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Post by GBG on Oct 5, 2024 21:36:14 GMT -5
The only "all in" move i see that can improve our overall depth while not losing quality is something like this. 3 team trade MPJ to Hawks for Bogdanovic and Hunter with 30 swap. Zeke to Hornets for Micic and 31st top 15 protected. Matching salary is peefect. That is the only move Booth can make if he is serious about not wasting Jokic prime. Edit: MPJ and Trae are hihg school buddies. Both would welcome that trade with open arms I was talking about this trade when it was possible but now, no chance. Bogdanovic is 2x better player than mpj and he always was, but the difference now is that everybody knows it. That deal was possible before Olympics. LOL. Bogdanovic basically has the career stats of Will Barton. Despite that, I will concede he’s a better player than prime Barton, but that’s not as good as MPJ, whose length and rebounding is the major differentiator. |
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Post by scooter on Oct 6, 2024 0:33:04 GMT -5
Glad to see some Zeke appreciation by a couple fellow NT’ers here. Fami is out of his mind with a hostile agenda of hate that he aggressively pushes on us all the time regarding Zeke. I don’t understand it. Zeke is a Nugget (for now), and Nuggets fans should be rooting FOR their players, if for no other reason than to will them to better times that could lift their trade values. Zeke won’t even be 24 until next January. Calvin Booth, for all his mistakes in drafting Pickett and Tyson while not moving them off the roster yet (guaranteed roster spots he never should have given them) is not an idiot, and felt Zeke has shown enough to be an attractive $8 million contract for OTHER GMs to want to trade for. It just hasn’t happened. I really think the Holmes injury changed our plans for Zeke, and he might have been traded by now if Holmes hadn’t gone down. Now that we are keeping Zeke for the foreseeable future (it seems), we should give him the minutes we had planned to give Holmes this season, and see what happens. I happen to think Zeke will pleasantly surprise at least one Nuggets fan around here. He looked good in this game and it remains possible he is still improving. Who knows — he might be needed this season and could turn out to be a pleasant surprise. |
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 6, 2024 4:02:17 GMT -5
Based off 1 preseason half, I think we all may have underestimated how big of an improvement Westbrook will be over Reggie. 8 assists. Jesus. Not I, my friend. I tried my very best to explain to NT the planet sized difference in talent between Russ and the Walking Dead. Same with me and the starters (Murray)….. Its one game lmao |
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 6, 2024 4:03:56 GMT -5
When they have no shooting they'll have to consider everything. Especially in Jokic lineups. You can't give him Russ AG Watson Braun and Watson will be dared to shoot all year and Strawther is very streaky. Enter hunter tyson. Malone might play the piss out of him right from the jump to show Booth how garbage his roster is Hunter Tyson is not a proven NBA shooter. Get that through your skull. He does literally everything a basketball player can do on a court worse than Vlatko Cancar does. Bro neither is Strawther and Booth expect him ti replace KCP shooting |
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 6, 2024 4:04:47 GMT -5
Booth is playing the hand he was dealt. the Zeke contract made sense in real time, young player with decent upside. he either hits and you have a steal or he plateaus and you trade him for a Jordan Clarkson type, because it's literally impossible to trade vet mins and rookie scale contracts for a guy making 10m or more. it's a disaster in hindsight because a mystery injury befell Zeke and his confidence cratered, but you can't plan for that. and still, the Clippers would've taken him + MPJ for PG if we had picks. if Strawther hits, Booth's plan is a success. how did the Zeke contract make sense at the time lmaooo |
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 6, 2024 4:06:31 GMT -5
oh and KCP having a low ws/48 is not an outlier. Kentavious Wilson-Chandler has a career ws/48 of .085. really happy we didn't commit to the second apron for this overrated role player I hope you keep this energy if we get bounced in the playoffs |
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 6, 2024 4:08:06 GMT -5
I’d still trade Zeke for a guard like Micic, not just to make Jokic happy, but also to provide much needed depth at ball handler and guard. I don’t trust Murray AND Russ to both be at peak health for the entire playoff run, if we go deep. If one isn’t available, our current options are poor. If both are out, we are sunk. As i said the day this rumor was made up. Why the hell would Cha want to do this? |
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 6, 2024 4:12:11 GMT -5
agreed AJ. Zeke has become a caricature among Nugget fans. he had a lot of outside factors go wrong for him (covid, injury etc) and we rarely played him at his natural position because we believe backup centers are here to provide vibes. commit to playing him at PF next to Saric and see what happens. that's the only way he's getting traded. you're not getting him off this roster by wishing him away lol. Lmaooo Zeke has had everything he needed to succeed. He has gotten so many chances. But the only thing that matters is his skill level. Zeke was benched behind 50 year old deandre jordan. He is finished. |
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Post by nuggetshipster on Oct 6, 2024 4:13:22 GMT -5
I have no idea how covid is supposed to turn your hands into stones
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Post by pie on Oct 6, 2024 9:01:57 GMT -5
White Mamba aka Brian Scalabrine covering the Celtics broadcast
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Post by pie on Oct 6, 2024 9:09:10 GMT -5
Vlatko and Strawther getting the start over MPJ and AG
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Post by pie on Oct 6, 2024 9:12:39 GMT -5
Nuggets 3 point shooting is cringe ...definitely need another shooter at SG/SF
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Post by pie on Oct 6, 2024 9:14:40 GMT -5
Malone has been the head coach for 10 years now...wow!
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Post by pie on Oct 6, 2024 9:17:44 GMT -5
Nuggets 3 point shooting is cringe ...definitely need another shooter at SG/SF Someone to take Hunter Tyson and Jalen Pickett's roster spots |
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Post by wizardofcozz on Oct 6, 2024 9:17:50 GMT -5
Braun looking fantastic so far. Attacks the rim and playing great D. While I hope our 3 point shooting gets better. I love that we're letting the open ones fly!
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Post by Dante on Oct 6, 2024 9:19:39 GMT -5
One thing i saw in game 1 i see today and idk how our coaching staff did not adress that. Boston guards attack offensive rebounds from both corners at the nail around 10 ft from basket and our guards are not boxing them out but ball watching...So easy to adress such a simple thing yet this is the NBA...
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Post by wizardofcozz on Oct 6, 2024 9:21:07 GMT -5
How's that not a charge???
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Post by famicommander on Oct 6, 2024 9:22:48 GMT -5
Apparently Brown is allowed to do whatever he wants
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Post by pie on Oct 6, 2024 9:24:08 GMT -5
How's that not a charge??? It sounds like Jaylen Brown is a fan favorite in Abu Dhabi ...he spent the summer there |
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Post by famicommander on Oct 6, 2024 9:29:10 GMT -5
Still no Saric/Jokic lineup. Now running Tyson and Nnaji at the forwards.
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