‘HORRIBLE LOOK FOR THE LEAGUE!’ 😯 – Tim Bontemps on NBA STARS SITTING OUT 👀 | Get Up
Tim Legler, Tim Bontemps and Chiney Ogwumike join Mike Greenberg on Get Up to react to the Nuggets vs. the Warriors where several players including Nikola Jokic sat out. They also discuss the Lakers’ win over the Spurs.
0:00 Wake Up Call
0:40 Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors
2:12 Thoughts on sitting out
4:30 Steve Kerr on Steph Curry’s playing time
5:18 Pressure on Steph Curry
7:36 San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers
8:57 Lakers needed the win
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Lol, Bontemps is just bitter he had to travel for a game that didn't let him write the story he planned to write.
This just lets you know that the warriors are just on hot streak but not ready for the top 4 seeds in the west.
Hmmm the Nuggets sitting their stars right before playing the Lakers…. This isn’t new it’s typical. 🙃😂
This is a horrible loss for the gsw but games like this DO HAPPEN.
Don't forget to mention that Tim Bontempts called Russ a 'Vampire'.
Russ has been nothing but a team player all season.
Tim Bontemps needs to apologise to Russ & the Denver Nuggets.
Jokic is an iron Man, and Jamal is just injury prone, they're a playoff lock. What if they take a game off, you don't keep the same energy for SGA & the thunder.
The internet keeps receipts Tim Bontemps.
Hey Tim Bontemps, Michael Malone just said on Altitude that he doesn’t even know who you are😂
BONTEMPS continues to have ZERO CREDIBILITY. LET a younger, ambitious NBA analyst with a more balanced and informative perspective get a crack at his job. Suggestions: Adam Mares or Jason Timpf. BONTEMP'S TIME IS UP ⏳️
Kinda seems like Chiney is the only one who actually watches the games.
They need stop putting females talking about grown man sport
Curry played through a back injury, you could see it in how he was moving out there, while Murray and the Joker and saying "sorry America, you want to watch us you better pay for League Pass."
But also… it's smart to your stars a little bit of rest and recovery if they are banged up and I've read both those guys are banged up.
These are some of the dumbest comments I've heard from an ESPN crew, and that's saying a lot. Jokic is the greatest iron man superstar in the league. He plays in virtually every game and has his entire career. Murray regularly plays through injuries–he seems to be hurt all the time with one thing or another. In fact, he's hurt the Nuggets by too often playing hurt. Christian Braun and MPJ have played in virtually every game this year. And Aaron Gordon never misses games unless he's really injured. So the Nuggets are the last team to include in a player participation rant. It is a problem around the league, but Denver isn't a part of that problem.
Why are you criticizing the team that won? what an idiot.
Tim Bontemps was definitely a virgin in high school.
It's the Genius of the Doormat Adam Silver. All these ADS, Gambling, lame foul merchants, Load Management happening right in his nose. These are all his legacy as NBA commissioner.
I don't know why this guy has a job. This is such a huge exaggeration the same network that encourages NFL players to rest the game before playoffs. Begin don't apply the same logic to the MBA which has more games so it should be the same idea but actually multiplied especially closer to the playoffs starting which is where we are now. They are trying to fabricate an issue where there is no issue. And even if there was an issue, it's not a huge issue not this year and definitely not this team. Also, it's all pointless because they still won the game and it gives fans an opportunity to see what other talent is on the team
Fr bontemps?
Game doesn't matter? Game did actually matter.
You can tell it hurts Bontemps’ soul to say anything even remotely positive about the Lakers.
WHOS THE WHITE DUDE WHO A BONIFIED LAKER HATER!! DONT EVER BRING HIM BACK!!!
Jockic plays every game .Except one game He is the best ,consistant player in the world Ibeen saying it for couple yes now.
ESPN will not let a good game being broadcast on their network stop them from a tone deaf take that injured players need to play for Mickey Mouse. Clown show 🤡
Tim Bontemps has always been a Nuggets hater. I don't care what he says at this point 😅
The joker is laughing at this one 😂 pathetic.
Quit bitching in ebid has missed more games quit making excuses for the warriors u only got one good player Steph Curry
If you're a professional basketball or football player and your conditioning right there ain't no reason you're tired
Bontemps— clearly you didn’t watch that Washington game? Jokic could barely play and Murray turned his ankle. Braun has been dealing with a foot injury for a week. Nuggets don’t miss games for no reason like your East coast teams you only watch!
ESPN— lazy journalism. Maybe Bontemps needs to sit out for a game— brain injury. The 3 nuggets were INJURED. Watch the Washington game before offering false commentary. Or, just keep watching your East coast games and be miserable-informed
Bontemps should’ve learned a lot watching nuggets second team beat the mighty, so-called #2 Warriors. Bontemp— apologize or look like an idiot!
Bontempts is (and has been) a Laker hater
Lebron needs more help.
Jokic has played 737 games in 10 seasons. ESPN you're clowns. Tim you're a clown for sure.
She always hating on the suns. I hate hearing her talk.
Blame Lebron for all this he started it.
Give Bontemps' airtime to Chiney. Steph needs a day or two off but Jokic, Murray resting is a bad look?
Jokic always plays and he’s majorly banged up and he talks shhh lol
Oh sure they only say something when Denver does this but when Lakers sit luka and most of the lakers starters a few days earlier they hardly say a thing
Who are these clowns?
Bad look for the Nuggets…..yeah, sure 😂
Why are you trying to push the narrative that Denver is sitting people out for the sake of it? Murray and Joker have been banged up since right before all star break and have both played in games where they should've sat out. But because the Warriors didn't win like everybody on ESPN expected now you wanna shift the scrutiny to the Nuggets instead of rightfully bashing on the Warriors for playing a terrible game and losing to a Denver team who was missing three of the top 5 players on their team.
These guys get a massive amount of money to compete you go to a game and a team is winning by 40 a half their pay should be dock that B.S!!
This Warriors loss is worst then the Nuggets loss vs Washington, only because the Warriors are fighting for a playoff spot. I do think the Nuggets loss was more degrading for a team then the Warriors game tho.
Who the heck is Bontemps? Really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Jokic has played 62 out of 69 games this year. That’s 90%. GTFOH Tim.
This idiot attacks Jokic but not Embiid, Luka, LeBron etc…
What a joke. Jokic rarely misses games. He plays through games even at times when coaches think he should rest. He’s dealing with multiple injuries and Jamal hurt his ankle bad the game before. You can never win with ESPN
Did she just say this is the most pressure curry has faced in his career? Lmao just shut this whole show down
Y’all are disgusting. Jokic puts it on night after night. He was clearly banged up and struggling the last couple games and it was best for him and the team to sit out. Get a life.
ESPN, you guys know Joker is on track to average a triple double, right? And he's not the mvp??
ESPN so ridiculous