I liked those minutes when Jokic was thinking how to get Russ his rebounds and Russ was trying to give Jokic assists. How cool would that be to them Two getting a triple doubles in a same game.
CB finishing at the rim has been insane. Most of them are contested and he has to hang and adjust mid jump to hit it. Big shout out to the amount of work he's had to do to become so consistent. Also the 3pt shooting as well. Mechanics look so much better, and he's shooting with so much confidence. Honestly should be in the conversation for MIP.
Jokić +39 is ridiculous. Westbrook can get the ball to Joker, that's the only skill Nuggets needed out of him , they getting extra for min, great game Brodie.
Murray went to the dressing room at 74-69. At the end of the quarter, it was 94-78. I can't celebrate each time he shoots 50% or scores 20. The guy is so far below an acceptable level that it is scary.
Jamal needs to play better, but Lakers shot the lights out from three in the first half and came down to earth in the second. That, plus better offense from nuggets made the difference, not Jamal
@yamchimovits9227 It's never Jamal. It's the other team, MPJ, the bench. I can see that the guy is slooooow and unathletic. He is playing like an 8th player and being paid like a superstar. Imagine say Jaylen Brown giving this level of performance.
@@yamchimovits9227Better offense from the nuggets? Wonder why it was better. Defense was better too. Wonder why since it CANT be Jamal according to you
The focus has been so much on Murray that we’re not noticing MPJ slowly showing he’s the second best guy. 7 times he scored 20+ while his rebounding, playmaking, IQ, & defense all have gotten noticeably better. Maybe look for MPJ to be that consistent 20ppg scorer instead of Murray.
I would say that so far CB was second best guy mostly due to injury but yes MPJ is slowly taking that for himself. When AG gets back Jamal would be 5th best starter and right now I want to say that he is better than Westbrook this season but I really can't say is he. It's sad but it's probably time to go fir Jamal
MPJ can do that for sure, there’s a playmaking ability that’s needed that only Jamal can fill. He just can’t playmake enough if he can’t be a scoring threat or get to the basket. He has to figure it out.
One of the things that makes Jokic great is his consistency. Whoever they play, whatever the opponent tries, whoever he's got to work with, he puts up something like 30/15/10. In his own way, Christian Braun is evolving into the same kind of greatness, but on a smaller scale. I think there's such huge value in that simple consistency of being able to make it work no matter what.
Jokic owns the lakers. Soo satisfying. Nuggets played with fire tonight. I hope they play just like this EVERY. Single. Night. I have no words for Murray…. You guys in comments and the show say it for me… lol
If Payton can just get his ball control in traffic a little better and flush those dunks… he’s got so much upside and growth potential. I think as far as our young gen players go CB and Payton need to be kept on this roster save a super upgrade that’s young.
Murray is the only one one that plays with a nonchalant effort as he is trying to get out of Denver. Bench him and if that doesn't help send him to Toronto for Brown and whoever else.
jokic still carrying every starter played well except murray again and honestly it looks like this season jokic is playing better with russ give jokic an all nba Caliber player and watch the league get taken over
Westbrook favorite plays (post KD era) was to set up Steven Adams for a dunk,so now imagine instead of Adams you have Jokic who wont dunk but can have every (non) imaginable finnish
Am I the only one feeling like everyone sees how good CB is exept for Malone? He plays least amount from starters, he takes him out when he's hot , or after single mistake on D, etc...
@mihajlorakic5405 also because he is consistent af. He may not be the 2nd best in specific games, the 2nd best can alternate. But if he is 3rd best in every game, then by average scores he becomes 2nd best over all. Dependability and consistency is so important and MPJ has lapses in that, Jamal no need to say more... only AG is as dependable as CB (Jokic is outside the convo he is 1st in all , lol)
The Jamal Murray cope is really annoying me. the most concerning thing is not the shot making. Its the fact that he CANT GET AROUND ANYONE. How do you guys not raise this as more of an issue?
Because we still don't have a legit backup center. Jokic always have to sub in early to save the bench which is a trend that has been happening for the past couple years, but somehow it's gotten worse since Jeff Green left the team........If DJ is playing better or having a more positive impact playing with Russ than with Saric, it's a sign we need a backup PF/C. Zeke obviously has lost the trust with Malone. So if a 36 yrs old DJ is the only viable option at the backup 5........that's not good. It also doesn't help that Cancar got injured last game and may be out indefinitely.
37 minutes in nothing for a professional athlete, don't understand why everyone wants to coddle them. They have plenty of breaks throughout the game, its only going to make them better and more conditioned.
@ KCP didn’t cost 50 but 15 a year. Bumal salary covers KCP, Bruce Brown, Christian Braun and some more. Right now he ain’t worth one of those. KCP at least plays D
Yeah. Shit sucks. But everyone needs to earn their spot. Braun is earning these minutes. Let Russ handle it while he’s performing. Give Mal a chance to work on himself. We also need all hands on deck, so there’s the added benefit of minute reduction for an injury prone player like Mal
It’s easy to take things for granted. We’ve gone this far with no distracting coach player bullshit bubbling up, had all of these years of building a system without coaching staff interruptions.
I wonder if Westbrook was sort of a self-assigned project for Jokic. Like he saw Harden, Lebron, and Kawhi/George fail to integrate Russ, and said "I can do better." Like something extra for his season. Since he cares about making other people happy, he probably cares more about getting Russ a chip than getting another MVP.
There should be NBA tribunal that takes 30 mil out of Murrey contract and distributes it to deserving players - Russ , Youngsters and my man Deandre. Saric has to be put against players that are his size or smaller at the most to be effective . He can't play backup 5
I knew Mpj would dominate Lakers (expected Murray aswell) they did earned thier paychecks on thier heads, but Russ completly outplaying Murray is very concering or positive 🤷🏻♂️
I'm happy that Westbrook is out-playing Jamal because we need an alternative for him. If we didn't have another PG we'd be in big trouble with the way Jamal is playing
STOP making excuses for murray, doesn't matter he was +20 when he takes 12 shots to score 14 points..bottom line is he is getting MAX dollars and on most night he maybe the 4th best player out of the starters and is getting OUT PLAYED by westbrook..he is who he is, he is NOT going to get better
What hits me, Is that MPJ does never get a high five or anything for a great play. He just gets back on defense. And whenever his play leads to timeout, he gently sits on a bench. No chest bumps etc. WHATS UP WITH THAT??
@ Never said he didn’t. Said he doesn’t express it the same as the other guys so maybe they know what he enjoys or needs better. He pouts a fucking lot though.
@@kingmomo6312 but this is more a remark towards his teammates - not MPJ himself. I guess only AG pumps MPJ up. He never gets a high-five or a shout from Jokic or Murray
Russ have made a career making bigs look good😂 what y'all thought was gonna happen when he plays with the Best of them? Jokic isn't looking to score much but Russ i believe is the reason he's scoring more points. If Russ played the whole game i believe he could average 10assists only for jokic
You have seen nothing yet by Jokic,. The best is yet to come and he will be remember as the greatest basketball player ever. Mark my words. I never fail in my predictions except when I do, but that´s for another topic!!! 🤣
Since there is no way to get rid of Jamal , or trade him , maybe the right approach would be to start Westbrook and make Jamal fight to the top by playing great from a bench . San Antonio style
Jamal is chasing inspiration... Him going to UFC before a game....says what kind of inspiration has caught his eye. His focus is not on NBA. Seasonal Depression is my guess.
I don't know what kind of edibles you guys are eating but Russell Westbrook cannot fix Jamal. Jamal is going to have to fix himself. We all hope he will but there just zero evidence so far that he will. We'll just have to wait and see. I don't know why Nuggets management couldn't talk to him and tell him that for $50m a year he damn well better show up in training camp in shape for once! I don't buy this "Players rule everything" B.S. The Nuggets did NOT have to re-sign Jamal BEFORE the season. They COULD have elected to wait and see with Jamal if he would earn that bonus. They didn't and he just acted like the most entitled ass in the league and spat in everybody's face! Well, let's see how this plays out. Because if he plays like this the entire year there's going to be just enormous pressure on the front office and ownership to do something about it and find a way to trade him out of here. That would be difficult given his absurd contract, but they might have to give up some assets to get off his contract and get a different starting point guard.
the game was mostly won because of Jokic and Russ. Murray is again had worst shooting among starters and has low impact on outcome of the game. The problem is his contract is such stifle on Salary Cap that Nuggets has no chance significantly improve nuggets to win more championship. MAx player come in season out of shape? Is he idolizing Shaq? Going MMA game between games? Is He thinking himself Rodman. Or MJ? He needs to realize who he is. He is max player who never been All star or All NBA team. He is grifting legacy of Jokic.
@@ivanmilatovic4023"laziness and egoism" is just you being emotional and making up demons to fight. Everything you said is regarding behind the scenes behaviour you have no knowledge of. You want to label it as "egoism" in order to justify your salt.
He’s been absolutely awful. He honestly should be coming off the bench considering a Christian Braun has been the second best Nugget this season and Westbrook is a better playmaker and decision maker in general that Jamal Murray… which is crazy to say considering where Russ is in his career.
What? Dudes calm the f down, Russ is a loosing player, who lost all his carrier and now he's 35 y.o. loosing player...he's the one that's the main difference between the last season (favorites for the tittle), and this season (lucky if we make PO)
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I cant believe were blessed with Jokic, truly grateful its beautiful
I liked those minutes when Jokic was thinking how to get Russ his rebounds and Russ was trying to give Jokic assists. How cool would that be to them Two getting a triple doubles in a same game.
It will happen soon, make no mistake about that (-:
CB finishing at the rim has been insane. Most of them are contested and he has to hang and adjust mid jump to hit it. Big shout out to the amount of work he's had to do to become so consistent. Also the 3pt shooting as well. Mechanics look so much better, and he's shooting with so much confidence. Honestly should be in the conversation for MIP.
As soon as Murray went out in the 2nd half we DESTROYED them lol
We were destroying them before he went out come on guys
@@shelovet0mmy no we were down still when he went out
Imagine prime Westbrook playing with Jokic.
Multiple rings
Prime Westbrook would hold jokic back .. he would be forcing plays shooting 40 percent .stealing boards .. He held back KD for years
@goldmo2427 jokic is a absolute alpha. He would regin Westbrook in. Kd isn't. He needs others to lead and he just be a ace in the hole
Jokić +39 is ridiculous. Westbrook can get the ball to Joker, that's the only skill Nuggets needed out of him , they getting extra for min, great game Brodie.
Murray went to the dressing room at 74-69. At the end of the quarter, it was 94-78. I can't celebrate each time he shoots 50% or scores 20. The guy is so far below an acceptable level that it is scary.
literally what I was thinking while watching the game.. imagine if we had a D'aron Fox lvl pg my GOD we would win 3 in a row easy
Me too lol. I told myself , I hate that he was injured but kinda felt relieved he was out... felt a little guilty for it but...
Jamal needs to play better, but Lakers shot the lights out from three in the first half and came down to earth in the second. That, plus better offense from nuggets made the difference, not Jamal
@yamchimovits9227 It's never Jamal. It's the other team, MPJ, the bench. I can see that the guy is slooooow and unathletic. He is playing like an 8th player and being paid like a superstar. Imagine say Jaylen Brown giving this level of performance.
@@yamchimovits9227Better offense from the nuggets? Wonder why it was better. Defense was better too. Wonder why since it CANT be Jamal according to you
Feels like CB and Watson are gonna be a future denver monster defenive combo-
And they can hit! They are x factor for us 😎
AMAZING TEAMWORK ❤ JOKIC IS THE MASTER 😊
The focus has been so much on Murray that we’re not noticing MPJ slowly showing he’s the second best guy. 7 times he scored 20+ while his rebounding, playmaking, IQ, & defense all have gotten noticeably better. Maybe look for MPJ to be that consistent 20ppg scorer instead of Murray.
I would say that so far CB was second best guy mostly due to injury but yes MPJ is slowly taking that for himself. When AG gets back Jamal would be 5th best starter and right now I want to say that he is better than Westbrook this season but I really can't say is he. It's sad but it's probably time to go fir Jamal
His defense has not improved but yes to the rest.
MPJ can do that for sure, there’s a playmaking ability that’s needed that only Jamal can fill. He just can’t playmake enough if he can’t be a scoring threat or get to the basket. He has to figure it out.
One of the things that makes Jokic great is his consistency. Whoever they play, whatever the opponent tries, whoever he's got to work with, he puts up something like 30/15/10. In his own way, Christian Braun is evolving into the same kind of greatness, but on a smaller scale. I think there's such huge value in that simple consistency of being able to make it work no matter what.
20:42 MPJ is a type of teammate Russ never had throughout his career
I think it's time to say goodbuy to Jamal.
Jokic owns the lakers. Soo satisfying.
Nuggets played with fire tonight. I hope they play just like this EVERY. Single. Night.
I have no words for Murray…. You guys in comments and the show say it for me… lol
If Payton can just get his ball control in traffic a little better and flush those dunks… he’s got so much upside and growth potential. I think as far as our young gen players go CB and Payton need to be kept on this roster save a super upgrade that’s young.
Murray is the only one one that plays with a nonchalant effort as he is trying to get out of Denver. Bench him and if that doesn't help send him to Toronto for Brown and whoever else.
In a great mood today
jokic still carrying every starter played well except murray again and honestly it looks like this season jokic is playing better with russ give jokic an all nba Caliber player and watch the league get taken over
Braun and PW are so good 🥰
Westbrook favorite plays (post KD era) was to set up Steven Adams for a dunk,so now imagine instead of Adams you have Jokic who wont dunk but can have every (non) imaginable finnish
Am I the only one feeling like everyone sees how good CB is exept for Malone? He plays least amount from starters, he takes him out when he's hot , or after single mistake on D, etc...
True he is probably second best player so far this season (part of it is because injuries but still)
@mihajlorakic5405 also because he is consistent af. He may not be the 2nd best in specific games, the 2nd best can alternate. But if he is 3rd best in every game, then by average scores he becomes 2nd best over all. Dependability and consistency is so important and MPJ has lapses in that, Jamal no need to say more... only AG is as dependable as CB (Jokic is outside the convo he is 1st in all , lol)
The Jamal Murray cope is really annoying me. the most concerning thing is not the shot making. Its the fact that he CANT GET AROUND ANYONE. How do you guys not raise this as more of an issue?
This has been talked about over and over. Just try to enjoy a good win man lmao
Thank you Adam for calling out the MMA moment
Jamal’s inconsistency probably wouldn’t be such an issue if we didn’t sink money into both Saric & Zeke ..
Why is Jokic playing 37 in a blow out...
Malone ganna malone lol
Did you watch the game?
Because we still don't have a legit backup center. Jokic always have to sub in early to save the bench which is a trend that has been happening for the past couple years, but somehow it's gotten worse since Jeff Green left the team........If DJ is playing better or having a more positive impact playing with Russ than with Saric, it's a sign we need a backup PF/C. Zeke obviously has lost the trust with Malone. So if a 36 yrs old DJ is the only viable option at the backup 5........that's not good. It also doesn't help that Cancar got injured last game and may be out indefinitely.
37 minutes in nothing for a professional athlete, don't understand why everyone wants to coddle them. They have plenty of breaks throughout the game, its only going to make them better and more conditioned.
I mean it was 33 in 3 quarters and maybe he wanted more playing time because he missed few games
Congrats to Jokic for passing Moe on the all time wins.
Sooner the team realizes MPJ is the #2 option, sooner the win another chip. Problem is you have to get the guards to buy into that.
Jamal was +20 because he was out there with the GOAT. Please stop sugarcoating.
I know it’s hard. But you have to try to enjoy wins against the lakers by 30 on a back to back.
Dude shut up
Even after a big win the top comment has to be Murray hate smh🙄
None of you called out KCP for being the biggest merchant ever, don't want to hear it
@ KCP didn’t cost 50 but 15 a year. Bumal salary covers KCP, Bruce Brown, Christian Braun and some more. Right now he ain’t worth one of those. KCP at least plays D
Murray should really be coming off the bench jokic playing his best ball around Westbrook is no coincidence
Yeah. Shit sucks. But everyone needs to earn their spot. Braun is earning these minutes. Let Russ handle it while he’s performing. Give Mal a chance to work on himself. We also need all hands on deck, so there’s the added benefit of minute reduction for an injury prone player like Mal
It’s easy to take things for granted. We’ve gone this far with no distracting coach player bullshit bubbling up, had all of these years of building a system without coaching staff interruptions.
I wonder if Westbrook was sort of a self-assigned project for Jokic. Like he saw Harden, Lebron, and Kawhi/George fail to integrate Russ, and said "I can do better." Like something extra for his season. Since he cares about making other people happy, he probably cares more about getting Russ a chip than getting another MVP.
we’ll remember malone for giving us all anxiety whenever we get scored on if theres going to be an ad break or not
I am very surprised how Russ is good for us. Lakers are toxic, he is more relaxed here🙂 Man, Jokic scoring is so high with HOF playmaker
'Belt to Ass!" Quote of the game.
The denver can have an MVP, MIP, sixthman and a championship😂
19:22 not only Jokic but Sabonis also owns AD
But AD spanked him once this year. He hasn’t beat up on Jokic in years if ever really
Sabonis doesn’t own fucking anybody
I could watch Russ help beat up an LA team any day. Every day even, i don’t think it would ever lose it’s luster
I say bring Jamal off the bench to boost that unit
Move LAL to Northwest division :) Not only they originated here….they Have their Daddy’s here!
There should be NBA tribunal that takes 30 mil out of Murrey contract and distributes it to deserving players - Russ , Youngsters and my man Deandre. Saric has to be put against players that are his size or smaller at the most to be effective . He can't play backup 5
I knew Mpj would dominate Lakers (expected Murray aswell) they did earned thier paychecks on thier heads, but Russ completly outplaying Murray is very concering or positive 🤷🏻♂️
Jamal clown earned what?!? 😂🤣🤦
I'm happy that Westbrook is out-playing Jamal because we need an alternative for him. If we didn't have another PG we'd be in big trouble with the way Jamal is playing
STOP making excuses for murray, doesn't matter he was +20 when he takes 12 shots to score 14 points..bottom line is he is getting MAX dollars and on most night he maybe the 4th best player out of the starters and is getting OUT PLAYED by westbrook..he is who he is, he is NOT going to get better
What hits me, Is that MPJ does never get a high five or anything for a great play. He just gets back on defense. And whenever his play leads to timeout, he gently sits on a bench. No chest bumps etc. WHATS UP WITH THAT??
Everyone’s different in how they express themselves but more than anything I believe he is just locked in
MPJ doesn’t congratulate anyone on his own team almost ever. He doesn’t look happy when he has to run a lot. The young guys run a LOT.
@ the young’s guys haven’t had multiple back surgeries you are just being a hater. MPJ loves hooping and he loves his team mates.
@ Never said he didn’t. Said he doesn’t express it the same as the other guys so maybe they know what he enjoys or needs better. He pouts a fucking lot though.
@@kingmomo6312 but this is more a remark towards his teammates - not MPJ himself. I guess only AG pumps MPJ up. He never gets a high-five or a shout from Jokic or Murray
Russ have made a career making bigs look good😂 what y'all thought was gonna happen when he plays with the Best of them? Jokic isn't looking to score much but Russ i believe is the reason he's scoring more points. If Russ played the whole game i believe he could average 10assists only for jokic
Westbrook on 🔥🔥🔥🔥 start him
Jokic is top 20 all-time
For now.😊
Why disrespect for now he is top 15
He´s on the top of the top20 list, yeah.
More top 15
You have seen nothing yet by Jokic,. The best is yet to come and he will be remember as the greatest basketball player ever. Mark my words. I never fail in my predictions except when I do, but that´s for another topic!!! 🤣
Since there is no way to get rid of Jamal , or trade him , maybe the right approach would be to start Westbrook and make Jamal fight to the top by playing great from a bench . San Antonio style
Can we please just do whatever we do at halftime before the game.
Why is everyone so hatefull all the time
yeah its pretty sad.
Need that backup center
Jamal is chasing inspiration...
Him going to UFC before a game....says what kind of inspiration has caught his eye.
His focus is not on NBA.
Seasonal Depression is my guess.
I don't know what kind of edibles you guys are eating but Russell Westbrook cannot fix Jamal. Jamal is going to have to fix himself. We all hope he will but there just zero evidence so far that he will. We'll just have to wait and see. I don't know why Nuggets management couldn't talk to him and tell him that for $50m a year he damn well better show up in training camp in shape for once! I don't buy this "Players rule everything" B.S. The Nuggets did NOT have to re-sign Jamal BEFORE the season. They COULD have elected to wait and see with Jamal if he would earn that bonus. They didn't and he just acted like the most entitled ass in the league and spat in everybody's face! Well, let's see how this plays out. Because if he plays like this the entire year there's going to be just enormous pressure on the front office and ownership to do something about it and find a way to trade him out of here. That would be difficult given his absurd contract, but they might have to give up some assets to get off his contract and get a different starting point guard.
the game was mostly won because of Jokic and Russ. Murray is again had worst shooting among starters and has low impact on outcome of the game. The problem is his contract is such stifle on Salary Cap that Nuggets has no chance significantly improve nuggets to win more championship. MAx player come in season out of shape? Is he idolizing Shaq? Going MMA game between games? Is He thinking himself Rodman. Or MJ? He needs to realize who he is. He is max player who never been All star or All NBA team. He is grifting legacy of Jokic.
"Out of shape" is sounding like a lazy critique at this point.
It is accurate. It also indicates laziness and egoism. No one can stop you from trying. Is Murray genuinely trying his hardest? If not, why not?
give your extremely FIT critique khandaq!! 70 words at minimum PLEASE! 🤤🤤
@@ivanmilatovic4023"laziness and egoism" is just you being emotional and making up demons to fight.
Everything you said is regarding behind the scenes behaviour you have no knowledge of. You want to label it as "egoism" in order to justify your salt.
@@WhatSmadaFit is not the opposite of lazy.
Apparently you're the opposite of intelligent
My god this comment section can’t even find a little happiness after a 30 point lakers blowout on a back to back. Please enjoy your life for a change.
Every fan is afraid of 50 mil anchor affecting team for next several years
RW should start as PG and JM should move to SG.
He’s been absolutely awful. He honestly should be coming off the bench considering a Christian Braun has been the second best Nugget this season and Westbrook is a better playmaker and decision maker in general that Jamal Murray… which is crazy to say considering where Russ is in his career.
@@aurekogaming6600 Hopefulyl Russ recent play will spark a fire under murray
Or to the each. Gotta keep Christian in the starting lineup
What? Dudes calm the f down, Russ is a loosing player, who lost all his carrier and now he's 35 y.o. loosing player...he's the one that's the main difference between the last season (favorites for the tittle), and this season (lucky if we make PO)
Move Murray to the bench