What’s Behind Nikola Jokic’s Super Efficient Start to the Season? | DNVR Nuggets Podcast Live
Nikola Jokic is averaging a Triple-Dozen through 9 games and scoring at a career-high efficiency level. He looks more dominant than ever. What’s the reason for his MVP start? Jamal Murray’s health and fitness? The team’s depth? David Adelman’s strategic and detail-oriented coaching style? A favorable schedule? The DNVR Nuggets podcast team breaks it all down. Plus, things we’re looking for on the first road trip of the season.
0:00 – Intro
2:30 – Player of the Week
4:00 – Practice Notes
21:00 – What’s behind Jokic’s season?
48:40 – Next Steps for the Nuggets
57:50 – Superchats
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I am enjoying the watch-alongs that Adam isn't a part of. Everyone seems a little more relaxed. 😂
Jokic is such a professional, always bringing new things to his game, taking his job and his salary seriously. Not like many NBA stars who show off their lives and pretend to be something, instead of dedicating themselves to their work.
It helps — re: Jonas's "die on the court" comment — that he's a literal freakin Viking. Makes Jok look kinda average-sized.
Quality show today fellas, 10/10
I'm a lifelong Mizzou fan who has been a fan of your show since MPJ became a nugget and I must say that you guys kick the Nets podcasters ass! I don't think any team has a show as good as the nuggets have with DNVR
Yes Fellas, Prime bunch is good and they all had averages more than 4 points. They talk Basketball for what it is not spinning a story and pitting one against the other. It is like mutual respect.
14:45 Send Brucie right over
Defense from 3 points,and from fast and athletic guards. Movement in defense around blocks. Denver needs a player like KCP from 2023,and i dont see that type of player on the team. And that will show in the future, especially against OKC
They’re gonna have to address the backup PG position
The secret is he finally had a decent and competent team. So teams can't just throw 3 defenders at him all the time.
22:23 i think a solar storm arc’d into our atmosphere as Nikola exited the womb and galactic particles infected his brain. That’s the main one. He became a space god that day
you guys are forgetting the fact that – yes the Nuggets are blowing out some bad teams, but that also can HURT Jokic's points/rebounds/assists totals because he will literally miss entire 4th quarters or gets pulled early…. so yeah, things might not come as easily against better competition, but that hasnt stopped Jokic before, and at least against better teams, the likelihood of him sitting an entire 4th quarter is much less. i am so impressed by how productive Jokic is, while not having a crazy high usage rate, not taking a million shots, and not taking a million free throws > AND STILL top 20 in ppg, 2nd in reb, 1st in ast, 6th in FG% !!!!! 64.4/35.0/86.7 shooting splits AND 25pts/13reb/12ast !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The big big is probably his craziest move but i expect Adelman to throw a mean hook w/ game adjustments in the playoffs at least once in the next 2 post-seasons. Just a wild defense or some offensive action w/ one of our arbitrary role players to solve a problem etc
41:08 i know we aren’t supposed to say it but it literally looks easy this year for him. He’s neo in the matrix right now. Let us not forget he had a newborn child last season.
Seeing Val and Jok on the court together was a joy. Can't wait to see The Monster Squad again.
43:34 I think he’s dug DEEP into that OKC series film
"..i just want to do it to see how it looks…" 🙂
It's so crazy that Joker gets better every year…last season he put up numbers that had never been done before in the NBA, ever. Yet he just gets better as he gets older and the opposite should be happening once a player approaches 30…he is a unicorn in the league.
All Hail : VALhalla!!!!! Big VAL💪💪💪💪💪💪
Speaking of professional: Vogt with one seamless segue after another.
Commenting for algo push
Watching Joker orchestrate and manipulate a game is truly The MOST Pure Expression of the actual Artistic Aspect of the Game of Basketball!
Many Greats (Bird, MJ, Magic, etc) had some of that Genius…
Jokic is literally the highest level of BBall Savant and Artistry!
G🃏O🃏A🃏T🃏
@Adam: totally agree about exploring Cam’s ability to DHO initiate with Joker!!
It can help empower and unlock Cam…& Give Jamal a rest from the pounding that Blue Arrow has to endure…… I’ve been screaming that for weeks!
Tell Our Mad Scientist Adelman !!! Please !
You Guys Rock!
Go NUGGS💪💪💪💪