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if you can’t get into lebron vs kawhi idk man. every lakers/clippers game this season has been played at a very high level. those teams don’t like each other and when they go all out it’s some of the best basketball the NBA has to offer. mature skilled professional players stepping on the gas pedal all game. i want it.

― J0rdan S., Saturday, September 12, 2020 4:51 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm. i am duty bound to hate both LA teams obviously but if you love the nba and want to see the best go at it on the biggest stage then this is an A+ matchup. feels like a finals matchup tbh.

having said that. hope the nuggs win tomorrow and this thing goes 7 baby.

you know what they say about the nuggets

i heard from a source that theyre winning the nba playoffs

Nuggets could absolutely have won this series already. If Murray gets on track for a couple games...

yeah... for sure......

I definitely think we need to retire the “can a Jokic team win in the playoffs thing.” This team isn’t that far away from contending and all the stuff works

Having a 7 foot point guard is good

i don’t think they’re that close to contending

maybe once lebron and kawhi get out of their conference. so... 2025?

Gary Harris just got 3 steals in 30 seconds

Jord they’re going toe to toe with the clippers in 2020, they’re not far away.

I could see the lakers improving, but the average age of the nuggets core is 24 and they’re knocking on the door already

Would Kawhi be the GOAT with healthy knees, seems possible

imo denver should consider trading for giannis if they want to make that leap

kawhi would be top 10 for sure, i wouldnt say GOAT

Can’t they just wait out giannis’ contract and sign him as a free agent for the vet minimum?

giannis for milsap straight up

Kawhi will be top 10 even if he retires in 4 years, it seems. Like how many times does he have to be the best player in the playoffs before you give him that

i still think theres something to be said for longevity and career production.

to answer your questions idk like 3 times?

the nuggets have such a deep roster you'd think they could make a trade that would slightly strengthen their main rotation at the cost of a slightly weaker bench.

the average age of the nuggets core is 24

as usual, the problem becomes nailing down your young players to a minor market team in the age of free agency, without overpaying, so that your core can stay together long enough to be rock solid.

He’s done it three times already!!!!

i promise im not being a bitter spurs fan when i say that he's given far too much individual credit for the 2014 spurs team. he was probably peak in 2017 then got zaza'd. then he's the best in 2019. that's not enough to call him top 10 all-time.

the nuggets have such a deep roster you'd think they could make a trade that would slightly strengthen their main rotation at the cost of a slightly weaker bench.

_the average age of the nuggets core is 24 _

as usual, the problem becomes nailing down your young players to a minor market team in the age of free agency, without overpaying, so that your core can stay together long enough to be rock solid.

Big thing is that it seems maxing Murray will work out, that was a big question mark to me long term

Michael Porter Jr appears to be Kevin Durant with a 91 IQ and frankly I’m excited about it

i think the competitiveness of this series is in the eyes of the beholder. the nuggets have shown well but at no point has the clippers spot in the west finals felt threatened to me.

The clippers have played every game the same way, there’s no extra gear that they shifted into when the nuggets made it close

Nuggets have been a top 3 seed in the west for 2 straight years, have a very intriguing rookie. The future is bright!

i like the nugs roster but they cld stand to get a lil more athletic and physical imo

a 4-2 series loss w/ a 10+ point margin in the close out game... again the nuggets had a nice series but we don’t need to lie to ourselves about what the outcome of this series is and was always going to be

if you want to argue that they’re set up to be in the finals mix in the next era of the west whenever bron and kawhi cycle out i think that’s totally fair. i would take the mavs and feel pretty good about it but denver is in the discussion. they’re gonna need a good bit more to win back to back series against teams of the clippers and lakers level tho and nothing that has happened in this series makes me think otherwise

im more bullish on denver than dallas simply bc they have a core of players (jokic, murray, and mpj) as opposed to one phenom. i dont know how dallas creates that with the assets they have now. they dont typically draft/develop well and don't have a lot of guys with high trade value.

well the phenoms matter which is why denver can’t beat kawhi and lebron

well to be fair, luka just very famously did not beat the clippers either

sure but we’re talking 5 years down the road. i’m just talking about a ceiling that you have to hit and i still dunno if denver can get there.

history teaches us that the nature of hoops favors teams with a phenom

Nuggets just got 17 points in a row.

i agree with both of those things! but luka could have an anthony davis-in-NOLA problem (or tmac or mid00s kobe or whatever).

xp

like they dont have max cap room til 2023 assuming they max out luka in 2022. they could dump a bunch of contracts in 2021 tho, but theyve historically struck out on prize FAs.

dantoni is out of houston

rip mike dan tony

put some respect on michael daniel anthony's name

This feels like a competitive series to me!

v much so

nugs out hustling the clips bigtime here

The clippers have played every game the same way, there’s no extra gear that they shifted into when the nuggets made it close

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, September 13, 2020 2:37 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeaah

not a great second half by the clippers

my god it would be hysterical if they lost this series

Guys I’d go so far as to say this Jokic fella is a phenom

van gundy calling the clips front runners over here the wheels are coming off game seven baby

xp im saying