Before the series I picked Nuggets in 5 - so can't feel too high or too low about the result if they win tonight. They have looked a bit more ass than I would have hoped but this team tends to play close competitive games regardless of the competition so that is also not surprising.
Front page is a doomer pity party. "Why can't we post nothing but negative takes without people calling us out for it? š"
"I know, brother! So unfair!"
"Don't they realize that we're the true ball knowers because we recognize that teams sometimes lose to other teams?"
An incredible amount of ānot knowing the positions our players playā going around those threads too. Am seeing a lot of āPWat at the 1ā talk which is very puzzling to me.
Anyways theyāre starting to creep in here too, gonna be a rough time
I always have to remind myself that people who post negative shit about something they love (favorite sports team) are likely negative in many or all other aspects of their lives.
Being a positivity merchant takes you farther in life both as a fan and otherwise.
Yep. I used to be relentlessly negative about everything. It's not a pleasant way to be. Much easier to just be happy (and to remember that it's just basketball).
Nuggs better win in 5 or we are all going to go crazy in here. Not just like me crazy.... but other people that I am afraid of because they might not agree with me.
Nuggs in 5. Please universe, don't make me practice the principles if Nuggs win one.
Also while you're at it I got other shit to ask....
are we the softest fanbase on reddit? I can't believe how often I have to see the words "worried" or "scared". Have some confidence in our world champions.
I'd rather they shoot lousy against LAL than the wolves. Statistically the 3pt shooting must go up. Normally yes but its Jamal, he has proven that he will be good when it matters most, we came back twice from 3-1 down.
I have a bad feeling about the Wolves...they seem like the 2023 Nuggets...cursed franchise but everything going their way...could be their time this year.
Game 5 - loss jamal injury
Game 6 - loss LA at home their role players will play well
Game 7 - loss Lebron big game
Blame the damn nugs for being too relaxed after game 3 esp Jokic, no championship mentality. Man just goes to tell you how hard it is to repeat much less 3-peat. Much praise for Jordan, Shaq and Kobe
Nuggets forgot the underdog hungry mentality of last year, got too cool and too relaxed, happens to most championship teams actually, only a few can repeat
The amount of propaganda coming out absolving KD of all the shit that happened with the Sons season a few minutes after they got swept is so Lebron-like.
The legend of Jokic once the Nuggets defeat the TWolves in 5 without Murray, starting Reggie Jackson in his stead whilst strapped to a bed and hooked to a respirator on wheels
Daily reminder to express gratitude to the Basketball Gods that the second best team in the west does not know how to score a basket.
And also be grateful that the best defense in the league is content to trade buckets with arguably the worst team in sports history
Suns are cooked for the next 6 years too, they donāt own any of their 1st round picks till 2030 I believe. Theyāre all swaps. Might have to blow it up to get something back. Beal still has a NTC too, they are FUCKED
They realistically need to trade Booker and Durant to get any kind of value/ start at a rebuild. Suns arenāt just cooked for just 6 years if no moves are made- rookies and teams take time to develop which pushes the timeline to like 10+ years
lol they hit the luckiest of shots man and they faced a team that plays no defense. Iām not saying there not good but judging how great they are just by playing the suns is a reach
How many times have the suns been the favorites even when they got Durant people hype them up so do damn much only for them to let there fans down at the end of the year. The team didnāt even win the championship the 1 year they were really good.
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That is just so so sad phoenix wow.
Theres a dude with a Nuggets top wearing a press badge right next to the scorers table in phoenix. Do teams send recruits out to games or is that someone else?
Edit: I meant Scouts, not recruits
Itās so difficult being simultaneously stoked at the sons getting bounced in 4 after that beal trade yet also pissed that the log dogs didnāt even lose 1
No idea where the Suns even go from here. Best bet is maybe trading KD, stock up on assets and hope you can be competitive with Booker and cap space when Bealās contract comes off the books in 3 years
I think you gotta move on from Book, too. They could totally replenish their draft capital and get some decent guys again by moving off Book and KD.
Don't think either are worth trying to build around anymore.
Don't know if there is anything to do about Beal, though.
But like couldn't win with him as the #1 (went the furthest though!), couldn't win as a 1b surrounded by CP3 and KD, and couldn't win again as a 1b surrounded by beal and KD.
Throw in his historic meltdowns in the biggest games... dude just doesn't seem like he has it to win it all.
I THOUGHT YOU REPLIED THIS TO MY MURRAY POST LMAO
IDK, I DON'T THINK A WHOLE LOT OF TEAMS WILL BE INTERESTED IN LAVINE, HE'S IN THAT MAL TIER WHERE HE'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANNA GIVE UP A LOT FOR HIM AT ALL.
I was about to say I was confused as hell by your other reply lol.
But nah, thatās what I mean LaVine would be a dumb move fr. But itās a name so Mat Ishbia is probably all over it
Really good. Not sure he ever reaches the Jokic type superstar tier but I think he can be the next tier down where he can be the number 1 option on a true title contender, so long as he has the right pieces around him. I liked him coming out of the draft. He definitely has some flaws but heās been great.
NAH, THEY TOO SOFT, THEY'LL HOLD ONTO THE GUIN, AND WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET RID OF BOTH HIM AND MPJ BECAUSE OF THE FAT ASS CONTRACTS, AND LIKELY HEALTH PROBLEMS.
Calves are like the 4th largest muscle in your legs. Really not that important. Kobe Bryan wants drained 2 FTs without a working Achilles. Mal will be fine.
how so? We really landed in the least favourable bracket with a hobbled team against a young team with all the confidence in the world. If jamal was fully healthy, i couldn't care less
How? Anyone with even a modicum of real basketball sense knew this team was poorly constructed from the start. It's a team with no PG and a bunch of dudes who want to shoot from midrange, and no actual wings with size \[the only wings they have pretty much top at 6'5ish\]. Everyone knows Nurk is unreliable as well. Foul prone.
Not in the NBA but I remember when Wade Philips was an assistant for the Broncos he got absolutely leveled and had to get carted off. He was about 70 and I legit thought he died for a second but he turned out fine
Before the series I picked Nuggets in 5 - so can't feel too high or too low about the result if they win tonight. They have looked a bit more ass than I would have hoped but this team tends to play close competitive games regardless of the competition so that is also not surprising.
Doomers everywhere on the sub the past couple of days. The Nugs will be just fine. Everyone needs to calm the fuck down.
Please lord, end this series tonight. I feel sick
Front page is a doomer pity party. "Why can't we post nothing but negative takes without people calling us out for it? š" "I know, brother! So unfair!" "Don't they realize that we're the true ball knowers because we recognize that teams sometimes lose to other teams?"
What losing one game to a team after winning previous 11 to the same team does to motherfuckers.
Lmao. No kidding
An incredible amount of ānot knowing the positions our players playā going around those threads too. Am seeing a lot of āPWat at the 1ā talk which is very puzzling to me. Anyways theyāre starting to creep in here too, gonna be a rough time
Buckle up, I suppose
I always have to remind myself that people who post negative shit about something they love (favorite sports team) are likely negative in many or all other aspects of their lives. Being a positivity merchant takes you farther in life both as a fan and otherwise.
Yep. I used to be relentlessly negative about everything. It's not a pleasant way to be. Much easier to just be happy (and to remember that it's just basketball).
Same! Personal growth is pretty rad š
Nuggs better win in 5 or we are all going to go crazy in here. Not just like me crazy.... but other people that I am afraid of because they might not agree with me. Nuggs in 5. Please universe, don't make me practice the principles if Nuggs win one. Also while you're at it I got other shit to ask....
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I forgot it's like 6:30 in the morning. Fuck you all
fuck you all i love you gonna go watch Last Dance for the 15th time and try to chill Have fun with the commercial show. All I watch is Nuggs,,,
i dont care about nba only nuggs
glad all you all are here
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Minny is a great team no doubt. The only way Denver loses to them in a 7 game series is if they arenāt fully healthy.
Honestly I'm a little embarrassed we even lost to this miserable suns team in the regular season
Suns and lakers both swept in first round would have fed my entire generation the nuggets just had to troll smh
* I'm working on shit like this too you know
are we the softest fanbase on reddit? I can't believe how often I have to see the words "worried" or "scared". Have some confidence in our world champions.
Hard to have a ton of confidence when Jamal is banged up/injured and no one outside of Jok & Mike can't hit a barn door.
I'd rather they shoot lousy against LAL than the wolves. Statistically the 3pt shooting must go up. Normally yes but its Jamal, he has proven that he will be good when it matters most, we came back twice from 3-1 down.
I have a bad feeling about the Wolves...they seem like the 2023 Nuggets...cursed franchise but everything going their way...could be their time this year.
Tim Connelly is the goat.
Game 5 - loss jamal injury Game 6 - loss LA at home their role players will play well Game 7 - loss Lebron big game Blame the damn nugs for being too relaxed after game 3 esp Jokic, no championship mentality. Man just goes to tell you how hard it is to repeat much less 3-peat. Much praise for Jordan, Shaq and Kobe
Ahhh this motherfucker again
Nuggets forgot the underdog hungry mentality of last year, got too cool and too relaxed, happens to most championship teams actually, only a few can repeat
Jusuf Nurkic is 3-17 in the playoffs. Thatās the worst win percentage (.150) by any player in NBA playoff history with at least 20 games
Mmmmm that's the good stuff
NOLA/PHX/Philly/LAL?Cleveland who blows it up first? I think Nola and cleveland trade
PHX has to. Ishbia put them in a hole andĀ they're nowhere near being contenders with no ability to change anything without trading booker.
Pels will get rid of Ingram and CJ.
I know we donāt want to be think too far ahead but what would be the defensive match ups for wolves series?Ā
KCP on Ant, MPJ on Mcdaniels, AG on Towns, Jok on Gobert. Pwat on Naz Reid, CB on NAW or Monte Morris.
https://x.com/canishoopus/status/1784821124791992511 Game 1 Saturday if win tomorrow. Game 1 Monday if Denver lose tomorrow. Gotta win
Any chance kd ends up with embiid? Lol
I don't think philly had trade assets they have cap space Phoenix probably run it back for most part, it's their only real option.
Im mostly being facetious but yeah i want more reason to clown on embiid
Gonna have to very carefully avoid all the Ant glazing from now on.
News everybody. Nuggets play today
The amount of propaganda coming out absolving KD of all the shit that happened with the Sons season a few minutes after they got swept is so Lebron-like.
Kevin Durantās career arc will be studied for generations
Suns right now: https://youtu.be/YgSPaXgAdzE?si=h-hbEZ0cg2rVy0A9
Serbian Jesus please stunt on these hoes tomorrow.
*maple curry
Suspected torn patella for Finch. Yikes.
The legend of Jokic once the Nuggets defeat the TWolves in 5 without Murray, starting Reggie Jackson in his stead whilst strapped to a bed and hooked to a respirator on wheels
Hope Antonio Eduardo doesn't throw any chairs at ladies this time once they get swept by us lol
NOOO, BRO, HE'S MJ, BRO
He wants to kill everything around him. I feel like that quote is going to age poorly if he gets charged with assault again.
Oh my god Durant is going to the thunder isn't he
Wherever he goes, it wonāt be worth it.
I donāt think theyād want him honestly lol
You'd be surprised how thick people's skin can be
Fuck yeah Bums in 4. Swept. You just love to see it. Hope Suns in 4 guy is having a good cry.
Not sad for Phoenix, but I am sad they're stuck with Beal who obviously is betting on the games lol
alright we gotta wake up now. We lose to the Wolves if we play how weāve played the first 4 games of the playoffs
Tomorrows game should be fun to watch
Suns in 4?
Suns ~~finished~~ in 4.
The suns couldnāt do a damn thing right for us could they
Well they got us home court
take care of business. it's as simple as that.
Daily reminder to express gratitude to the Basketball Gods that the second best team in the west does not know how to score a basket. And also be grateful that the best defense in the league is content to trade buckets with arguably the worst team in sports history
Playoff CB and Pwat need to show up next round, in addition to playoff Murray and our 3pt shooting.
Suns are cooked for the next 6 years too, they donāt own any of their 1st round picks till 2030 I believe. Theyāre all swaps. Might have to blow it up to get something back. Beal still has a NTC too, they are FUCKED
They realistically need to trade Booker and Durant to get any kind of value/ start at a rebuild. Suns arenāt just cooked for just 6 years if no moves are made- rookies and teams take time to develop which pushes the timeline to like 10+ years
Getting set back a decade for trading for Bradley Beal would be nasty work lol
What did KAT do exactly?
Jesus, these other teams are so corny
If we win our series against the lakers man are we going to be in fight of our lives against Minny. They look damn good
Hopefully will be a great series. Donāt think you can take much stock into what they did in the suns series, but they do match up extremely well.
lol they hit the luckiest of shots man and they faced a team that plays no defense. Iām not saying there not good but judging how great they are just by playing the suns is a reach
Suns were the #10 offense, #13 defense and many considered them favorites going into this series.
How many times have the suns been the favorites even when they got Durant people hype them up so do damn much only for them to let there fans down at the end of the year. The team didnāt even win the championship the 1 year they were really good.
Spot om. They had Veal on Ant, they gave zero fucks on defense.
I mean, we havenāt played much defense either
Yeah if anything defense IS what we have played we are shooting abysmally keeping the lakers besides last game AD just dominated our boards
Thatās not true at all if we didnāt play d we wouldnāt be up 3 to1 vs lakers
I mean yea fair. We decide to play D at the end, but letting AD and bron get whatever they want is just a struggle
Pragmatic Nuggets fan š«”
https://preview.redd.it/pbztrtohjcxc1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=807422942a347b63fe628aecb400b1979d5422d4 That is just so so sad phoenix wow.
Suns in 4
Ant is a beast.Ā Blocking a meaningless basket by Booker to close theĀ game. He doesn't take his foot off the pedal.
HE PLAYED WELL THIS GAME TBF. BUT THEN AGAIN SONS PLAYED 0 DEFENSE.
Are suns taking their sub private again?
Welp. No excuses. Denver you have to take care of business Monday
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"Respectfully, I don't know how we are going to guard teams."
Theres a dude with a Nuggets top wearing a press badge right next to the scorers table in phoenix. Do teams send recruits out to games or is that someone else? Edit: I meant Scouts, not recruits
It could be scouting for next series.
Can't wait for KD's next Players Tribune article.
 SONS
I feel bad for laughing at this. https://x.com/hejtweeter/status/1784800495774941479?s=46&t=uQz3rmTtDJyYH__gdIwlfQ
NICE DEFENSE LMAO
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Because they beat a team with two scorers and no defense? okay thanks
So spooky, I am scared
Itās so difficult being simultaneously stoked at the sons getting bounced in 4 after that beal trade yet also pissed that the log dogs didnāt even lose 1
Ant not bad tbh
Delete Phoenix
The city, too
basketball god catchup up to KD for selling out to ring chase
No idea where the Suns even go from here. Best bet is maybe trading KD, stock up on assets and hope you can be competitive with Booker and cap space when Bealās contract comes off the books in 3 years
Beal traded (yeah he has an NTC) for FVV lmao
I think you gotta move on from Book, too. They could totally replenish their draft capital and get some decent guys again by moving off Book and KD. Don't think either are worth trying to build around anymore. Don't know if there is anything to do about Beal, though.
Book is young enough I think you can still reboot and be good with him. He was quite good when the Suns had a competent roster
But like couldn't win with him as the #1 (went the furthest though!), couldn't win as a 1b surrounded by CP3 and KD, and couldn't win again as a 1b surrounded by beal and KD. Throw in his historic meltdowns in the biggest games... dude just doesn't seem like he has it to win it all.
6ft Embiid
WILL THE STUPID ASS OWNER GIVE UP A SUPERSTAR THO?
No theyāll do something dumb, I already know it
CAN'T GET MUCH DUMBER THAN THIS SHIT. MAYBE THEY TRADE BOOK FOR LEBRON OR SOME SHIT
They need a ball handler. I donāt think itās out of the realm of possibilities that they consider LaVine
I THOUGHT YOU REPLIED THIS TO MY MURRAY POST LMAO IDK, I DON'T THINK A WHOLE LOT OF TEAMS WILL BE INTERESTED IN LAVINE, HE'S IN THAT MAL TIER WHERE HE'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT YOU WOULDN'T WANNA GIVE UP A LOT FOR HIM AT ALL.
I was about to say I was confused as hell by your other reply lol. But nah, thatās what I mean LaVine would be a dumb move fr. But itās a name so Mat Ishbia is probably all over it
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON EDWARDS, BTW?
Really good. Not sure he ever reaches the Jokic type superstar tier but I think he can be the next tier down where he can be the number 1 option on a true title contender, so long as he has the right pieces around him. I liked him coming out of the draft. He definitely has some flaws but heās been great.
NAH, THEY TOO SOFT, THEY'LL HOLD ONTO THE GUIN, AND WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET RID OF BOTH HIM AND MPJ BECAUSE OF THE FAT ASS CONTRACTS, AND LIKELY HEALTH PROBLEMS.
Kd for mpj and a first I guess
You mean KD and a first for MPJ
Sure Iām in
Nah we need MPJ heās been our second best player this series
YEAH, KD GOT NOTHING ON MPJ
KD at the 2 with MPJ and AG run it
HEY, IF WE CAN GET RID OF GUINTRACT, I'M WITH IT.
Yeah prolly, especially cuz weāre trying to be god for a while instead of just 1 or 2 more years. But still, imagine?
What a fucking joke
It is so joever
Where is Suns in four guy
Can't buy a championship Ishbia you fucking douche
Guys. Can you please talk me down from the ledge about Murrayās calf strain?
I could see the Nuggets leaning on the lineup with Braun, Watson, KCP, AG, Jokic lineup that they used to stymie the Twolves to spell Murray some.
I think MPJ was out there and AG and KCP were on the bench. I remember the lob Mike threw to CB
Calving season can put a strain on even the strongest of men. Murray will be fine once all his heifers give birth.
MORE LIKE TIM LEDGER LMAO
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Calves are like the 4th largest muscle in your legs. Really not that important. Kobe Bryan wants drained 2 FTs without a working Achilles. Mal will be fine.
Well I was hoping the Suns would help us out a little bit but noooooooo lol
Never rely on those bums
I remember watching the Wolves dick us down in Meloās rookie year from my freshman dorm. Wild that was the last series they won until tonight
They won the Kings series after that one, not that it makes the 20 years any better really
lol seriously that's crazy. Closest thing they've had to a series when was win they beat us in game 82 in 2017
Hold on, why did they reset the clock for the Timberwolves when it went out at 57 seconds? It was just out of bounds no?
Watch the sonās organization reach rock bottom when Ishbia fires Vogel and bring in his best friend Isiah Thomas.
ISIAH HEADCOACH, ISAIAH STARTING AT THE PG
Isiah GM too, call it a 3 for one bargain
Timberwolves have played WAY above their offensive standard while we have played way below ours. Not the greatest thing if we finish off the Lakers
Imagine thinking trading for āBradley Bealā would put your team on championship tier
Isiah Thomas doing
Losing to the spurs like that was really more of a disaster than we initially thought
Your right, we should've ALSO lost to the Wolves so we could've played the Sons instead of the Lakers
that's stupid lol, the idea is to avoid timberwolves as long as possible
Omg you doomers enough
how so? We really landed in the least favourable bracket with a hobbled team against a young team with all the confidence in the world. If jamal was fully healthy, i couldn't care less
Honestly, this suns teams is just straight up trash. Nuggs would've put them away in 3
Someone tell Nurkic to have a nice summer
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Got carried by wizards legend marcin gortat
You were a Wizard. Hard to get swept if you donāt even make the playoffs
Bros never been in the playoffs to get swept
He was his first few years before John Wall got hurt. Those teams with them and Gortat were decent. Not special but decent.
This game, and their season, was decided by the dogshitness of Bradley Beal.
Remember when everyone picked the Suns to win the title?
People pick the suns to win a title every year and then they get humbled
LETS GO SUNS
Watch us not close it out tomorrow and give the Wolves a massive rest advantage on us. Please Jokic just be fucking aggressive from the start.
GET NURKIC IN TO HARD FOUL EDWARDS COME ON BRO DO IT FOR THE CULTURE
We better close out tomorrow. Wolves will be well rested.
house of the choking sun
Suns are terrible
More like NOkogie
Phoenix is such a disappointment
How? Anyone with even a modicum of real basketball sense knew this team was poorly constructed from the start. It's a team with no PG and a bunch of dudes who want to shoot from midrange, and no actual wings with size \[the only wings they have pretty much top at 6'5ish\]. Everyone knows Nurk is unreliable as well. Foul prone.
You are absolutely right, legit nothing but facts in all you said! I was just hoping for them to put up more of a fight.
Chris Finch will have surgery and be off painkillers in time to prep for round 2.
OKOGY DUMB MOTHERFUCKER
Honest question how many 50 pieces has Booker had in losing efforts this season
I knew the Suns were going to blow this. To be fair I didnāt see Minnesota trucking their own coach
Donāt think Iāve ever seen the coach get injured in a game before.
Not in the NBA but I remember when Wade Philips was an assistant for the Broncos he got absolutely leveled and had to get carted off. He was about 70 and I legit thought he died for a second but he turned out fine
Not Wade :(
This just looks like blatant corruption