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W for old guys like us @colin

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I think the teams that have iconic jerseys have stuck with their regular jerseys throughout the playoffs (Celtics, Lakers, Pistons, Knicks.)

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Jalen Williams is bouncing back in a big way.

I wouldn’t mind Denver changing their alts to their primary, except they’d need to replace the 5260 to Nuggets. Maybe put the number on the shorts.

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Big Ten ball knowers, did Wiggins seem like a pro at Maryland. I don’t remember him being particularly good against UM.

A pull-up 8-footer gives Williams 17 and the Thunder go into the half up 14. Denver is currently shook. The break can only help them.

he was the 55th pick in the draft so I’ll no not really. But it did seem like there could be more there, just couldn’t know for sure if it was himself that was the issue or Turgeon.

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Everyone loves bashing the back end of Denver rotation but the far and away biggest issue remains Murray and Porter being max guys who perform no where close to that consistently

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What more do you want from Murray this series dude

Porter is the obvious disaster

Murray’s had some moments of greatness but he’s clearly a step back from his title season playoff numbers.

This is a five game series with an average PG

The problem is that he’s getting 45 mins a night, wonder why his two way efficiency is dipping!

Cason Wallace puts Jokic on a poster. Just when Denver looked like they might be creeping back in.

Maybe but the nuggets would be way stronger 5-7

What drives me nuts is there’s this myth out there that the nuggets are struggling because they let kcp walk. Kcp was a disaster in Orlando and Braun was awesome replacing him. The issue is Murray and Porter.

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It certainly looked the other way until about a month into the season when it started to become obvious that KCP was not what he was from 2019-2024.

The bar isn’t an average PG!

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Getting literally anything from the first round picks they used on Peyton Watson, Zeke Nnaji, Julian Strawther, and Jalen Pickett would have helped (I know these were late firsts but good FO’s find guys there)

Seems like a bigger culprit for the lack of depth than the guy who scored 24 ppg on good efficiency this year

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Easy to play this game, but you’re right. Quickley, Pritchard and Jaden McDaniels all went a few picks after Nnaji. Andrew Nembhard went one pick after Watson.

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