Jokic Theories, Peyton Watson’s Future, and Denver Nuggets Trades
Adam Mares is joined by Locked On’s Matt Moore to talk all things Nuggets on an off day show. What’s going on with Jokic? What does Peyton Watson’s breakout mean for his future with or without the Nuggets? And how is the trade deadline shaping up for the Nuggets. Adam Mares and Matt Moore come to you LIVE to break down everything you need to know in this edition of the DNVR Nuggets Podcast!
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Oh man it's so good to see these two guys back together again. Hope you do more pods again soon!
Crossover and reunion in one
CB got booted off the starting lineup with Russ. Now we are talking about potentially giving more minutes to pwat or closing with pwat? Is CB really the guy? Not saying he’s not, but that was a classic nuggets overpay.
You two were always the best…
Guy in green shirt is still stuck in malone bubble. Buddy we can all see how good Zeke Watson Pickett is. But but but 'they could be bad later' is pretty telling
A lot of overreacting and overhype with Pwat…his handles are still very weak. Too many turnovers. Blocks are down. Not the best IQ. I like him. But let’s slow down a bit.
If Malone hadn’t sabotaged Peyton he’d have been signed this past summer.
53:34 I LOVE that Detroit trade. Paul Reed would be a great backup big to have available.
54:11. If we need a backup power forward we should keep Zeke for 8 mil. Moving Val instead of Zeke saves more and gives us defensive flexibility moving forward.
I hate the Murphy trade. I’m not positive Spencer is playoff ready offensively. We’ve gotta be prepared for him to take all of the shots against OKC when he’s on the floor.
How about this, if somehow they win the chip, you keep everyone and go over 2nd apron….CAVS ARE OVER 2ND APRON, this FO and owners need to go all in at some point!!!!!!!
WORLD’S FINEST!!!
I missed this combo
Peyton Watson is only 23, he's going to get better as he gains experience because he'll play smarter and wiser. Seeing how good he's been with and without Jokic this season he's a future All Star 2-way player. I wouldn't trade Jokic, Murray, or AG, but I'd consider moving anyone else to keep Watson. He's too versatile, too good everywhere, and still getting better, to trade away. We don't know what his trade value is because we don't know what his ceiling is.
Paul Millsap got player of the week for the Nuggets back in 2018 too
man this was a GREAT discussion. just pure hoop talk, good switch up from the normal pods. didn’t realize how much i missed this duo, shoutout matt!!
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Exactly get Trey Murphy!!!
Malone played favorites before Booth was ever the GM. Booth was known to be a great scout but he should never have been promoted.
The issue with MPJ wasn't them not getting "100%" of his game because of playing with Jokic. This is some revisionist history on Mares' part. Malone didn't have any confidence in MPJ to do anything but basically spot up in areas for 3s. Also, if you watched Denver running their offense in previous years, the person I saw look off MPJ the very most was Murray, the PG for the team.
Matts zesty ass is irritating. Pwat is better than CB. He has the biggest crush on CB. He always talks down on Pwat when compared to CB. You’re comparing someone who’s a Jokic merchant to someone who’s been the focal point and main guy since the starters are out
Calvin is not that bad GM. He had just taken the wrong turn. You're not gonna win championships with young players. Also, you can develop one player at a time. First CB, then PW. Not these two plus Nnaji, Julian, Pickett, and Tyson. You need players like Bruce, Jeff, Hardway Jr, and Big Val who can make an immediate impact in the Playoffs. You are not gonna win 4 out of 7. Denver should be lucky if they win 2 out of 3. That was the time frame. For example, if MPJ was traded for Cam earlier and Bruce, KCP, and Jeff stayed. Denver would have a back-to-back. Melone was right!
They. Overpaid. CB. And. Now. They're. In. The. Pickle.
I truly think that CBs problem right now is the injury. At the beginning of the season there were just too many other options for him to get a shine, then he got injured and looks like he lost his confidence. Pwat deserves to play but Christian needs to get fully healthy before I judge him too harshly.
Mothers Milk! MM baby
Please give us more of the two-man game!
The fear for me with trading Cam at this deadline is you better be damn sure you’ll be able to re-sign PWat. What if another team realizes you’re in that spot and throws a huge bag at him?
Great to see Matt Not a Nuggets fan Moore on DNVR
Locked on hasnt been the same since Mares left
Wow this was a very intelligent and nuanced discussion. Sometimes Matt's takes annoy me when they go uncontested on Locked On, but he and Adam provided two great, knowledgeable counterarguments here. The Booth vs. Malone bit was particularly fascinating. Great podcast
Amazing duo. Missed these two together. Come back more often, Matt!
Booth expected Michael Malone to start developing new guys after 10 years of developing Jokic Murray and MPJ and winning the title, which was extremely unreasonable and deserved pushback. Malone didn't do anything wrong.
Zeke playing "well" for 2 weeks and Adam starts making the most absurd arguments, this is hard to watch lol
I say just let pwatt lead the 2nd unit
#stoplettingthekroenkesoffthehook
The fact that PWAT is 1% worse than Christian Braun, at the rim, despite having like 1 or 2 missed tomahawk dunks every single game, is alarming lol.
This was very good, love the bigger picture perspective e.g. what it might look like in the playoffs
So many lineups this iteration of the nuggets can throw out there if fully healthy. If the shooting really does become an issue they can run Jamal, THJ, Cam, AG, Jokic as long as the defence looks like it’ll hold up.
Thank you for this content.
Poor Jalen Pickett getting overlooked in these convos. He's been the clear second best player behind Watson during this run and deserves to be the second ball handler for the full strength team to prove himself.
I don’t think I’m the only one who’s noticed that, when you stop the long court passes to braun for easy breaks, he is useless…He was ok against LAC in the playoffs, especially good defensively, but in that OKC series, Braun was GARBAGE! Daring him to shoot was an understatement…and the team still paid him!!!! This is sad that they would do the zeke deal, only 3 times worse!
World's finest!
Fn love this pairing. More of world’s finest please.
This pair is awesome. Hopefully this becomes a more common thing. Worlds Finest was top tier hoops talk.
Suggestion: 3 man weave with Jason Timpf next time.
Hey so cool to see you two together again! Love it!
Just pure unadulterated ball talk. What a show.
I want the front office to do what they can to keep both Watson and Pickett. Given how well Nnaji has played of late, he might be a good trade piece.
I know this team is good because even Mr Devil's Advocate himself, Matt Moore has been high on their play most of the season 😂
What!!!?! Matt and Adam??
Let’s gooo