They weren’t able to give Bruce close to what he got from Indiana, so tough to fault them on that one. Losing Pope is bad for sure but also he looks kinda washed to start this year in Orlando. That contract could get ugly for the next two years but no doubt Denver should have paid up around Jokic just to keep the starting 5 intact and take the pressure off Braun and Strawther. There’s a ton of mistakes on the margins too that hurt - the Zeke Nnaji contract causing financial restraints, using a first to salary dump Jamychal Green, Dario Saric looks like an absolutely awful decision so far. Even letting Jay Huff walk out of the organization looks terrible now.
I think the elephant in the room is Malone’s voice getting stale there. Hes an awesome coach but those guys just look tired of the constant rage timeouts and demand of intensity
that’s really scary considering everything else. seems like we could be talking about Denver blowing this up soon-ish even if ownership won’t do it? or heck they’re cheap maybe that’s appealing?
Beef outplayed Duren by a significant margin, especially on defense. Duren is so bad on defense. Langdon’s first priority this season and/or off-season is finding a defensive center to protect the rim.
Stewart dominated that game defensively. To the point where he was talking smack to Maxey who had trouble scoring on him on switches. Altered over a dozen shots at the rim.
Still haven’t figured out how to use him offensively though. He’s only shot 1 three in five games.
Re the Ivey half court shot, I think @eric_shap said on a recent podcast that the halftime heave won’t count as a shot attempt (unless it goes in, presumably), but cc’ing for confirmation.
