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Post by odvala on Aug 1, 2020 15:09:09 GMT -5
Let's be clear I'm not a huge Malone guy but try to be honest about MPJ. His attitude is on the spoiled and shitty side for a young player and his effort is inconsistent. Malone should give him a longer leash but MPJ could help himself by growing up a bit. He basically missed 2 years and went from playing against kids to grown men. There's gonna be a learning curve. The way Malone coach young guys is amazing (no sarcasm) when it comes to pointing out their mistakes, trying to fix them, being player friendly etc. But there is a thin line between getting respect and losing the authority. Different personalities requires different "mental/pedagogy" approach. Guy like MPJ has way different personality than Jamal for instance, or Jokic on the way other end. He can be coachable, but you need to have faith in him, his talent and let him of the leash, when you are correcting and coaching do so in private sessions. He needs someone to have faith in him. He needs to learn on the court, not on the bench. He treats MPJ as an experienced vet and holds him accountable on every possession. You can sell that to personalities like Jokic (He will swallow it and move on), like Murray (He will swallow it and work even harder on practice), MPJ? You need to let him be himself and work with him outside of the spotlight.
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Post by GBG on Aug 1, 2020 15:11:13 GMT -5
My observations:
1. Nothing to judge from this game, we are both rusty and hurting. 3 guards/wings out meant a loss. Yeah, Miami is rusty too, 2. We don’t have the Pepsi Center altitude advantage for this game or any games in Orlando. We will look worse without that, and our seeding will suffer. 3. MPJ saying stupid things about the virus and anti vaccine stuff may have alienated him from teammates and even coaches. It appeared to me that his teammates didn’t want to play with him today, so maybe an internal rift with MPJ sounding like a whacko earlier this week. And maybe his game suffered from it.
That’s all I got.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2020 15:14:09 GMT -5
The one thing about MPJ is he has to shoot better than he did today. 2-8 from 3 isn't gonna cut it when that's his #1 skill.
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Post by jimijam28 on Aug 1, 2020 15:16:17 GMT -5
I think mpj just look rusty like most the team,, no big deal move on too game 2 of the bubble,, not losing sleep over this
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Post by rock on Aug 1, 2020 15:17:02 GMT -5
The one thing about MPJ is he has to shoot better than he did today. 2-8 from 3 isn't gonna cut it when that's his #1 skill. Very fine between bad and good 2-8 , 25% is terrible 3-8, 37.5% is solid But let mpj play. Let him shoot. Miss. Make mistakes. I don’t care. It’s our only chance. What’s the alternative? Play our role players and get killed in round 1?
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Post by Dunkman on Aug 1, 2020 15:18:07 GMT -5
We looked exactly how we did before the hiatus. Which is to be expected ... we literally didn't get to run 5 on 5's in practice lmfao were down 3 starters. Like don't believe in this team, hate Malone, I won't argue .. but taking anything away from today's game just shows your looking to confirm whatever biases you have IMO. Nuggets are scrimmaging because half our team didn't show up to the bubble. And why didn't they show up? To have that many guys get the virus with the resources NBA players have is a bad look. They don't have to go out and work. Or go into a grocery store. Or ride public transit. It's just immaturity and irresponsibility. And how did we play today? Guys repeatedly missed their system responsibilities on both ends and the showed immaturity by just laying down when the Heat went on a run. I don't believe that any of these things are independent events.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2020 15:23:54 GMT -5
I hope Jamal is back Monday.
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Post by rock on Aug 1, 2020 15:26:54 GMT -5
I hope Jamal is back Monday. Won’t matter. Okc is far better than us
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Post by rock on Aug 1, 2020 15:30:53 GMT -5
Honestly I’m ok with just losing in round 1 this year. I get it. We aren’t good enough. We aren’t ready. We are hurt
What scares the s**t out of me is what Tc is going to do this summer 1) who he keeps: Craig, plumlee, Grant, millsap
2) will he sell our pick?
3) will he try to make any trades to improve our roster?
We are so flawed but have the potential to be good in 2-3 years. I wish we could get a real GM and coach. Would do wonders.
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Post by inyourmind on Aug 1, 2020 15:33:10 GMT -5
With our current squad/rustiness the only way were winning games is if somebody gets hot, MPJ/Jokic ideally. MPJ started 0-4 if if i recall and Jokic was mostly pretty good but had no intentions of hanging 30-35 today which was what we needed. I'm all for complaining and being pissed off but the circumstances just suck for the Nuggets. Even Murray. I hope I'm wrong but my expectations are pretty low. Malone literally admitted we haven't been able to run 5 on 5's. That's insane lol
The amount of times a guy was open and nobody found him was pretty high. A hard reality for us right now and I don't blame them is we have alot of players on this team that are basically using this as a try out/future contract situation. Like Dozier and Daniels played 36 minutes tonight combined and both are absolutely fighting for there future NBA life.
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Post by odvala on Aug 1, 2020 15:35:56 GMT -5
Every team that is going to be in the PO this year has their core players set. Built or building around them. Has a clear BB phylosophy and development trajectory. Only team i have no idea what their indentity is is Denver Nuggets.
We are not a defense first team (even though our coach would love/working on us to be, we simply don't have the adequate players) We are not a offensive team (even though we have the personnel and the core talent, we are either not using the talent or being cucked by stated above)
I just can't w8 for round 1, game 1 to watch Murray/Garris/Barton/Millsap/Jokic lineup with Bol Bol DNP and MPJ 5mpg max...
"Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is a definition of insanity"
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Post by jimijam28 on Aug 1, 2020 15:36:41 GMT -5
bubble games are just bonus games for me, real season was over in March. Not losing sleep over win or lose
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Post by jimijam28 on Aug 1, 2020 15:39:44 GMT -5
Every team that is going to be in the PO this year has their core players set. Built or building around them. Has a clear BB phylosophy and development trajectory. Only team i have no idea what their indentity is is Denver Nuggets. We are not a defense first team (even though our coach would love/working on us to be, we simply don't have the adequate players) We are not a offensive team (even though we have the personnel and the core talent, we are either not using the talent or being cucked by stated above) I just can't w8 for round 1, game 1 to watch Murray/Garris/Barton/Millsap/Jokic lineup with Bol Bol DNP and MPJ 5mpg max... "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is a definition of insanity" 1 season in the playoffs , is doing it over and over? 😂 This will be mpj first playoffs run and bol bol just started the season
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Post by odvala on Aug 1, 2020 15:41:03 GMT -5
Honestly I’m ok with just losing in round 1 this year. I get it. We aren’t good enough. We aren’t ready. We are hurt What scares the s**t out of me is what Tc is going to do this summer 1) who he keeps: Craig, plumlee, Grant, millsap 2) will he sell our pick? 3) will he try to make any trades to improve our roster? We are so flawed but have the potential to be good in 2-3 years. I wish we could get a real GM and coach. Would do wonders. Gotta copy/paste a part of my previous post in case you missed it as an answer to this. Tell me 1-7, is there anything you don't agree with? 1) Fire TC 2) Fire Malone 3) Trade Barton/Garris/Houston 1st, our 1st for Jrue 4) Wave Plumdog, Wave Millsap (Or MLE) 5) Start Murray,Jrue,MPJ,Grant,Jokic + Bol Bol 6) 7-12 just get vets on 1 year deal that can shoot 7) Give Sergio Scariolo a HC job
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Post by odvala on Aug 1, 2020 15:46:33 GMT -5
Every team that is going to be in the PO this year has their core players set. Built or building around them. Has a clear BB phylosophy and development trajectory. Only team i have no idea what their indentity is is Denver Nuggets. We are not a defense first team (even though our coach would love/working on us to be, we simply don't have the adequate players) We are not a offensive team (even though we have the personnel and the core talent, we are either not using the talent or being cucked by stated above) I just can't w8 for round 1, game 1 to watch Murray/Garris/Barton/Millsap/Jokic lineup with Bol Bol DNP and MPJ 5mpg max... "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is a definition of insanity" 1 season in the playoffs , is doing it over and over? 😂 This will be mpj first playoffs run and bol bol just started the season Instead of being sarcastic on each and every post. Enlight me with your thoughts. How do you envision this team in the near future (1-3 years). What would you do, is there something you would change, or everything is perfect and we should be crowned? Or we should just sit in the corner and cry? Provide me informations about possible solutions, path, vision. Not with same old "Wake me up in 2540 when the Jupiter Nuggets are in the finals"
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Post by rock on Aug 1, 2020 15:48:34 GMT -5
Honestly I’m ok with just losing in round 1 this year. I get it. We aren’t good enough. We aren’t ready. We are hurt What scares the s**t out of me is what Tc is going to do this summer 1) who he keeps: Craig, plumlee, Grant, millsap 2) will he sell our pick? 3) will he try to make any trades to improve our roster? We are so flawed but have the potential to be good in 2-3 years. I wish we could get a real GM and coach. Would do wonders. Gotta copy/paste a part of my previous post in case you missed it as an answer to this. Tell me 1-7, is there anything you don't agree with? 1) Fire TC 2) Fire Malone 3) Trade Barton/Garris/Houston 1st, our 1st for Jrue 4) Wave Plumdog, Wave Millsap (Or MLE) 5) Start Murray,Jrue,MPJ,Grant,Jokic + Bol Bol 6) 7-12 just get vets on 1 year deal that can shoot 7) Give Sergio Scariolo a HC job Obviously I support 1 2 I don’t think we have a choice anymore 3 wont happen 4 agreed 5 see #3 6 sounds good 7 don’t know who that is
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Post by funky on Aug 1, 2020 15:50:59 GMT -5
That's the head coach of the Spanish national team. No way he would the right choice for any NBA team, let alone who even thinks about winning the chip.
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Post by odvala on Aug 1, 2020 15:51:10 GMT -5
@rock If you support #1 then #3 is possible given the new GM. #2 and #5 is a matter of time only. #7 google it
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Post by odvala on Aug 1, 2020 15:53:40 GMT -5
That's the head coach of the Spanish national team. No way he would the right choice for any NBA team, let alone who even thinks about winning the chip. He is an NBA champion as an assistant head coach for the Toronot Raptors. Plently of experience, coaching style that suits our core players. Give him the full deck of cards and free hands to operate, he would do wonders with Denver Nuggets.
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Post by hated sticky on Aug 1, 2020 15:55:17 GMT -5
God you guys should loom to have some sex today...
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