Nuggets get IMPORTANT win over Suns as Jokic starts to find rhythm | NBA Reaction

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1. I like the Suns too. They won't win anything like this though.

2. To me what's crazy is the nuggets had Isiah hertinstien , Jared Vanderbilt and Collin Gillespie all as young players and let them develop elsewhere

3. Jokic's wrist will determine how well he shoots 3s, and consequently, how far the nuggets go.
   Jokic hitting 3s is probably still the best player in the nba. When he cannot hit 3s, he's mortal

4. Nuggets small ball lineup won’t work vs Thunder, Spurs or Wolves in a potential playoff series. Nuggets need Jonas in those series when Gordon goes to bench for rest. If Adelman goes with Spencer Jones or Peyton Watson in the 4 spot, the Nuggets will get destroyed in those minutes and it will be deciding factor of those potential series. I repeat. Nuggets will not compete without Jonas. Even with MPJ on 1 arm last year the Nuggets were able to compete. It was when Gordon got hurt that ruined the Nuggets. Beyond Gordon the Nuggets had no other player to help Jokic in the paint. Now they have Gordon/Jonas and Adelman going away from that when he’s literally been helping coach on the bench the last 2 playoffs? WTF has Adelman been watching these past few years? Is it personal at this point with Jonas? Seriously something is off here. Nuggets need to use Jonas in the non-Gordon minutes alongside Jokic or they have zero chance.

5. Over the past few games there have been long stretches where the Nuggets looked like they did back at the start of the season when they were just steamrolling teams. Even on the defensive end. They just absolutely strangled Portland defensively in the second half of that game. The question now is 'is there enough time?' Enough time to really get the rhythm back? Enough time to develop a defensive identity? Enough time for the new 'small ball' second unit to come together? I hope so. After such a completely disastrous year of injuries I just want to see this roster have a legit shot to reach their ceiling come playoff time. If they don't, I don't know how to evaluate this year. How do you analyze a train wreck?

6. Gillespie just slipped right through the Nuggets fingers

7. nuggets just letting gillespie walk away for nothing.

8. i put a mailbag question into bill simmons's podcast asking bill if the jordan ott coming from the cavs to the suns situation was comparable to ben johnson coming from the lions to the bears. both assistants coming from a situation where their team was just dominating to a situation where they were now the head man and it was obvious how much of a driving force they were for their previous teams especially considering how their former teams struggled without them in comparison to last year. i thought it was a great point but unfortunately bill did not respond on the pod lol i was bummed, thought it was a salient point.

9. Ppl are so afraid to admit it.. when Jalen Green is on, he’s not close to a star.. he’s close to an MVP caliber player.. instead of trying to promote consistency out of a 24yr old ppl want to deny he’s even talented 😂

10. The Jalen Green hate at 24 yrs old needs to be studied.. ppl honestly might just be jealous of him because I never seen ppl so critical of such a young guard EVER and I’m a J Harden truther

11. Nuggets aren’t consistent enough to win out

12. Jalen Green gets an unprecedented amount of hate and criticism solely because he’s outside of the looks bell curve.. if you ugly or conventional attractive ppl might feel justified in treating you like sht.. he had millions of followers before his first nba game, all women

13. I seen Jalen Green play well too many times to keep a 24yr old in the dog house.. NBA nerds just don’t like him but will hyperglaze Keyonte George 😂😂 bias to their core

14. Just an NBA trend to never give Jalen Green credit and hyper analyze every mistake he’s ever made.. lol I’m still waiting for the Reed Sheppard indictments

15. You say that they are better than the record, I agree but they're basketball didn't seem very convincing to me this year they have been almost fully healthy for a while now and their record as a fully healthy team has been 5-5 that's not very convincing to be honest.

16. JOKIC is the real MVP no matter what anyone says!!!!!!!