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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2023 9:50:27 GMT -5
If Malone actually believes what he's saying, he needs to spend some time at the happy home on serious drugs. Love clouds judgment sometimes …Mike Green 2023 |
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Post by scooter on Apr 19, 2023 11:10:44 GMT -5
I was at the game and I certainly wondered aloud about the starters still being in. That said, considering that the Nuggets starters did not play heavy minutes, and that the pace of the game wasn’t very fast, it appeared to me that some (especially Jokic and Murray) were really winded, even early in the game, which to me shows their conditioning isn’t at 100% after coasting the last 6 weeks. So there is an argument for getting their minutes to 30 to get their conditioning up. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2023 11:51:08 GMT -5
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Post by JB on Apr 19, 2023 11:51:13 GMT -5
forcing Jokic to play unnecessary minutes in the playoffs when he's nursing an injured wrist remains an insanely reckless decision.
Malone should not be coaching a team with championship aspirations. he should be coaching the Hornets or Pistons.
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Post by scooter on Apr 19, 2023 12:14:30 GMT -5
forcing Jokic to play unnecessary minutes in the playoffs when he's nursing an injured wrist remains an insanely reckless decision. Malone should not be coaching a team with championship aspirations. he should be coaching the Hornets or Pistons. Jokic has been nursing a sore wrist for 2 seasons. Assuming its the same level of sore wrist and nothing more, that seems irrelevant. I think my conditioning concerns are real because: 1) The Nuggets will need their best players to play heavy minutes in the playoffs sooner or later, and 2) I’d like to see them pick up the pace and take better advantage of the altitude in Denver. |
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Post by duh88 on Apr 19, 2023 17:11:27 GMT -5
I was wondering the same, in regard to conditioning - I was also thinking that Malone wanted to keep their rhythm sharp.
I still disagree with the decision - but I can see where Malone was going with this.
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Post by scooter on Apr 19, 2023 18:26:47 GMT -5
I was wondering the same, in regard to conditioning - I was also thinking that Malone wanted to keep their rhythm sharp. I still disagree with the decision - but I can see where Malone was going with this. I just wanted to provide a different perspective. There’s an argument that our guys had 6 or so weeks of coasting to try to avoid injury but that time is over. I noticed that Jokic and Murray were quite winded very early in game 1. Both were breathing really hard and catching up on their oxygen when there was a break or they were away from the ball (I’m sure some of that was off camera). I remember one instance early on when Jokic was stalling a little before getting to the free throw line because he was panting hard — the ref definitely indulged him a bit by waiting an extra couple of beats to throw him the ball. Jokic was still breathing hard when he missed at least one of the free throws (he only went 1-3). I’ll grant that the guys were working really hard on defense in game 1 and it paid off. But they were not pushing the offensive pace a ton. I think they have room for conditioning improvement and hope they are still ramping up because it would be useful to take advantage of the altitude more. They might not need that against the TWolves, but the Suns are a different level of competition. |
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Post by passtheballquick on Apr 19, 2023 20:06:58 GMT -5
I was wondering the same, in regard to conditioning - I was also thinking that Malone wanted to keep their rhythm sharp. I still disagree with the decision - but I can see where Malone was going with this. I just wanted to provide a different perspective. There’s an argument that our guys had 6 or so weeks of coasting to try to avoid injury but that time is over. I noticed that Jokic and Murray were quite winded very early in game 1. Both were breathing really hard and catching up on their oxygen when there was a break or they were away from the ball (I’m sure some of that was off camera). I remember one instance early on when Jokic was stalling a little before getting to the free throw line because he was panting hard — the ref definitely indulged him a bit by waiting an extra couple of beats to throw him the ball. Jokic was still breathing hard when he missed at least one of the free throws (he only went 1-3). I’ll grant that the guys were working really hard on defense in game 1 and it paid off. But they were not pushing the offensive pace a ton. I think they have room for conditioning improvement and hope they are still ramping up because it would be useful to take advantage of the altitude more. They might not need that against the TWolves, but the Suns are a different level of competition. To take advantage of the altitude more? We just beat a solid PO team by 30 by playing Jokic only 28 minutes. That hasn't happened in Nuggets PO history ever. Breathing heavily at times means nothing else but playing a good defense. The most important thing at the moment is that the legs are rested and we need to maintain that. At the end of the 3rd, when Jokic left the game we were up by 20 and the game was literally decided. At that time Murray was 4 for 16 FG (25%) and MPJ was 6 for 15 (40%). With the g-leage numbers from the 2 max players we were up by 20. Imagine if they shoot the ball at a decent clip. We'd be up by 40. We can't ask for more than that |
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Post by Coach Sticky on Apr 19, 2023 21:10:17 GMT -5
LETS f**k
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Post by Ring on Apr 19, 2023 21:10:38 GMT -5
LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by famicommander on Apr 19, 2023 21:11:49 GMT -5
gotta get drunk early in case it turns out like last night's Avs game
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Post by passtheballquick on Apr 19, 2023 21:14:20 GMT -5
Let's go!!!
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Post by Ring on Apr 19, 2023 21:14:32 GMT -5
MPJ has got to be better in PnR defense. AG gets a foul because of how far he trailed.
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Post by GBG on Apr 19, 2023 21:17:07 GMT -5
Already can see Wolves with different gameplan to go down low and get our guys in foul trouble.
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Post by Coach Sticky on Apr 19, 2023 21:17:25 GMT -5
That block was clean… f**k Gobert
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Post by Ring on Apr 19, 2023 21:19:49 GMT -5
What a f***ing joke of a call.
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Post by Ring on Apr 19, 2023 21:21:26 GMT -5
Honestly hate how we're playing offensively but we're winning so it's cool.
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Post by Coach Sticky on Apr 19, 2023 21:21:29 GMT -5
AYEnthony Edwards…. Bro is just yelling every drive
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Post by Coach Sticky on Apr 19, 2023 21:21:46 GMT -5
LFG COWBOY
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Post by famicommander on Apr 19, 2023 21:22:07 GMT -5
AYEnthony Edwards…. Bro is just yelling every drive Andre Miller giving him tips |
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