Do Nuggets NEED Nikola Jokic to Be More Aggressive to Beat Clippers!?
DNVR Nuggets Podcast Harrison Wind, Adam Mares, & Miroslav Ćuk Break Down IF Denver Nuggets NEED Nikola Jokic to be More Aggressive in order to Beat Kawhi Leonard & the LA Clippers in Round 1 of the NBA Basketball Playoffs. The Denver Nuggets and LA Clippers are locked at 1-1 in the NBA playoffs, raising crucial questions about Nikola Jokic’s aggression. Despite averaging a stellar triple-double—27 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists—Jokic might need to assert himself even more, especially from the three-point line. Join the DNVR Nuggets crew as they break down whether Jokic’s increased aggressiveness or strategic team adjustments hold the key to beating the Clippers in this tightly contested series.
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Jokic needs a Kevin McKale or Scottie Pippen.
Perdimos porque tuvimos 2 errores que no suelen cometerse por parte de Gordon primero y MPJ despues, no jugamos peor y doimmos mas sensacion de equipo que LA, fue un monologo de Leonard.
Cada partido es diferente pero no veo peor a denver que LA, solo pienso que debe ser un poco mas arriesgado y dar mas descanso a los titulares aunque sean dos periodos de 90 segundos en final de primer y tercer cuarto.
Hasn’t been aggressive since DA took over, it’s clearly because of DA’s egalitarian offensive strategy
What !!!!!!!!! stop making excuses
That's on the players spacing wise the guys need to understand the plays better when it comes to that the team is who they are nothing has changed with them okay again stop excuses please
I've been saying Jokic needs to be more aggressive since the end of last season when him not being so and barely shooting in game 81 vs the SAS cost us the 1 seed. Don't get me wrong, he has been aggressive most of the time but let's not forget he has also has many games where he chooses not to shoot much and I mean when he's not being double, triple or quadruple teamed. No one has to tell SGA, Luka, Giannis, Embiid etc. to shoot the ball. They're going to do so damned near every game. Jokic is the only top scorer who does and is allowed by his coaching staff to do this.
He's a coring machine and if he shoots, especially when he bullies his way to the basket or for post ups, good things invariably happen. Yes,
I get that he's also the best passer in playmaker in the league in addition to being of of the top 3 scorers in the league and you can make a strong argument for him being #1 in that regard too. I also get that he is being guarded like few others and often being hacked and mauled to death.
I also get that the load he carries and is expected to carry night in, night out is unlike anyone else is carrying. But what's the point of having a guard dog and filing down its teeth?
The main problem is Denver do not have any depth or a bench so they can't afford to rest him at the end of the season and they have to play him into the ground during games with these crazy minutes or give him his usual 2 rests PG in the playoffs and because we just don't have the personnel so many of our games in the regular season have been energy sapping life and death struggles we either lost, barely won, or very nearly lost and we've seeing this in the playoffs too and therefore it takes a huge effort from Jokic and the rest of the 1sy unit to come through them or even just to stay in there and keep it relatively close.
Even if we get past the LAC we're going to be facing a way fresher and more energized OKC who can rest their stars and 1st unit and don't have to play them into the ground because they have way more depth and a way better bench and a roster full of elite defenders.
Look how great Jokic looked after that 10-11 game rest he took to heal up a bit from his injuries which is his longest ever break. He looked very noticeably refreshed and rejuvenated, like he was 5 years younger. He dropped the highest scoring game of the season/highest scoring triple double 2 games after coming back from that and a 39 point triple double in his 1st game back.
Adelman is not a good coach just good assistant guys
But is Jokic not carrying the heaviest load among players already? Dont know if he will want to do this again next year. Looking forward to the next chapter, him playing with an all star.
This is actually why MPJ needs to step up. Big time!
Harden has not been great, hes been ok , they should focus waaaaaay more on kawhi than harden and i believe this is pretty obvious
Bottom line, Jokic doesn’t have enough to work with. We know that for the last few years and a new coach doesn’t change that
The 2 man PnR hasn’t been great because Jamal either takes way too long to pass or completely ignores it for a heavily contested mid range
COME ON
HE CANT PLAY THE WHOLE GAME
ITS NOT FAIR
HAVE YOU SEEN THE 2 GAME LAKERS VS TIMBER
HAVE YOU SEEN HOW AGRRESIVE LAKERS DEFEND
DENVER CANT DO THIS
NO
AND IF THEY WIN SOMEHOW AGAINST CLIPPERS
NO CHANCE THEY CAN WINN AGAINST TIMBER
NO CHANCE
OH DENVER WOULD WIN AGAINST OKC
BUT NOT TIMBERWOLFS
2023 run when he scored over 40 they lost
looks like he's been suggested to let others get more involved in the game, which I think is completely wrong
Greetings from Serbia
Mora agressive ahhahaha . U guys r a joke. Your team is dog water m mpj garabage was garagavge will garbage . Eveyone is dog water m dnt ever say nikola jokic needs to be more aggressive. This has to be a joke ?
Jok just needs a haircut and then everything will be good
Denver front office has surrounded Jokic with garbage
the way they play defense on jokic, he can’t play aggressive. and mpj and murray are not consistent.
Jokic should be around 35-40pt and Nuggets must win next three games if they want to have chance against OKC because if they win in 7 games war OKC will destroy them
Definitely Jokic needs to be more aggressive. Even try to put Zubac in foul trouble, that will be a game changer and needs to be a coaching goal #1 in every game. Who do they have to guard Jok after Zu, Ben Simmons? And I'm pretty sure Jokic can find a way to put Zu in foul trouble if he is aggressive early in the game.
Nuggs suck, out this first round. Zivela Srbija.
I stop watching on 1min after this idiot says “you only score 102 points… all games in playoffs is around 100 pts
what he needs it's a superstar like Giannis with him, they would be unstoppable together
The only question here is: Do you think that, as a franchize, you even deserve Nikola Jokić?
Agreed. More ball movement and spacing needed also, Russ can set ppl up too, he is second best passer on both teams
AS A SERB, I THINK JOKIC SHOULD LEAVE DENVER AND NEVER LOOK BACK. I THINK THE WHOLE SERBIAN NATION CAN COSIGN THAT. THERE IS NO HELPING YOU, BUBCH OF LUKEWARM MINI MEES, YALL REALLY LIKE THE MINDLESS LITTLE YELLOW MINIONS…
AND YOU GOT RID OF OUR BOI MALONE…
BUNCH OF CRYBABIES. I HOPE YOU PREFER THE MASCOT FROM MAD TV BETTER… SMH
I don't think Jokic has to more aggressive, I think other players are not moving well when he is triple teamed. In my opinion Gordon should attack the rim more, Murray and MPJ should be aggressive more, they are just watching when Jokic attacks inside, very bad of ball movement
very tough to be more aggressive when you get double teamed and triple teamed….
Jokic needs teaming up with Giannis in Bucks. Two AllTime talents wasted. Bucks ownership is more engaged to do something and not stingy to go into tax.
I think the entire team needs to take more mid range shots to mix it up. They are very two-dimensional and in one dimension(3pt) they are not as good. Joker needs to locate between 3pt and FT(closer to FT) sometimes as it's difficult to send double that way. Get some FT 2pt practice. MPJ should take more mid rangers to get in rhythm, if he's not offensive threat – hes useless.
Lots of good points here and I’m confident that what we’ll see of the team and Jokic himself in the next few games will be a creative masterclass (even if not necessarily in winning, in how to play efficient, good basketball with all these constraints and challenges). Excited for the rest of what’s becoming the absolute best first round series of the playoffs.
One thing I wish you’d talk about at some point is the flopping accusations against Jok. He’s my goat and imo absolutely the best player in the world, but even as a diehard fan I’m uncomfortable with how in recent games he seems to on occasion exaggerate his reactions to contact. Being as good as he is, he absolutely does not need to do that. We’ve seen how he gets mauled every game through his career and rarely gets the whistle. And it’s obvious that many players have to resort to flopping after having legit fouls ignored. The referees seem to blatantly ignore attacks and reward flopping. It’s a shame.
But what has made Jok lean into this as a strategy of late (as it seems he’s doing)? Granted, he seems to do it more in games against frequent floppers — think LeBron and Harden. But I think it’s absolutely unsustainable and goes against his usual admirable upfront perspective on all aspects of the game.
Y’all kill me with this. Just trust that he knows what he’s doing and he ain’t losing to no damn clippers. It’s a lock bro. Maybe in 5. Reminds me of the phoneix series and y’all was panicked in that one too. Just trust our goat he will pull it out.
If we make our free throws, it's 2-0
I don't understand it, AG, MPJ and Murray are good players and physically strong , but all three are mentally very weak. Especially AG and MPJ…it seems to me that they play without emotion and passion. It seems that they are having a hard time dealing with Jokic's dominance in the game. Their American mentality hardly accepts a dominant white player from Europe. They need psychotherapy before every match, or they need some "medical" help. Or they are just a little dumb for the level of play that Joker plays. They just can't keep up with it.
Remember jokic game 2 only rest in quarter 2 and he full playing quarter 3 and quarter 4
How he wants aggressive if he must cautious about giet personal foul in defense and been team up in offense
That why he misses many free throws because he cannot focus because already gassed and turnover because already tired
Many already said he flop..he seems Braun been called for offensive foul and he didn't get whistle when clippers aggressive to him
So he needs floping to get more whistle because referee always ignores him been tackle because he big
Media reveals outcome before game AGAIN..
NUGGETS LOST NOW 2-1 CLIPPERS BATUM HITS 3 OVER BRUAN FOR GAME WINNER
They should never stop being aggressive in scoring—-in Game 2 they were relentless in 1st quarter then suddenly it was stopped after that
Jokic this Jokic that , hope Jokic will leave
Ideally, what would be the best for Joker is to leave this organisation. He gave it 10 years of loyal service, 5 years of being the obviously best player on a world, and the best this organisation could do was to put up the team they’ve put up around him, without a single all star teammate. Knowing Joker he will stay, but if he ever cared about his legacy, ideally…he would pair up with Giannis for example and dominate the league
We Serbians are tired of watching Jokić carry Denver for a decade already. I am amazed at how patient Jokić is. Get him a real all-star teammate, trade BOTH Murray & MPJ!!!
How about focusing on those who have been failing Nuggets for last 2 years (Murray & MPJ) while making close to 90 mill a year combined?
He just needs to make his free throws
Yes, he has to shoot more. So does C.B.
The reason why Denver is dropping games is because Nikola Jokic their best player has not been effective versus the Clippers. Also, he was outplayed by not only Kawhi but also James Harden.
Jokic has enough help. Russ helped lead the Nuggets to a win in OT. Game 2 all of the Nuggets role players contributed it was up to Jokic to close in the clutch. Instead, Kawhi did that. A game 3 they just got destroyed.
Until Jokic, ups the intensity like he did in game 1 after he got that tech to get them back in the game . The Nuggets will be in that position tomorrow going home down 3-1.