Nikola Jokic discusses how Denver Nuggets are building chemistry to open NBA season | NBA on NBC

WHAT? HE STUCK AROUND AFTER THE GAME JUST TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING WITH US. FIRST OF ALL, WE. >> APPRECIATE IT. LOOK AT YOU. YOU’RE PICKING AT THE BEARD. HE WAS LIKE THAT’S. >> LIGHT WORK. NO BIG DEAL. THREE TRIPLE DOUBLES TO START THE SEASON. CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT’S BEEN WORKING FOR. >> YOU? >> I MEAN, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WE WE WE HAVE A CAM IN IN THE, IN THE STARTING UNIT, AND WE HAVE A TEAM, AND BRUCE AND JONAS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE GUYS, EVEN EVEN ME AND JONAS PLAYED TOGETHER IN, IN A PRESEASON. SO I THINK THAT’S THE PLAN EVEN THE SEASON. SO JUST TO GET USED TO PLAY THE GUY, PLAY WITH THE NEW GUYS AND I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WE CAN PUT DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS OUT THERE. SO I THINK WE CAN BE GOOD. >> JOKIC TMAC HERE. I CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT YOU ALL DAY, MAN. BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TEAMMATES. WE HAVE JAMAL MURRAY BEING EXTRA AGGRESSIVE TONIGHT. 29 SHOTS PUTTING UP 40-3 WE KNOW TYPICALLY HE COMES OUT SLOW IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. BUT HE SEEMS TO TAKE YOU KNOW EFFORT ON BRINGING MORE ENERGY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON. UNUSUAL FOR HIM. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. HAVE YOU HAD TALKS WITH HIM ABOUT. >> THAT? >> NO I THINK I THINK HE CAME READY TO THE TO THE TRAINING CAMP. HE’S HEALTHY. YOU KNOW, HE HE WORKED ON HIS BODY. HE’S IN SHAPE. AND THAT’S JUST THE THAT’S THE PRODUCT OF THE GOOD WORK THAT HE DID. THIS SUMMER, I THINK. SO HE’S AGGRESSIVE AND WE KNOW I MEAN, THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT WHAT HE CAN DO WHEN HE’S SHOOTING THE BALL AND IN THAT SECOND BEGINNING OF THE SECOND QUARTER, HE MADE SOME TOUGH SHOTS TO KEEP US IN THE GAME. AND YOU KNOW, HE WAS REALLY GOOD. HE WAS REALLY GOOD FOR US. AND HE WAS THE. HE’S THE REASON WHY WE WON THE GAME. >> JOKER MELO. >> HERE. >> LISTEN YOU. WHAT’S UP BABY. YOU YOU MAKE THE GAME SEEM OR LOOK SO EFFORTLESS. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TOGETHER AS A TEAM RIGHT NOW? EARLY ON IN THIS SEASON OFFENSIVELY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE CLICKING ON THE OFFENSIVE. >> END? >> YEAH, I THINK I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENT OPTION, DIFFERENT LIKE I SAID, DIFFERENT LINEUPS. WE WE RESPECT EACH OTHER. LET’S SAY PERSONNEL. WE RESPECT EACH OTHER SPACE. AND IF SOMEBODY HAS GOING WE GIVE HIM THE BALL. AND WE HAVE SO MANY, SO MANY MOVEMENTS. THERE’S SO MANY DIFFERENT ACTIONS. ALL THE SPLITS, ALL THE PICK AND ROLLS, ALL THE ALL THE POST WE WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE SO. >> MANY. >> OFFENSIVE WEAPONS, LET’S SAY, LIKE THAT. AND WE, WE, WE ARE USING ALL OF THEM RIGHT NOW JUST TRYING TO GET USED TO PLAY WITH EACH OTHER. >> YES, YES. >> HEY, THIS IS VC HERE. I KNOW YOU’RE WEARING 15. NICE NUMBER. I REALLY HAVE A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THAT. >> WE GOT A COUPLE 15. >> WE GOT. >> A COUPLE 15. >> COUPLE 15. BUT MY QUESTION IS, LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR SUPPORTING CAST. YOU KNOW, CAM JOHNSON AND TIM HARDAWAY JR.. YOU HAVE TWO GUYS THERE THAT ARE THREE AND D GUYS THAT OPEN THE FLOOR FOR YOU. HOW HAVE YOU HELPED THEM GET COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OFFENSE TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR YOU. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU PLAY THE GAME TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE. >> ELSE? >> YEAH, I THINK IT’S LIKE PEOPLE SEE THE THE GUYS LIKE WE’RE USING THEM IN THE SPLITS. CAM AND AND AND, AND AND TIM CAN PUT THE BALL ESPECIALLY IN THAT ADVANTAGE OF THE CURLS. THEY CAN PUT THE BALL ON THE FLOOR. WE SAW THAT. SO IT’S NOT JUST IT’S NOT JUST THREE POINT. YES. THEY’RE REALLY GOOD AT THAT. BUT I THINK WE’RE USING THEM IN ALL THE CUTS, ALL THE. >> SPLITS. >> JUST IF YOU GET ADVANTAGE, JUST DRIVE AND AND CREATE FOR OTHERS. >> ALL RIGHT? JOKER, WE DON’T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH MORE OF YOUR TIME. BUT TMAC SAID WHEN YOU GET SOME TIME, CAN YOU GIVE HIM SOME ADVICE ABOUT THE HORSE RACING? >> BECAUSE YOU LOOK REAL HAPPY. >> WITH THOSE WINS IN. >> THE OFF SEASON TO LEARN. SO HE SAID HE WANTS TO LEARN. >> YOU’RE THE GUY TO. >> ASK. >> OH, THAT WAS YEAH, THAT WAS EMOTIONAL. >> CONGRATULATIONS LIQUID. >> ALL RIGHT, JOKER, ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING. APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BROTHER. >> YEAH. >> THE JOKER AGAIN. ANOTHER TRIPLE DOUBLE. MORE THAN IMPRESSIVE. AND REMEMBER, THE NUGGETS WERE DOWN AT THE HALF, BUT YOU GUYS KIND OF MENTIONED IT. THEY WERE GOING TO ROLL IN THE SECOND. ONLY A. >> MATTER. >> OF TIME. LISTEN, THIS WAS THE MINNESOTA TEAM THAT HAD A DEPLETED ROSTER WITH THEIR BEST PLAYER BEING OUT. THEY CAME OUT WITH A LOT OF ENERGY AND DENVER LOOKED KIND OF FLAT IN THAT FIRST HALF. RIGHT? THEY PICKED IT UP SECOND HALF. AND THE RESULT YOU SEE THEY HAD NO MATCH. >> FOR HIM. >> CAM JOHNSON TIM HARDAWAY BRUCE BROWN LIKE THOSE ARE GUYS. AND JOKER AND MURRAY DID WHAT THEY SUPPOSED TO DO. BUT THOSE OTHERS ON THE DENVER NUGGETS TEAM, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHY THE DENVER NUGGETS IS EXCITING TO WATCH. AND I’VE BEEN I’VE BEEN EXCITED TO SEE THEM WATCHING. I MEAN SEASON. >> AND WE GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PEYTON WATSON. ALSO ANOTHER GUY WHO’S. >> BIG SHOUT OUT TO HIS OPPORTUNITY. >> TO PLAY. HE HAD A NICE NIGHT TONIGHT AS WELL. SO THE SUPPORTING CAST, IF THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY THIS WAY, JOKER WILL. GET TRIPLE DOUBLE AFTER TRIPLE DOUBLE PLUS OTHERS BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO SPREAD THE FLOOR AND MAKE IT HARD TO DOUBLE TEAM. YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING. YOU’RE EITHER GOING TO GIVE UP THE THREE THREE-POINT SHOT, OR ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW JOKER TO HAVE HIS WAY? >> HE’S GOING TO AVERAGE A TRIPLE DOUBLE 100%. >> HE MAKES IT LOOK EASY, KIND OF LIKE YOU SAID. EVEN THOUGH HE SHOOK HIS HEAD LIKE, NAH. >> BRO, HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS. IT’S EFFORTLESS. >> PEYTON WATSON 12 POINTS TIM HARDAWAY JR. 20 POINTS. THEY SHOOT A 50% FROM THREE. KNOCKED DOWN 13-3 POINTERS. >> TOUGH TO BEAT. >> PRETTY GOOD. >> LOOKI

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  6. That's pretty funny, Vince talking about "his" number 15 while being oblivious that Melo right next to him not only wore that number too, but in the very same uniform as Jokic on top of that.

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