12-3, but the point stands.

I'm retrospect, I feel a little bit better about my Suns getting 2 of those

Hindsight is 20/20

@@mattdavid716Hindsight now equals the previous foresight by those that actually watched the Nuggets.

You can take a moment if you’d like. Me? Nah, I’m good 😉

He was elite defensively all postseason. They just don't want to give him credit because they are racist. embiid was targeted every possession defensively by Boston on the other hand.

The new CBA will end this small market era prematurely

I only disagree with your 5-10 year take. I think foreigners are going to takeover the league in the next 10-20 years because American basketball won't be able to keep up and won't change because theres too much money in AAU.

​@felipecouto1102 teams will be built like NFL rosters where they either have an elite QB surrounded by cheap rookie contracts or a great roster with a standout rookie/young gun at the center of the team before he gets paid.

i thought he had his Gangster-like brothers sideline intimidating opponents??? fax!!!

Jokic doesn't do heavy lifting that's why they made it to the finals. His squad is very deep

Dude-Tim.Connely almost traded him for Kyrie or Harden. I wouldve been enraged-but almost happened.

Plus the talent around Murray and Jokic wasn't as developed as it is in 2023. They finally got a big wing defender in Aaron Gordon and his impact along with Jokic was superb. MPJ finally shook off the injury bug (for now) and showed up in the playoffs. Bruce Brown was a big boost as he's like a smaller version of what Gordon brings (but will probably get poached by a team looking to pay him his bag). KCP was a boon as well. Overall they got bigger bodies and stronger defensively around their center pieces.

He did get hurt tho

@@thedarkfrost2351 the argument was had he not got injured. He could have just as easily had 2 more strong playoff runs. He seems like really good playoff guy.

​@@JasonSmith-pe5py Tim Connelly and the Nuggets have made it clear several times that they were "adamantly" against trading Jamal Murray. Those trades were 100% rumor mill nonsense.

I assume you meant "parity," rather than "parody."

@@tonyleukering8832 I absolutely did haha. Either I was distracted or that was some autocorrect mistake

@@maxpennacchini3261 I know all about autocorrect; it's the bane of my existence (if I want to be overly dramatic).

He went below the mean though. His norm is an all star level player. In these finals he played worse than Gordon

Agreed..Clear favorites to win next season as well..Its their time right now..

Jokic is more than amazing lol. Once in life time talent

@@milosjovicevic6083 YEs Jokic is ofcourse.

Smart players don't make excuses. I am convinced that CP and Book in 22 (Last year) were both hurt in mid-series against Dallas. Their game scores both went off a cliff. No way they were healthy.

@@David-iv6je I agree. And everyone is hurt in the playoffs. Some worst than others. I'm just saying I think Jimmy was hurt. His whole aura changed in the Boston series. I don't think it's as bad as the Julius Randle injury but I do think it's bad. That's all

He wasn't as hurt as you think. He out up his average numbers. Maybe, just maybe he isn't that guy he was for the bucks series. We've seen Jimmy do this before. But he can't maintian it. He looked pretty good to me running around. I'm sure that ankle hurt him on the final turnover to end the season....excuses

@David how can you convince yourself of something when you know absolutley nothing about the situation. This is you. He put up big number Big number drop He must be hurt. Without 0 evidence at all. I Mean seriously you people are morons making these pathetic excuses when ur team gets spanked. Booker was talking heavy trashed and got cooked that's what happened.

It was bizarre. He’d have Jokic beat on the baseline with an open reverse and not take it. In game 5 he had 1 on 1s with Murray and couldn’t take advantage. It’s hard to imagine the ankle could throw off his shots that badly. Was hoping this finals would be Jimmy at his best vs Jokic at his best. Instead we got Bam clawing with the role players to stay in it with Jokic running the show and Jimmy disengaged

Yes, but we should also be fair in noting it was the easiest playoff run (relative to seed) in history. They played a 4-seed, 7-seed, and two 8-seeds. And yes, I know the Suns and Lakers were better than their records after the trade deadline, but still... Denver was never really challenged and certainly didn't have to face another top team.

@@chili015 So.... where were those 'top teams' then? Why weren't they there?

@eno - They got bounced by lesser teams. You know how in the NCAA tournament when a 16 has beaten a 1? That doesn't mean the 1 sucks and the 16 is amazing, it just means top teams lose sometimes. Milwaukee couldn't keep Giannis healthy and the Celtics clearly had a mentality issue... and yes, both of those teams lost to the Heat, but even after all that, no one actually expected to do anything with the Nuggets, which is why the Nuggets were one of the biggest Finals favorites in history.

@@chili015 That's why the NBA is best of 7🤡🤡🤡

The Heat yes I think are a lesser team, but that Lakers team was way better that a 7 seed. Not sure exactly what their record was but if you project the Lakers record from what they did after the trade deadline that’s at least the 4 seed.

Right, we do we use production to determine how good players are. Why can’t we just base it on how many blue t shirts they own 😑

U sound like you’d accept $10k today than $7k 100 years ago.

That’s my point. He is skilled enough and his assist numbers are inflated because he initiates the O. Jokic is a better passer than Embiid…but…the difference in passing is overestimated because of Denver’s play style. Sure 76ers can run more actions to open up passing lanes but there are more ways to win basketball games than playing that way. And that’s my central point…that player stats is part an effect of team system so unless u decouple it, it’s misleading to compare.

But the Cavs lost in a sweep bro how can that be more impressive

Lebron played more games than Jokic and was less efficient. Also lost in a sweep. What Jokic did was absolutely more impressive lol

Great defense will get you that. Think the early oughts Pistons.

*prototypical

Can’t agree because this is the norm for them. They were a shot away from the finals last year and they have already been too the finals before. So it’s actually the other East teams that have a punchers chance.

@@Shortballa11 na it’s them, yea they have been successful in past years but they were one of the worst scoring teams all szn and 3 pt shooting teams. Their role players were hot and Jimmy was at his peak who also had teamates who made every open 3 thrown up, he’s gonna do what he’s gonna do an all around star player. some could argue when Tyler herro got hurt the ball spreader around to everyone. You’d be silly to say that Jimmy didn’t have much help that’s the reason they got to the finals he did most of the heavy lifting but the role players played the best they could possibly play the whole EC and then reality checked in. Jimmy started to have bad games in the Celtics series but Caleb Martin was unbelievable up 3-0 and ended up being a game 7 coulda been why they were “worn out” and bam was the best heat player in the finals while Jimmy was at best pedestrian the whole series . So Jimmy basically got them there and the heat didn’t have enough fire power 2 contend with the nuggets. Couldn’t score 100 basically all series, shot what they did in the regular szn and again was one of the worst scoring teams in the reg szn. Gr8 coaching, experience, good execution, resilience and Jimmy will get you a series or a couple maybe even to the finals as we seen the last few years. But he’s being nice saying they had a punchers chance there was no way they could have beaten the nuggets 4 times anyone who knows a little bit of basketball knows they were completely outmatched and dominated physically and mentally. Was the first coach spo couldn’t coach circles against

@@bookabaka1074 Yes, they barely made the playoffs, but the fact they have been there already gave them the experience to get back to the finals. They are not an ordinary 8th seed. So the team itself was not the definition of a punchers chance and the role players mostly did their job. So basically if Jimmy just played like Jimmy. Which is an efficient 22 n 7 guy with defense then its a competitive series. We all know they were undertalented, but when you have dogs and the best coach it makes up for a lot

And a neck brace 😂

With sun glasses and a purse

Lol the cast after the finals in 2018 was wild.

Right we have to start seeing them as the norm and the other east teams are the exceptions

Can we also remember how badly the refs officiated Jokic in that series? He was put into foul trouble for ticky tack nonsense most games and Dwight Howard and McGee were allowed to play him physical as hell. It was bad.

@@joeldanker-dake9414 Wright previously would never even bring up all their injury issues until Broussard started doing it. Wright is the king of no context cherry-picking when it comes to making a point.

Then why did it take Denver this long to win 1 Chip. Dumb take Nuggets were tired too they dont have infinite stamina in Denver lol

@@vojislav88 the haven't won before because they have had bad teams, which is shown by their low career road winning %... Utah made the Finals in '97 and '98 in a loaded Western Conference (prime Shaq) partially because of their elevation which is lower than Denver, Denver also won as a 8th seed in '94 in a 5-game series where they won both games at home...

That was one series 12 years ago

@@fkm512 So... proves Ryen wrong that peak LeBron never had a bad game? He had a bad *series*? (Also... was it '08 when Rondo outplayed him? Two series.)

that I dunno. I think Steph and his supporting cast were playing like they were on a mission. And when they play like that, they are one of the most dangerous 5 out teams that can stress who the Nuggets have. Also the KCP and Bruce Brown pickups were huge this season in challenging other teams with their size. No way they can do the same thing running Will Barton or Campazzo in lineups.

They do have the ringer draft show though

​@@tomeknaj not a fan of KOC or j Kyle man

All the Lakers did was go to the rim and the Nuggets swept them wtf??

Joker and Murray are too dangerous to ignore.

Denver wasn’t a 60 win team because Jokic stopped caring the last month

​@@misinfluence lol wow how do u know he stopped caring man ?

What about the Nets the last few years. What about the Lakers since 2020? Man, names mean NOTHING. And KD ain't him!

Far far away from Harden 😅

Surprised this even got 1 like. So yea I guess Harden has lead his team to the finals then twice? Harden has a 40point triple double in the finals???

No it's not even close. I know he had a rough ending, but Harden could never do what this man has done the last four years in Miami.

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