, too much trust in veterans.
Denver won the title with super methodical half court offense. I like Russ and his energy, but his often chaotic fast pace is a departure from Denver's standard methodical offense, from probably the best half court offense ever. This is far away from champions level of basketball.
Russ has about 33% fg out of garbage time. He can't control himself. In today's modern shooting basketball, having a player who with 10+ fg has such a terrible shooting out of garbage time is simply not winning basketball. It's even crazier when someone tells me "Russ wasn't brought in for shooting". But he has a huge usege and cannot control his nature. I don't blame him, it's Malone's fault for playing him so much and shortening the rotation.
The 9th place in the table speaks for itself. Below are the only lottery teams and Minnesota and Sacramento that had bad trades.
The season is too long. Jokic is already playing playoff minutes. A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
Does Malone even realize that Jokic's 35-40 minutes are not the same as others because he actually plays both center and playmaker, the fatigue is bigger like that.
Already at the beginning of last season when i saw Jordan and Reggie on the roster i knew we had no chance for b2b. And so for years. Constant mistrust in half the roster and constant overplaying with veterans.
Last year if Denver had replaced Reggie and Jordan with any others pg and center even remotely playable halfway through the season – Denver would have played the finals with Boston.
I'm afraid that now the situation is already like that in the first quarter of the season.
I'm happy for the title and a great 10 years, but I don't think Malone can change.
Unfortunately the only way for Denver to be competitive in the playoffs is to replace Jordan, Russ and Zeke with 3 other players. Because Malone won't/cant change his philosophy.
Only FO can save Malone from his delusions.
The sooner Denver cut off Jordan, Russ and maybe Zeke – – the better playoff chances will be. Russ is like Barton on steroids, he'll give you some but takes a lot also. Why Jordan is still on the roster is a mystery.
I’m done watching this team till they trade Murray
hmm no one seems to know how much your 'second player' is making, only Jok is being called out to do more, not the '2nd' guy, not the '3rd' guy, not the gm, and not and never the fo that has made a shameful roster for one of the best offensive players ever in the history of this sport we call basketball
The fouling of jump shooters is insane. WTF was that… I expect that from Strawther but that CB one.. I wanned to throw up
Defensively, MPJ is a very bad player, just like Jamal, especially when rotating, they throw out other Denver players who are on the floor. While I'm still writing about MPJ, his complete sleep in the last quarter is repeated, and he even finishes the game with him again while PW is sitting on the bench when the defense was most needed. Gordon in the last quarter, nothing big both offensively and defensively, but he didn't play for long, so I blame the coach here because he shouldn't have kept him on the field so much immediately after coming back from injury, Powell played 25 minutes for the Clippers, just because he is coming back from a long break. Jamal simply can't do better and you should seriously consider putting him on the bench while Russ would have more minutes, this really makes no sense for Jamal because you can see the lethargy on the field even when he seems to be trying his best. Jamal entered the 4th quarter with 13 points and 5 assists, that's all from him. I'm a little worried about CB because again, like last season, the finish at the rim, which was great until the last couple of games, is not good. Also, in long intervals, the CB on the court only passively passes the ball without trying to attack the hoop, and that when he needs it the most. Free throws are a collective burden and I really don't know what the coach in charge of free throws is doing with the players. I watched Houston's games and I can say that they are certainly in the top three teams in the west with OKC and Dallas, Portland plays extremely good basketball, they have a very good team, even the players who were bad last season have significantly improved their game. Denver is uncertain as far as the playoffs are concerned, I can't see them winning 3 or 4 games, not even Portland, Spurs, Phoenix, Houston, Kings, Dallas and Grizzlies, let's pray they have a 2-2 record, but everything seems 1- 3 currently. Denver's defense does not look convincing, especially Jamal and MPJ and the coaches noticed it, so we could see in the first half the Clippers players pass and slip very easily among the players under the board or that dunker spot, where they finish with a dunk or a layup, everything on the side where the MPJ is.
The main problem with the Denver Nuggets roster design IS Jokić's replacement but it is NOT the backup center, as many may think.
I think many fans still have that old conception of basketball positions based on player size. Yes, Nikola plays the role of center during the game, but also and more importantly, he plays the role of POINT GUARD. He is in charge of directing both the defense and the offense of the team, as well as facilitating buckets for his teammates. He is the first POINT CENTER in the history of basketball and this is something that not only many fans, but also those who manage this team, seem not to understand.
With Nikola on the bench there is NO other player on the roster who can generate buckets for his teammates consistently and at the NBA level.
So, without him on the court, Denver only have three options to score:
1. With a fast break after good defense. They do get it sometimes, but it's impossible to maintain a fluid scoring rhythm based solely on fast breaks.
2. With designed ball movement plays to generate open looks in 5 vs 5. It seems that from the coaching staff these plays without Jokić don't exist.
3. Through players who can produce advantages to score or double the ball in ISO situations. But there is another big problem with this. Without Nikola, the only ones who should be able to produce in 1 vs 1 are Westbrook, who has one of the lowest basketball IQs in the league and is very inconsistent; Strawther, who is practically a rookie and can't contribute much more than he does now; and Murray, who right now doesn't even have the level to play in the Euroleague.
Denver do NOT need a better backup center than the ones they have or have already had, but a player who is capable of directing the offense and defense when the Serbian is not playing. It would have been much more effective for the Nuggets to bring in Chris Paul than Russell Westbrook.
Harden isn’t sassy. I’m real close to remanding the Nuggets games to ‘all possessions rewatches til they start coming out strong in the first quarter
Trade Malone! You gamble with the Jamal contract and you lose. Cut that 50m per year, someone has to be a man and fix the f.up.
Dario needs a far go. He has shown he can play well with the starters without Jokic.
What is clear to even blind Freddy is that his and Russ’s games are just not compatible.
Dario and Jamal are a much better combination and I think that’s the oath Malone shouldn’t follow and thus build the second team around that.
Start Brodie to overcome the lack of effort and slow start in the first quarter!
Fire superchats. The last one has me in tears.
Malone has lost the team, doesnt even matter anymore… window is closed and aint no way to change what needs to be changed. Way to kill the prime years of an all time great denver.
Malone does not know how to handle a bench. He needs to give more guys more consistent minutes off the bench. He doesn't like "effort"? Then frickin play more than three guys off the bench.
Lol. I like how people say Malones lost the team. 😂😂😂. NO. It's jamals mentality in the first quarters every game. He's super indecisive. How many jump in the air turnovers does he make? And sad thing is when russell started 4 him we play better. He has to pay attention to how russell attacks and passes early. Jamal is to good to play this bad as the point guard.
Play more guys, the guys who are playing aren't bringing it on both ends. Its time to see what the other guys can do
AG playing backup center isn’t gonna fly all season. He’s gonna get hurt again. Not a silver lining Adam.
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This is a play in team AT BEST. There are numerous issues all over the place. What’s hilarious is when you guys try to throw Jok into the mix of issues, when he’s clearly the only reason this team won the games it has. No he’s not perfect. No kidding. But he’s FAR from the real problems w this team.
Murray literally acts like he doesn’t care anymore. Jordan Poole 2.0 He’s easily the worst defender on the team, even worse than Jules. And his offense and effort has regressed as well. I only can hope they can trade him this offseason, even for pennies on the dollar, just to get rid of that atrocious salary.
And then Malone has been bad, Booth has made critical misses when he couldn’t afford to, the bench is still bad, your backup to Jok is a bust (Saric), MPJ still has one god game out of 5 (which has been the case for years, but his stans are in denial). Too many issues with this club, from top to bottom.
Josh is gonna have a hard task this offseason.
Should have kept Westbrook in….left Murray on the bench…u had enough scoring to win the game…final lineup should have been…brodie, Braun, Pwat, AG, Jokic
Malone & Murray are 2 major bugs in Denver, MPJ is a small bug now !
Julian can score more but show time not enough, Malone block him for his son Murray !!
The Nuggets have never been able to stop Harden.
Nuggets have a “delayed championship hangover” we didn’t get it last year. They seem so unconcerned and think they can flip the switch in the playoffs. The hunger is no longer there.
I love how D line said, "Let's talk about something brighter" then brings up Verizon, there truly is no light in this world😪
murray looks disinterested. need him to exert his power on the game. need mpj to get more shots especially if he's cooking. defense is alot about effort. a lot of times the guys just not active and losing their man. tough game