Can the Denver Nuggets Still Win the Championship This Season? | DNVR Nuggets Podcast
Nikola Jokic gave a quote that might be a rallying cry for the Nuggets after the recent turmoil. Can the Nuggets still win the championship? Plus, with Jalen Pickett’s recent high quality play, once Jamal Murray is back, who should be the backup point guard? Does David Adelman have a conundrum? Adam Mares, Brendan Vogt, Harrison Wind, and D-Line Co. come to you LIVE from the DNVR Bar to break down everything you need to know in this edition of the DNVR Nuggets Podcast!
Start – 0:00
Hangover takes – 3:40
Coach Jokic? – 19:00
The Pickett-Jokic conundrum – 26:15
Finishing out the season – 33:55
Is winning the championship possible? – 40:20
TC back to Denver? – 45:45
Superchats – 1:00:00
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absolutely not, unless you believe every single team they face has their star players injured
If Jaden Pickett becomes Chauncey billups overnight yes. Lol
I say yes but only because i think the #1 seed in the west is vulnerable.
If you get to the finals there is always a chance and if Jamal is back i like The Nuggets chances against The Celtics.
The Cavaliers i am a bit more concerned about because of the match ups.
But i think The Nuggets match up well with the defending champs the likely eastern conference champ and the most likely western conference opponent, The OKC Thunder.
They still have a Jamal Murray problem. Guy is highly unreliable and may not even play. Pickett is not an NBA starting PG, and Westbrook is morphing back into Westbrick with some bonehead TOs. A quick 1st round exit is in order
This was never the plan unfortunately as they didn't make any moves during the off season. Even with Pickett playing well, you still have a defense issue.
Yes. If Nikola Jokic officially become a coach of the Nuggets.
I don't believe in them. Firing Moach like this really changed my feelings about Nuggets. I'm not emotionally involved anymore.
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I think Harrison might be right about Jamal. Not sure I trust him to catch up in these two games, might need the playoffs to do it. We'll see.
Listening to you talk about the weight being lifted it made me feel like how kids are when parents are fighting toxically all the time and it's hard to even be around and then when they finally split up even though it's sad there's a kind of relief with the resolve of it. You can move on even if it's not the outcome you hoped for and it's sad. But the stress of unknown of how it is going to end is lifted.
Guys I don’t know if Tim is a good idea, he stuck with a lot of players too long, he traded a million picks for gobert, he moved kat for Randle which might still be questionable. Think they need to just start over, even his drafting in Minnesota has been way hit or miss and he’s brought back all of his guys to the wolves. Refresh, don’t just run back the same old stuff cause of bias, vibes and loyalty
Watching MPJ realize he didn’t get an invite to the team dinner was one of the most uncomfortable, cringey things I’ve seen this year lol. Locker room vibes aren’t right
It's the evolution of the team. Gonna miss Moach but I guess it was time🤷
Adelman the strategist and Jokic the tactician could be an unstoppable combination.
Would be great to Connelly back, but D-Line thinking Nuggets have any chance at Giannis or Luka is about as delusional as it gets😅. I had the exact same look Wind had!😆
IF they traded Giannis they will want way more draft capital then Nuggets have and Luka is signing a 4-5 year deal with Lakers so the only way to get him is when he’s early 30s and Jokic mid 30s.
NO, THEY CAN’T, because they are full of fleas and parasites that are sitting on bench, recruited by Kelvin the “BUM”, so that they can drink our blood.
Hot take- had this happened sooner in the season, and the Nuggets would have turned their season around as a team, Jokic would have gotten the MVP.
I have a question for you, people. Did Malone EVER say "this loss is on me"? Did he EVER say "I was outcoached"? Did he EVER say "I have to be better"? EVER? No. He sat there with a scowl on his face and listed a bunch of empty stats, implicitly blaming the players for everything. Jokic spent the summer playing for Serbia in the Olympics, and saw what good coaching is like. Don't be an idiot: Kroenke interviewed key players before the firing, and made sure that Jokic approved of it. Did you see Jokic's reaction when he was "awarded" the DPOG chain? It was CONTEMPT. DPOG chain. What is this, junior high? You know what else? There's Malone out there at the parade getting completely slobbery drunk in public. I get it with the players–they're young–but Malone is the top guy, the father figure. Him staggering around out there and slurring his words–not the right look for the leader. And he wasn't very smart, either. He was outcoached night after night. Malone had to go. It was an EMERGENCY that Malone had to go. It was the rightest move you'll ever see.
Adam the new Ramona Shelburne behind this Malone firing scandal.
Can you please, please not put ads to go off every 3 min. Its to much, lt feels so oppressive
Adelman was a consumate pro in the media room and on the sideline.
Gut Feel:the timing of firing Malone is a be careful what you wish for moment even if it’s true that key players has turned off from him.
Josh should’ve fired booth only as it might change energy or atmosphere of the team or might wake up Malone as well.
After post season if it is a short post season run then maybe it is time for change.
Hear me out. Seeding stays the same we play the clippers first round, then okc, then the rockets. That sounds like 3 series we could win. So your saying there’s a chance go nuggets
Lmao hell no
No, because they're simply not good enough. No depth.
They haven't talked about Russ yet BUT I BET THEY DOGG THE HELL OUT HIM. But they are not going to talk about the 5 or 6 games Russ won for the team. SO take those games away , the team would be in the play in or out the playoffs altogether.😮
The team got a ring a got lazy.. They didnt want to look at film they didnt want to practice hard only Joker played hard thats Why Coach was hard on them. That's why they fired him.
Russ got his last 4 coaches fired, let's think about that for a minute…
Sorry, but Adam is defending the Kroenke's a little too much. I understand he's a bit of a company man, but c'mon.
Is it possible to actually install him as a coach, get him to sign a contract as a head coach, accept a paycut as a player, but gets compensated via head coach contract. Is that possible according to NBA rules? That could basically allow the Nuggets some additional 20 million dollars annually for salaries.
Its simple, Adelman cannot win an nba championship the first 6 monts of his first coaching job. be real
get durant, grab a couple of championships. if it doesnt work trade jokic and rebuild okc style
I don't think the Kroenkes are bad owners, and Josh seems like a decent enough guy. But the level of sycophancy toward ownership from Adam and the rest of the crew is beyond the pale. They've abandoned any shred of journalistic integrity. It's almost comical how they've become corporate whoresfor a handful of dollars.
In doing so, they're missing the chance to do great journalism and to establish themselves as leading voices in NBA media. They clearly — Adam especially — know far more than they're sharing. But they’re choosing to withhold that insight, avoiding risk, and as a result, failing to do their jobs. They're playing it safe, and it’s disappointing.
As for D-Line, he's becoming more insufferable by the day. Truly a terrible character. He’s the kind of guy other guys usually initially like —often funny, non-threatening around women — but later you realise such types have a darker a manipulative backstabbing side. Such guys often take liberty to verbalise things that noone else would because verbalising such things is socially not acceptable. Butthey are tolerated tolerated because people excuse his behaviour with a shrug: “Well, that’s just in this case D-Line.” But really, what more can you expect? It is a pitty about Adam because he is a clever guy and has a potential.
Am I missing something? These guys getting this excited just because they beat the Sacramento Kings? The Nuggets cannot win the chip. They have no depth, the team is not good enough and Murray’s health is sketchy. What a weird take to pretend they can
If they do it would be the most surprising title in history imo. I've been saying the team has no bench since December, and some laughed at me (especially during the W streak in February). I stand by that: reserves are too young or too old to be relevant. Some had zero chance to play and they are barely worth an NBA contract (Saric and Cancar, to name a couple). You can't win a chip when you have basically an 8 man rotation in the regular season…