Turnovers & rebounding sink Denver Nuggets on Christmas | DNVR Nuggets Postgame
The Denver Nuggets fall on Christmas to the Phoenix Suns. Jokic had a great night, but looked visibly frustrated with him teammates all night. Christian Braun appears to be in a major funk, and Jamal Murray struggled again. What can we takeaway from the primetime holiday loss? Adam Mares, Brendan Vogt, 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 – 2:25
Dev’s big takeaway – 4:05
D-Line’s big takeaway – 5:00
Vogt’s big takeaway – 5:50
Adam’s big takeaway – 7:05
Michael Porter Jr – 18:40
Jamal Murray – 22:30
Jokic – 31:30
PWAT & CB – 35:35
An Adam take – 39:40
AG left the game with a calf strain – 47:20
Superchats – 53:15
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The f bombs in costume made me feel better cause damn this was a rough one
Team is quiting on Jamal…this is the end of Nuggets you use to love.
Why tf when rus get here Murray and jokic seems off? As a Russ fan even tho Russ outplaying him I want to see Murray be the player we all expected he should be. With Gordon injured there glaring problems with this team that seem can only be fixed with a trade with will destroy morale and chemistry
How many open shots did Jokic pass up in order to get his teammates involved and his assists were way down because they missed them?
Jokic isn't only by far the best scorer for DN he's the best scorer in the league and he should be taking a bare minimum of 20 shots every game without fail and I don't mean 20 including offensive rebounds and full or half court buzzer beater attempt which is always the case.. If he takes 25-30 he's going to drop 40 or more ever night but Malone allows him to not be aggressive in many games and only shoot 8-10 midway into the 3rd quarter, which often includes offensive rebounds and a full court lob. Not saying this happened today but it happens too much and it cost us the #1 seed last year in game 82 and many wins.
And Malone allows Jokic to not be aggressive going to the rim to shoot near enough when it's guaranteed points on the board and our most surefire way of scoring. It's costing us badly. I wish someone could get this through to Malone
The amount of times it was like the team realized they should've passed to Jokic like 2 seconds ago, then forced the pass anyways, was astounding. Similarly, Jamal and MPJ looking off Jok who had Beal switched on to him. wtf was that
What's it like to be Murray now? He has $208m contract extension for next 4 years, he was bad for a big part of last season and extended his contract in some incredible way, and now they can't get rid of him at all (I think Malone helped with that new contract). Now the fans hate him because of that, he was always Malone's favorite player, when he played well that favoritism was OK. Now everyone blames Murray and Malone, all fans and players. Murray's contract has blocked the club because no one wants him, especially not for that money, things are much worse at the club than the players show to the press. Now he only has physical and mental problems, he is just a shadow of what he used to be, he no longer has the status with his teammates that would allow him to fight like before, if he were respected he could train and play much better. How can he get out of that hole? It is not easy, he will have to put emotions aside and redouble his efforts in training (come first and finish last). He must now have great strength and speed or it is better not to play at all, because if he plays physically and mentally unprepared, he will poison all the relationships in the club.
Why did they went away from having Jok as the center of offense? He used to have like 90 touches per game. Now it's a lot less. So many possessions, the ball doesn't even touch him.
Let’s give Jamal another participation trophy 🏆
He had a few good moments , he tried …
That’s what he is getting paid premium $$
Awful coaching. And Jokic having 25 Pts – 15 Reg – 2 Ast, that should tell you all. Whenever Jokic has this few assists, it means his team mates were shooting horribly. And about Murray I can say only this: Jamal deserves more rest, he should rest about 39 minutes per game!!! He truly deserves that special treat, he has earned it and we should give it to him. 🤣
i Fell in love with the nuggets team in 2023, becouse they where different. They believed in Murray and Potter when they where inqured , they believed in Jokic how wasnt the typicall NBA Player…they had a Brotherhood and a spirtuall Connention and played a beutiful brand of Basketball…. Now all i hear is trade Murray Trade Potter get greedy … you can not waste Jokices Prime…In my opionion a championship has no value if you lose your soul on the way!!! The mantra of this Team was always Familiy…and Famile stick together in good and bad times…Dont lose everything that makes you spezial for a littel success… be a light in our dark times nothing less a exspect from this Team
Embarrassing
Alternative title " Murray sinks the Nuggets AGAIN"
ATNAT – ALL THE NUGGETS ARE TRASH!
Also trade Braun together with MPJ to get value out of him while it's still high. he is NOT a shooter and will never be
Malone is an idiot , Brown and Murray can not play together there is no production and a lot of TO .
Front Office is criminal what they do last two years….
At the end of last year I was screaming to please please get rid of Jamal. And then they give him that damn extension. Everyone keeps talking about Michael Porter Jr, he's not nearly the problem that Jamal is. The bro simply don't care most of the time
I am a jokic fan fu dnvr
Jamal’s the 6’4 Julius Randle and that hurts to accept
Welcome to the DNVR show, let’s go to a break
Malone dont have courage to make decisions,he is friend whit jamal!!mpj got targeted every time by beal and malone no reaction,he calls timeout and dont changge nothing!!!someone else need to make decision on malone
It's not Murray playing bad, it's him slowing the tempo down with his play style. The nuggets don't have enough spacing to play a slow tempo, previous years it worked because you had floor spacers. Zach Lavine isn't gonna change anything, if the nuggets were to make a trade, it should be for Jimmy butler , 2 Dawgs like westbrook and Jimmy will work with jokic on any team
Jamal is a cancer of this team……..
This loss is mostly on Malone.
First, Hunter Tyson and Jalen Pickett have played ZERO minutes after two days ago they played an excellent game against this same team. What kind of coach does that? Not only on a basketball level, but on a psychological level with the players. Especially incomprehensible, considering that Braun, Murray, Westbrook, MPJ and Watson played VERY BAD today.
Second, playing Westbrook and Murray at the same time works because you can take the ball out of the Canadian's hands. Russell focuses on running the team with Nikola, and Jamal only has to worry about taking easy buckets generated by his teammates. But today's game MAKES NO SENSE. Westbrook playing SG when he can't shoot and Murray playing PG when he doesn't know how to run a team.
Third, in the minutes without Jokic (and with DeAndre Jordan) the team works as long as there is a PG in the lineup. Many of us have said it here for a long time, the problem was not the backup center, but that there was no PG when Nikola sat on the bench. With Russell on the team, this is solved, because he can play when Jokic rests. In the second quarter today, the minutes without Nikola worked because Russell was on the court, but in the third quarter it was a disaster because neither the Serbian nor the American were there. The entire offensive section was Jamal dribbling and playing hero balls (very low-effective shots).
Fourth, Denver is the only team that can go an entire quarter without creating situations for its star. Murray, MPJ and Braun often try to play ISO (they can't) when Nikola is asking for the ball in the paint. Jokic, the best player in the world for five years and top-10 in history. Today in the second half Nikola received 4 or 5 balls in the paint… In 24 minutes! If anyone watches the Sacramento Kings, they'll see that Sabonis runs a very easy 20-10-10 without having to play constant ISOs like Nikola, because his team's guards create advantages so that Domantas only has to finish in the paint. Westbrook is the only player on the roster who is feeding Nikola.
Lmfao murray needs more rest?? NOTHING but excuses for murray's poor shooting…funny thing you don't complain when he shootsd POOR and the nuggets still win DESPITE of murray's poor shooting as lomg as he does well in 4th even thos he was trash the rest of the game 🤡
Dammit guys, open your eyes, Murray no longer helps the team. It will not change. I wish Jokic would tell Malone and the front office…it's either him or Murray, you decide. It is almost criminal that a team wastes a generational player the way Denver is.
Man people can say a lot but anyone els think Westbrook been better then Murray , Murray has been disappointing and don’t forget last year we lost to timberwolves because Jamal couldn’t perform,man don’t trade mpj but think about trading Jamal if he doesn’t step up
Didn’t eat crow tonight 😞still hungry
Denver’s bench reminds more of a dumpster fire than a professional basketball team…
None of the actual basketball play has been on Jokic but his vibes and body language just been really bad. Feel like he making it obvious he don’t believe in his teammates. He needs to give them some confidence
MALONE AND JAMAL NEED BE FIRED.NALONE SAY JOKER MISS FEW SHOTS..????..WTF MIKE IF SCORE 50 WE WILL WIN LAST NIGHT..SHAME ON YOU
How many times can you say it's just one game before the math doesn't add up?
Mike say..WE WILL WATCH FILM….WTF .AGAIN …WHICH FILM.????..SURVIVOR WITH JAMAL
Somehow this team feels worse then Facu Bol Bol years of suffering ..
Its just criminal what Calvin B did to Jokic prime ..Project dynasty Jamal max contract giving Zeke big pay day trading KCP..
Really hope Jokic realize that this organization is when of the worse if not the worse organization in NBA and he should if he want to save his carrier ask for a trade immediately…
Murray is a 6’4” faster Julius Randle.
Murray was the primary problem.