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Post by rock on May 19, 2024 23:35:27 GMT -5
Rock, we set the record for the biggest 7th game comeback. NuggLife is with us forever. It’s funny when Minnesota was up 20 in game 6 we didn’t even try to comeback When we were up 20, it meant nothing. Nugglife never dies. Just comes back stronger than ever
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Post by sawyeral on May 20, 2024 0:14:48 GMT -5
Night guys. Really tough loss. Need to stay off social. TWolves are a pretty insufferable group when they win. But they’re winners, so you got to deal with it.
20 pt lead. f**k
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Post by bignuggets on May 20, 2024 0:20:40 GMT -5
Hate to say it, but Ant’s and KAT’s post game conference was pretty funny. Made me a little less upset and sad lol.
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Post by funky on May 20, 2024 0:55:19 GMT -5
Night guys. Really tough loss. Need to stay off social. TWolves are a pretty insufferable group when they win. But they’re winners, so you got to deal with it. 20 pt lead. f**k
Yeah, no way I'm going to Reddit, Twitter and RealGM for the next three months.
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Post by duh88 on May 20, 2024 1:21:36 GMT -5
f**k Minny.
I'm holding my head high. We broke NuggLife last year.
Folks - there's wins and there's losses. It was a fun ride - and it's going to continue next year. Repeating is f***ing hard. Calvin will make good moves - and our guys will come back firing in October.
Pick yourselves up - much more to look forward to with the great team we have.
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Post by nuggetshipster on May 20, 2024 1:27:20 GMT -5
f**k Minny. I'm holding my head high. We broke NuggLife last year. Folks - there's wins and there's losses. It was a fun ride - and it's going to continue next year. Repeating is f***ing hard. Calvin will make good moves - and our guys will come back firing in October. Pick yourselves up - much more to look forward to with the great team we have. Calvin is massively overrated and this fumble is on him.
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Post by nuggetshipster on May 20, 2024 1:28:15 GMT -5
Repeating being hard is a lame ass excuse. We have what should have been a back2back2back2back MVP
Tell Jordan that repeating is hard
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Post by AbdulJabber on May 20, 2024 2:05:30 GMT -5
You picked a horrible night to quote regular season stats as KCP was 1-4 and MPJ 1-6 from 3 on a night Denver needed more production. Sorry but a player on a max (MPJ) and KCP at $15 mil doing that bad CAN be replaced. Bench needs significant help and being a luxary tax team means they're going to have to move somebody and let KCP walk. It felt like KCP took some tough 3s when most of MPJ’s were wide open. Not sure what the answer is, but dang. I like keeping KCP and trading MPJ, but who knows for what. We miss another slasher like Brown, but then we’re also not a very good 3pt % team and losing MPJ only makes us worse there. No answers right now. 3 point shooting was by far my biggest concern going into the playoffs. To me, it's not always as simple as having good shooters. We have some decent shooters. I think what can help more is having guys that can get to the free throw line or just do things that get the offensive momentum going. 3 point shooting is always the first thing to go when you lose momentum. It's like the fragile little canary in the coal mine. Any little thing can kill it. What tends to bring it back to are big plays that bring energy back into the game. It's just not something this team does well. It would suck to me to break up our starting 5. I don't feel like that's the answer. But we should probably be honest about it and realize we have some weaknesses. Just some numbers that stood out to me this year: 25th in points from 3 pointers 29th in points from the free throw line 17th in fast break points 12th in true shooting percentage 20th in steals per play I think that's the kind of stuff that made it hard for us to get big leads and rest our starters at the ends of games.
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Post by nuggetshipster on May 20, 2024 2:36:12 GMT -5
Jokic praising how well built Wolves is makes me sad
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Post by Miura on May 20, 2024 2:48:05 GMT -5
Can't read anything, don't wanna look Twitter, don't care who wins it, not watching single game till October.
Since someone has to win this thing, please be Indiana.
KEEP KCP, he is playing good, his experience, need him on this team.
This is fu*&#n s#$t... HATE IT.
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Post by freakns on May 20, 2024 3:26:23 GMT -5
well, got my 2 hours of sleep, and I can tell you... I'm still not mad.
but I do have some questions. First one, since when losing game 7 i conference semifinals is "Calvin broke this team", "Murray, Jokic and bunch of losers" and similar comments? These starting 5 and CB are NBA champions. Michael Malone is NBA champion. We were really close to getting into b2b conference finals. And its bunch of losers... When have we put scale that high? I'm serious. When did Nuggets become LA Lakers and nothing but Championship is good enough so players are losers(same ones who already won championship) and HC is ignorant fool?
And just to make it clear, Booth was unable to sign Bruce because of contracts TC left behind. Not because he didn't want him, or had different plans... no, because of their cap Nuggets were unable to offer Bruce not even half of what he got in Indiana. Unable by the NBA rules. Now, I understand your heads are so tick that there is no freaking way you can understand that, but you could at least give an effort? Its not hard. NBA rules forbid Booth to offer Bruce more then 7-8M(not sure what exact number was). You still don't get it? Lets try again. NBA rules forbid Booth to offer Bruce more then 7-8M. Nothing? OK, third time is a charm. NBA rules forbid Booth to offer Bruce more then 7-8M. Please repeat that sentence until you understand it.
On other hand, I get it. For me, its all about journey, not the destination. For most of you, journey obviously means nothing unless you end up as NBA Champion. Sorry, multiple NBA Champion. Because if you dont repeat, you are nothing. And if we did repeat, and lose to whoever next season, then everyone would be loser cause they couldn't threepet. For me its different. You have to fail sometimes so you would appreciate the success more. And I said last season, Nuggets have done everything I ever asked for, so there is nothing more to ask. And yes, I think Jamal come to season unprepared, and Malone was riding starters until their teeth fell off, and MPJ played like crap against Minny, etc, etc.... All of those are pissing me off, but I dont want any of them out. There is Croatian ex basketball player, Ivo Nakic. He lives in Belgrade. He is one of the most beloved figures in Belgrade cause he was a part of Partizan team that won Euroleague. They haven't won before and they never repeated. But that one title, that is bigger then Serb/Croats disputes and I will cherish that title as long as I'm alive.
I've said this 3-4 years ago, and I will repeat. I've seen Partizan winning Euroleague. I've seen Serbia winning World Cup and European Championship. I've seen Buccaneers winning Superbowl. The only thing left was Nuggets winning Championship. And they did last year. And now I need to spit on ppl who did it? Hell no...
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Post by Miura on May 20, 2024 4:03:48 GMT -5
Far from it calling them loosers or anything. I am mad because this team, has played beautiful basketball all year, has the MVP, and I am sad that they did not make the finals, they deserved it and fans deserved it. Game one against wolves was very winnable, game 7 was very, very, very winnable, how can you loose 20pt lead in 20 minutes?! Great team, defending champions, chemistry, have the best player in world in it, playing the most important game of the season at home... have the lead at half and then drop it... Just HOW? ?
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Post by eathb on May 20, 2024 4:06:45 GMT -5
I disagree, this season was very frustrating.
Losing is almost relief, but I don't recall in the Jokic era, getting blown out as many times or seeing this team coast so often.
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Post by Miura on May 20, 2024 4:42:28 GMT -5
If you mean Play-Offs, yes they have been frustrating, chasing Lakers constantly (winning somehow), then this, as I said, games 1 and 7...
As for regular season, I remember well when the season started, first few games, I was literally thinking "who can beat this team" are they gonna win like 75 games or what? Then sync after All Star break, cmon whole season they have been great.
Then chemistry, don't wanna even mention that, it feels like they are brothers.
And then ofcourse being "small team", no really respect at all (before title last year), look at Shaqs word on MVP announcement... just a perfect story until this game... everyone loves fairytales.
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Post by nuggetshipster on May 20, 2024 6:19:50 GMT -5
well, got my 2 hours of sleep, and I can tell you... I'm still not mad. but I do have some questions. First one, since when losing game 7 i conference semifinals is "Calvin broke this team", "Murray, Jokic and bunch of losers" and similar comments? These starting 5 and CB are NBA champions. Michael Malone is NBA champion. We were really close to getting into b2b conference finals. And its bunch of losers... When have we put scale that high? I'm serious. When did Nuggets become LA Lakers and nothing but Championship is good enough so players are losers(same ones who already won championship) and HC is ignorant fool? And just to make it clear, Booth was unable to sign Bruce because of contracts TC left behind. Not because he didn't want him, or had different plans... no, because of their cap Nuggets were unable to offer Bruce not even half of what he got in Indiana. Unable by the NBA rules. Now, I understand your heads are so tick that there is no freaking way you can understand that, but you could at least give an effort? Its not hard. NBA rules forbid Booth to offer Bruce more then 7-8M(not sure what exact number was). You still don't get it? Lets try again. NBA rules forbid Booth to offer Bruce more then 7-8M. Nothing? OK, third time is a charm. NBA rules forbid Booth to offer Bruce more then 7-8M. Please repeat that sentence until you understand it. On other hand, I get it. For me, its all about journey, not the destination. For most of you, journey obviously means nothing unless you end up as NBA Champion. Sorry, multiple NBA Champion. Because if you dont repeat, you are nothing. And if we did repeat, and lose to whoever next season, then everyone would be loser cause they couldn't threepet. For me its different. You have to fail sometimes so you would appreciate the success more. And I said last season, Nuggets have done everything I ever asked for, so there is nothing more to ask. And yes, I think Jamal come to season unprepared, and Malone was riding starters until their teeth fell off, and MPJ played like crap against Minny, etc, etc.... All of those are pissing me off, but I dont want any of them out. There is Croatian ex basketball player, Ivo Nakic. He lives in Belgrade. He is one of the most beloved figures in Belgrade cause he was a part of Partizan team that won Euroleague. They haven't won before and they never repeated. But that one title, that is bigger then Serb/Croats disputes and I will cherish that title as long as I'm alive. I've said this 3-4 years ago, and I will repeat. I've seen Partizan winning Euroleague. I've seen Serbia winning World Cup and European Championship. I've seen Buccaneers winning Superbowl. The only thing left was Nuggets winning Championship. And they did last year. And now I need to spit on ppl who did it? Hell no... Not adressing the whole post, but its not about not keeping Bruce for me. Its how he didnt get better players instead of Reggie, Jordan and Holiday or how he didnt use any draft picks to trade for better bench pieces. I for one was not one of the people that thought keeping Bruce was possible. And cant blame him for not doing something impossible But he has the by far best player in basketball, but we have never beaten a 50+ team over 7 games Malone rode the starters because he had no trust on the bench players. How is this not poor management?
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Post by nuggetshipster on May 20, 2024 6:26:23 GMT -5
We faced the Lakers in the WCF and Heat in the finals. Anyone that was leaning on «the starters are Champions so we are good» was/is naive or arrogant
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Post by Tymes Rhymes on May 20, 2024 6:26:48 GMT -5
I'm not mad but I can't view NBA social media myself for the next few months as well or at least until the draft. I've said this before and I'll say it again, the Nuggets have to be the most disrespected championship winner in the NBA since 2010. Even after winning, folks questioned our legitimacy, some for legit reasons and others for frivolous reasons. All and all, I've gathered a few things; that the media and other fans truly only care about the Lakers winning or a team that has an athletic therefore "exciting", star I.E. Anthony Edwards. Jokic and the Nuggets will continue to be disrespected no matter how many future championships they win and that mentality makes NBA social media insufferable. Imagine how it is now that the Nuggets have lost.
Now it's time to make some changes for sure and I don't know what will improve the roster. All I know is that other teams, primarily OKC and Minnesota, gave us fits this season and caught up to us quickly.
We need to improve the bench, that much is a given and MPJ is the primary option to trade currently. I would also personally package Nnaji in a deal for almost anything at this point. Dude hasn't improved in our system at all in 4 years as a pro. Perhaps it's because we keep asking him to play Center and he doesn't have the ability to. He also can't catch a pass to save his life.
I said at the beginning of the season that Calvin may go down as one of the worst GMs in history for not shoring up our bench and making us ostensibly worse just after winning it all. I think that will be true if he doesn't do anything else this off-season.
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Post by nuggetshipster on May 20, 2024 6:30:27 GMT -5
Yeah if Calvin just lean on «internal growth» aka saving money again this summer i might puke
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Post by wicked3line on May 20, 2024 7:29:43 GMT -5
Yeah if Calvin just lean on «internal growth» aka saving money again this summer i might puke In reality, Booth has to get KSE approval for anything and while the team (minus Bruce and Uncle Jeff) deserved a chance to run it back, KSE wasn't going over the 2nd apron this year. Fast-forward to this off-season after getting wiped by the Wolves, now simply running it back again will see the team regress. Booth knows he is going to have to trade somebody. Booth has already made it known via his comments last fall when talking about Bones that he doesn't value MPJ in the same light as KSE. I'd put money on Booth likely trying to send MPJ out the door first... However, nobody is convinced MPJ's trade value given his max contract won't be more punitive that it is worth. If trading MPJ fails, that leaves either trading away AG (which I highly doubt happens) or maybe a sign and trade with KCP. To all the people wanting to keep KCP, I get it as I'd rather keep him instead of MPJ. However, it might be the only viable option Calvin has to improve this team.
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Post by TNF on May 20, 2024 8:44:22 GMT -5
The Nuggets took their foor off the accelerator when the got the third quarter lead. For a split second they thought "We've got it". At this level, it doesn't take much.
When they realized Minny meant business, it was too late. Now they couldn't hit a shot. Panic and exhaustion kicked in and it was over.
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