BREAKING: Connecticut’s Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title, sources tell ESPN. LA would’ve made him one of NBA’s six highest paid coaches.
Michael Porter Jr.'s shotmaking blew this game open.
He scored 10 points in the fourth quarter on a multitude of tough self-generated jumpers to turn an 8-point game into a 15-point lead.
Jokić's best thing is that he doesn't think he's too cool for funny bits, he's like a good SNL host where writers can approach him with actually funny stuff to do
Jokić being all business might have fooled some folks about Balkan dudes, but Luka showing what is an average reaction in a neighborhood 3 on 3 game back home 😂
Nets say Ben Simmons is out for the remainder of the season while he consults with specialists and explores treatment options for the nerve impingement in his lower back.
List of players that had more fts than Jokić today:
(Jokić had 20 paint shots)
Embiid
Lowry
Oubre
Hartenstein
Hart
Bogdanović
Brunson
Davis
Lebron
Durant
Greyson Allen
Booker
Nurkic
Gobert
Towns
McDaniels
Banchero
Wagner bros
Suggs
Cole Anthony
Jarrett Allen
Mitchell
Niang
If I'm gonna pick who's opinion I'd take, I'm going with James Worthy, Hakeem, Larry Bird, Tim Duncan over Rasheed Wallace, Gilbert Arenas, Demarcus Cousins
Aaron Gordon now is only possible because the Nuggets didn't tank in 2021/22 season.
They knew they weren't going to win a title but still went for the playoffs. Draymond Green went at Gordon, and since then Gordon said "I need to work smarter, not harder", and this is the result
“I just, in general, do not watch basketball… I love when I go to the game and I have no idea who I’m playing or what they do.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo says he doesn’t watch any basketball 🧐
(via
@SportsonMax
)
BLOCKED: NBA star weighs in on transgender athlete debate and women's sports as comments about the WNBA, Caitlin Clark go viral. The Denver Nuggets forward shares whether he believes any women's player could score in the NBA.
Wolves fans have suffered enough, so I don't have any problems if they're celebrating or being cocky.
But salty Lakers and Bucks fans celebrating one Nuggets loss because their teams got smoked in the first round is just hilariously pathetic 😂
The Jokić thing is getting ridiculous. Of all the players that made their careers on moving screens (one plays for the Wolves), Jokić is going to be the center of the illegal screen discourse now, like he was for foul baiting in December 🤦
Every single foul-grifting criticism thrown Joel Embiid’s way should be directed at Jalen Brunson
Embarrassing showing tonight. The word-for-word act of what they are trying to get out of the game is his go-to move on an every possession basis
I see Bruce Brown is trending not in a good way. So speaking for Nuggets fans we'll take him back next season, he's really bad and no one should want him
I don't like him because he's smart and calculated. He knows trashing Jokić isn't the way to go now like it was few years ago, something Evan Turner and Arenas are too dumb to understand
"Joker was good enough for his team to advance. His teammates were not. ... Jamal Murray & Michael Malone, while excellent, had been living in a luxury penthouse paid for by their best friend."
—
@getnickwright
There’s another one 😳
Meet Nikola Djurisic from Serbia
He just won MVP at the Adidas EuroCamp and will enter this year’s NBA draft
(🎥
@BasketNews_com
)
Bruce made more money in two years after playing with Jokić than Isaiah Thomas did in his career and he was a top 5 MVP candidate on a conference finals Celtics team lol
Melton, Klay, Goga should all want to come to the Nuggets for a minimum
The Toronto Raptors are picking up the $23 million option on guard Bruce Brown’s contract, sources tell ESPN. Brown will be a valuable trade asset on an expiring contract for the Raptors.
The nuggets are one of those rare teams who truly don’t give a shit who scores. A lot of teams say that but denver truly plays without ego and that dynamic is really fleeting in basketball
I really love the insane takes of "Denver had an easier path to the finals last year, they'll be more tested this year"
It's the exact same teams they're playing 😐
Wolves lose by 3 without Rudy, KAT and Naz on the second night of a back to back against the Denver Nuggets. That’s a win in my book. Incredible stuff and fight from this team. Showing again why they aren’t scared of matching up with the Nuggets in the West playoffs.
KCP is not worth 25m a year as an overall player, but point of attack defense was always key for the Nuggets. So, if you're not paying him a bunch of money to fill that specific need, then you better have a plan in place that's more involved than "Braun will take over that spot".
@etamny
He's getting smarter out there. The shots are not rushed, he's reading the court much better than anyone thought he would. And more importantly, no one is hunting him on defense, that's not a talking point anymore
This is so funny because CT freaking had Braun, Strawther and Holmes now three years in a row targeted to the Nuggets during the college season before any mock drafts lol
Ethical ball alert 🚨
Games played this season:
Jokic: 74 games
Embiid: 36 games
Free throw attempts this season:
Jokic: 413
Embiid: 420
Moral of the story: Jokic played 38 MORE GAMES than Embiid and still has fewer free throws…
WHAT HAPPENED TO ETHICAL BALL 😭
If you wanna know what having Malone as a coach and Jokić as a teammate can do for your basketball development, look no further than MPJ playing the way he is
Predictions for a wild day:
Denver W
OKC W
Wolves lose to Suns
Pelicans lose to Lakers
We get Suns Wolves first round, Denver waits Lakers Pelicans playin
"It was beautiful."
Peyton Watson spent his All-Star break in Aspen with some of his teammates. He split a cabin with Julian Strawther. Aaron Gordon was there too.
Braun over MPJ is the correct call in this game/series. And that's why you build trust as a coach that you can do this and MPJ doesn't get angry and make a bad presence in the locker room
There are 5 players in NBA history who led their teams in postseason PTS, AST, and REB on the way to winning a championship - LeBron James (3x), Larry Bird (2x), Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Nikola Jokic. If the Mavericks can turn things around, Luka would become the 6th.
De’Aaron Fox is better than Jimmy Butler, Halliburton and Jamal Murray.
Sabonis is 6th in mvp rankings and is listed 22nd here.
• he’s 9-0 vs AD
• far better than Bam
• 3-1 vs Jokic this season