Nuggets Defense Exposed: James Harden Dominates in Clippers Win
No Jinx! The Nuggets lose to the Clippers with woeful defense, and the problem appears in three parts:
1. They start slow, and their chemistry seems to be to blame
2. They struggle with scheme and don’t have the personnel to change it.
3. They don’t take care of the details like a good team does.
We break it down and try and figure out where the Nuggets stand in the West.
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36 Comments
Cruise, pride, urgency, pope. Cheap.
Jokic still does his job. Feel bad that he is the mist consistent man in tge NBA with absolutely no help.
Ryan you got the point ☝️ Joker is fed up off everything…. Murray is so bad man 🥲
I’ve never seen media baby a player as much as Denver media babies Jamal Murray. “Is not all Jamal’s fault” WHEN IS IT EVER JUST ONE PLAYERS FAULT ?! The point is he’s not helping. Your second best player is playing like your 6 best player. That’s an issue. Stop with this “is not all his fault” cope. wtf
The league got over 60 players scoring 20ppg. We are paying a guy 50M who can't even do that.
If only Jamal could score like Norman Powell
Malone got addicted to using a short bench during the title run. So bench guys past three get no consistent minutes, ever. Big mistake.
Whatever you do, don’t address the real problem. The oligarch and his gm puppet are completely responsible for this not very good team. Don’t piss off the power, I guess.🙃
Hate to say it but Murray is now going to cost Malone his job if Murray doesn't take his career seriously. The hands on hips and seems like a lack of focus is getting worse, and its not Westbrook who is still flying around like he's in his 20s.
Malone lost this locker room, they don't care anymore after the 1 ring.
Jokic is a foul baiter!
Yesss . Ryan is correct. Jamal is not making it Fun. He's not that hype, fired up player. He's such a great player but once he won the championship, I don't see his fire. And maybe it could be health or mentally but he's different 🤦🏿♂️
1 thing though how is jokic not getting to the foul line 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️.. He only got there in the fourth. Whats going on NBA???
They haven't mentioned, other than defense which is sucking right now, is we are losing games just because we get outscored by 3 pointers. We are close to the worst team as far as 3 pt. attempts. Example: last night they made 8 more 3 pointers. Which is 8 more points than us. How much did we lose by??.
Wondering why Malone has backed off the “our first job/goal is the protect our home court?”. They don’t seem to have any short term goals around the season. They’ve been torched so many times this year at home it’s frustrating. As far as last night, they just don’t look very coordinated or playing as a team. You see some sparks of the championship team but not enough.
Jamal and Jokic this season is a too big difference in quality right now. On a scale of 1 to 10, Jokic is consistently playing at level 9+ to almost 10 but you can´t expect him to do that all the time, so he´s at level 9+. But Jamal should be at level 8 at least and he´s not. He´s playing way too many games at somewhere between level 4 and 6… Westbrook just arrived this season but Murray has no excuse playing like he does. He should by now know and understand everything of the Nuggets game plan but it seems like he has no idea what his role should be.
Ive never seen the refs baby a team like the clippers…. oh wait yes i have, every game the nuggets play they give the free throws to the other team!! When are we gonna talk about this garbage officiating!! You cant even play defense bro, its an automatic foul. The nba hates denver its very simple
Nba is #WASHEEEEDDDD nfl is robbing them of fans and money, good riddance
Im glad i saw the nuggets get their championship. But now we cant reward the nba with their riggedness anymore. Its time to say goodbye to the nuggets so we can hurt the league. Its time for the league to change its ways or become a thing of the past. Who tf wants to watch a one sidedly officiated game every single time? Its boring asf and frustratingly unfair. Fuk the nba, and the refs who cant even hoop or dunk yet they are calling the game. I cant wait to see this years ratings declination and laugh histarically
i'm glad we can have a conversation about nikola and defense.
every player on the team needs to be committed to defense.
i want you all to think about this coddling you do with jokic. why is it that a guy like giannis is shouldering a 35% usage rate, most of the ball handling responsibilities, the main scoring while managing the most double teamed possession per game in the league, and a main facilitation and playmaking role and plays elite defense night in and night out but you believe asking jokic to play defense is unreasonable?
jokic is 7 feet tall. get your ass in the gym, then put that toned arse under the basket and contest shots like a proper center.
Jamal got paid and now we question his effort every night. That dude does not have it between the ears. He is tearing this team apart.
If you can’t shoot the 3 in todays NBA. You will loose .🤷
Murray, MPJ and Jokic on D are an issue. 3 of 5 players who are bad on defense isnt working. Move Murray and MPJ to the bench and surround Jokic with defenders. Jokic can make anyone above league average on offense. This would help the bench by having 3 scorers on the bench. Brody. Christian, Payton, Gordon Jokic. Defense and energy. If Murray, MPJ and Straw cant compete against other teams benches then they are cooked anyway.
Nuggets are a mediocre team. They have no chance to win another title with the current roster.
I think Ryan hit It – the nuggets have lost their chemistry – there is no joy – just going through the motions, and I wonder if Jamal is depressed
Theres a solhtion
Pg Westbrook
SG Braun
SF Porter
Pf Gordon
C Jokic
Trade Murray for Bruce Brown and Poetl.
Joki, Gordon, Braun are untradeable. Trade Murray for Pippen jr and depth.
Clippers not looking that bad anymore after you talked down on the clippers huh 😂
Gotta give Credit to the Clippers. Their most expensive, best player hasnt played a single minute this entire season. So its just Harden and a bunch of role players… And theyre scrappy as hell 😂. Norman powell is their highest paid Role Player( at just under 20m), but hes giving more production than some guys making 1.5-2x the amount that he makes( contract wise).
If the nuggets had just 1 more pick available, they could probably get like Dennis Shroder, DFS and DayRon Sharp for MPJ+ 2 first picks from the nets. I think they can only trade away 1 pick, and thats their 2031 pick… But who knows, maybe that 31 pick might be extremely valuable and be enough to persuade the Nets?
Just saying, you pretended that denver locked up harden and got a 10pt lead on him but thats not how it happened. Harden was on the bench when you got the lead, Harden was +10 the whole game lol, he wouldnt have been if it was like you said
I wouldnt worry too much about this game, Harden just owns jokic
Murray didn’t even sweats last night! 0 effort
How does the league justify all the calls Harden gets versus none of the ones Jokics gets.
Clippers are a good team, lost twice now and Ryan is awfully salty
Good show
A good title would have been " no more parties in LA"
Malone is an out-dated coach. The guy is a good motivator and a good character but that’s about it really . He continues to show his lack of in game adjustments and tactical changes . Always reactive rather than being pro active . Look at all the good young & up coming coaches in the league atm , he gets out coached on most nights and gets bailed out by having a generational talent in Jokic carry him to wins . People who make excuses for Murray all the time
are deluded . The guy is getting paid like a superstar but he plays like a role player / 1st of the e bench type game ..
If these players don't like playing together there's only 1 solution. Trade their dumb asses to Charlotte or Detroit! Seriously, those bastards need to get off their asses and play hard each night! And we are NOT willing to accept B.S. like "this is the NBA, the players don't feel they have to do that." Well, attitude is exactly why fans are tuning out the NBA in massive numbers and that will definitely affect their revenue. There is no real reason why the Nuggets have to pay 4 players over $20m a year if they don't want to play together. There could be some $10m a year guys who actually want to play with Jokic. Let's bring them in.