WHEW: Nuggets Hit Break With A Win…? What’s Up With Jokic?
Denver Nuggets squeak past Memphis Grizzlies, but concerns mount for Nikola Jokic’s health and team intensity. Is this streak of shaky wins a reason for panic, or just a blip before the playoff push?
Matt Moore breaks down Denver’s 122-116 victory, spotlighting Jokic’s triple-double and alarming nine turnovers. Key topics include Jamal Murray’s offensive spark amid defensive lapses, Christian Brown’s hustle, and Cam Johnson’s struggles under physical play. The episode examines the Nuggets’ rebounding dominance, glaring issues in weakside defense, and the pivotal roster questions surrounding Spencer Jones and potential moves for Jeremy Sohan or Lonzo Ball. With the All-Star break approaching, can Denver reset and find championship-level focus?
00:00 Nuggets’ Final “Bad Win”?
05:48 Joker’s Triple-Double Highlights Performance
07:15 Nikola Jokic and Play Struggles
15:13 Nuggets’ Struggles with Guard Defense
19:12 Cam Needs To Step Up
26:01 “Rest, Rejuvenation, and Leadership”
28:03 Cam & Jamal: Keys to Success
30:36 Spencer Jones Contract Tension
33:52 Sohan’s Potential and Fit
Stay tuned for insights on the Nuggets’ rotation, Jokic’s injury concerns, and expectations for the season’s home stretch.
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25 Comments
you've honestly convinced me. we are middling amongst the western conference teams. And its not for the bench trying…
I agree,,Jokic needs rest during all star break and Murray too.
"multi-millionaires"
Your finger is on the pulse so much more right now than others. A win is a win with how these guys are looking right now. No excuses after all star
All of you covering Nuggets are speaking with both ends of your mouth. Go lookup what that means and then do sam math. Divide Murray salary by Jokic salary. Then multiply that ratio by Jokic game stats. That will tell you what Murray's performance numbers should be. Value for the money, they do not compare. Yet, Jokic is one whom you are blaming. What if Jokic's knee injury was his wakeup call. Is that why he is praising Murray like never before? Could it be that Jokic woke up to being exploited without championship level defense? Access to Nuggets personnel must be expensive. Hence, your speaking with both ends of your mouths. Do not be surprised if Jokic woke up enough not to extend. (((: Jamal! Jamal! Jamal! :)))
Dump Murray and buy a whole brand new bench, including PWat, SJones, Westbrooke! Yes, Westbrooke! But money is why they broke up the old winning team. Walk Jokic. Walk!
Hopefully Cam plays better after the break…such a tough situation
Actively tanking huh? That Grizzlies team competed. And it’s all hurt. I analyze every comment you guys make, and that was pure shit. Also absolutely quit promoting TurboTax. I ran my taxes last year in TurboTax and Freetaxusa. TurboTax was 6x more expensive. Are you guys going to promote more gambling adds? That would be fantastic too
PWat & Spencer means more than Cam & CB for this Den team
I won't be surprised if after the season Joker has surgery on his wrist. It's a problem form him.
29:13 who now?
Win is a win against a subpar team without a center? It's obvious that without PF this team cant play
Joker has become a flopper… pathetic
He needs to get centered. Can he healthy scratch the game Sunday? How much would he be fined if he just didn’t go? He seems like he’s trying to do too much.
I agree with everything you said. The only thing I give a little pushback is not playing DH or Zeke. They need some size on defense. They are getting ran out the building against tanking teams. You just have to play them even if they have flaws. The defense is horrendous right now and Jokic is a big part of that.
What I dont like about you guys is you have the chance to be upfront with the players and ask them directly yet you always come up with cheesy questions.
29:27 he’s said he believes
They should pay Spencer
32:53 Josh or Stan?
Haywood Highsmith my fav buyout guy
Jokic had at least 2 turnovers just flailing and trying to draw a foul. Like, he literally gave up the ball trying to get free throws multiple times. And I was only able to watch about 3/4s of the game. He's been a flopper for a while, but when you're just chucking the ball to the other team multiple times it's honestly getting a little ridiculous. Especially when you've already been getting a lot of calls.
The way this team is playing they look just like a 6th seed 1st round exit. Hopefully they will play better after the All-Star break they play better, because the 19th rated defense is never going to win anything in the playoffs! Just terrible performance these last 2 weeks.
I thought CB was mostly good but he was really bad getting over screens last night. Bruce was also often overplaying on closeouts I noticed
cam hasn't showed he's worth being here
Memphis didn't have an NBA quality starter on its entire squad and went into Denver and almost pulled it out. Jokic had just been god awful since returning and the injury situation is just out of hand at this point. If Jokic doesn't get back to 30/13/10 on Uber efficiency and they dont get healthy none of this matters