All of the questions in regards to the Nuggets’ capturing and depth, and whether or not the younger gamers the workforce is relying on to interchange key contributors from the workforce that received a title in 2023 can finally accomplish that, remained uncomfortably within the air. “I feel folks on the whole, they at all times need increasingly more and extra, however they don’t know what they’ve,” Jokic mentioned. “I’m actually joyful now we have one title — a number of superb gamers don’t win.” However the Nuggets have one of the best participant on this planet on their roster — whose prime, by Sales space’s personal definition, is greater than half over. Which raises maybe crucial query within the NBA: How do they maximize what’s left of it? “If we don’t win it this yr,” ahead Michael Porter Jr. instructed ESPN. “Everyone knows they could have to interrupt it up.”
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“Does this Denver Nuggets workforce appear like a championship contender? Hell no.” 😳
@KendrickPerkins says Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. want to assist NIkola Jokic 👀 pic.x.com/X3qZDqQd1E – 3:38 PM
“Does this Denver Nuggets workforce appear like a championship contender? Hell no.” 😳
@KendrickPerkins says Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. want to assist NIkola Jokic 👀 pic.x.com/X3qZDqQd1E – 3:38 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
… I kinda just like the Invoice Simmons “Michael Porter Jr. and Zeke Nnaji for Zach LaVine” commerce thought.
Chicago breaks up the LaVine contract and clears the ball-handling logjam for Coby and Giddey.
Denver will get a badly-needed dose of creation with out sacrificing capturing. – 3:32 PM
… I kinda just like the Invoice Simmons “Michael Porter Jr. and Zeke Nnaji for Zach LaVine” commerce thought.
Chicago breaks up the LaVine contract and clears the ball-handling logjam for Coby and Giddey.
Denver will get a badly-needed dose of creation with out sacrificing capturing. – 3:32 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Nuggets have 4 gamers with not less than 20 tonight … and Michael Porter Jr. has 14 getting into OT.
Membership report for 20-point scorers in a recreation: 5, achieved twice, each through the nice Alex English period. – 10:12 PM
Nuggets have 4 gamers with not less than 20 tonight … and Michael Porter Jr. has 14 getting into OT.
Membership report for 20-point scorers in a recreation: 5, achieved twice, each through the nice Alex English period. – 10:12 PM
Duvalier Johnson @DuvalierJohnson
On the half: Nets 72, Nuggets 63
Regression on the defensive aspect of the ball on the 2nd evening of a b2b, gave up 12 3-pointers already
Jamal has 13 factors, Jokic has a close to triple double with 10p/8r/7a and MPJ has 11 factors
For those who’re Malone, what’s your message to the workforce? – 8:42 PM
On the half: Nets 72, Nuggets 63
Regression on the defensive aspect of the ball on the 2nd evening of a b2b, gave up 12 3-pointers already
Jamal has 13 factors, Jokic has a close to triple double with 10p/8r/7a and MPJ has 11 factors
For those who’re Malone, what’s your message to the workforce? – 8:42 PM
Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Michael Malone’s sticking with the MPJ stagger in Brooklyn. Julian Strawther is available in for Porter in the course of the primary quarter.
Nets up 4. – 7:53 PM
Michael Malone’s sticking with the MPJ stagger in Brooklyn. Julian Strawther is available in for Porter in the course of the primary quarter.
Nets up 4. – 7:53 PM
Extra on this storyline
League sources mentioned the Nuggets inquired about Paul George this offseason, however talks by no means escalated as a result of Denver refused to debate Braun, Watson or Strawther, and the Clippers weren’t inquisitive about solely taking again future wage — probably the $147 million owed to Porter and Zeke Nnaji. -via ESPN / November 1, 2024
“I feel we’ve received a number of gamers that, they wish to get to the midrange, they wish to get to the rim,” Porter mentioned. “So we all know on this day in age, groups rating a number of factors after they get some 3s up. So I don’t have my associate in crime, KCP. He was form of a quantity shooter final yr. So we don’t have any actually quantity 3-point shooters. I feel Jamal (Murray), he’ll shoot some 3s, however he likes to get to the middy. Joker ought to most likely take a pair extra per recreation. However I do know it’s gonna be as much as me and Julian (Strawther) to essentially be the quantity 3-point shooters.” -via Denver Submit / October 21, 2024
“With Denver, Joker [Nikola Jokic] is one of the best participant within the league. However Denver’s second-best participant goes backward. Jamal Murray hasn’t been the identical. There’s something about Jamal’s well being and bodily capability proper now that considerations me. Michael Porter can also be terribly overrated. He’s a one-way participant and only a scorer. I additionally don’t suppose Denver has the property to get an improve. They’ll be caught with the workforce they’ve.” -via SportsKeeda / October 14, 2024
