big honey and the nuggets

obviously youd rather them be rolling and there so much parity in the west this year so anything can happen but i still like the nuggs chances i wanna see joker rip shit up

the thing about jokic is that if there are no stakes he simply cannot be bothered to try. he took a total of 8 shots this preseason and we’ve all seen how he treats the all star game. it’s fine for him because he’s a killer when the time comes and he’s been fantastic in the playoffs, I just worry that the team hasn’t been able to find a rhythm the last couple of months with him checked out.

one of the nuggets podcast guys compared jokic to a college student who tries to see how low of a score they can get on the final and still pass the class and it was just so otm. like after the nuggets beat the grizz right after the all star break and took an 8 game lead or whatever jokic was probably thinking, awesome, now I don’t have to try for the next 2 months

my beautiful boy

HE BACKhttps://t.co/3XdtUIKkbf pic.twitter.com/LRNjAkVjHd

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 17, 2023

my thoughts on the Minnesota Timberwolves season, through the lens of a Ross Gay poem pic.twitter.com/aQLSNnqcWC

— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) April 24, 2023

Nuggets Twitter when Joker goes 2/9 vs when Jamal goes 1/6 pic.twitter.com/soaLkupCSS

— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) May 10, 2023

https://t.co/Wg37MAD83Y pic.twitter.com/KPfu63Kh6o

— Gonzalo Vázquez (@GVazquezNY) May 10, 2023

the entry pass from KCP I was talking about…

Gorgeous pass by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in transition. He threads it with four Suns defenders around. pic.twitter.com/VAoVmRcEwL

— Positive Residual (@presidual) May 10, 2023

The TNT crew can't get enough of Nikola Jokic...

They tell him he passed Wilt Chamberlain in all-time playoff triple-doubles for centers, he says:

"Where is Shaq? Is Shaq in that list?"

Shaq: "No, cause I never passed, Big Honey."

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"Is he the best?"

"He's the best." pic.twitter.com/b4DJo80LlT

— Joel Rush (@JoelRushNBA) May 10, 2023

talking point agenda update for those who celebrate:
- jokic western conference finals appearances: 2
- jokic first round exits: 1

With the NBA awards wrapped up, Nikola Jokic remains the only MVP ever to have zero teammates on All-NBA, All-Defense or All-Star in his first 8 seasons in the league.

Big Honey is four wins away from reaching his first NBA Finals. pic.twitter.com/bEk1Kz9BK5

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) May 12, 2023

the lebron parallels continue…

just fyi im mentally prepared to fully jump on the nuggets wagon, could be buying a train ticket tonight

We kept receipts. #MileHighBasketball @DNVR_Nuggets @Adam_Mares @DLineCo pic.twitter.com/MZEYSFxlPe

— Elias Martinez Ⓜ️ (@mtzcreative) May 12, 2023

the DNVR podcast guys were in their bag last night lmao

I'm rooting for the Nuggets. really had a blast getting to see a Wolves game there a little over a year ago.

just can't beat "Ball Arena"

That ESPN prediction was something like 13-4 for the Suns, just nuts. Nuggets must have been the pre-series betting favorites, right?

suns were a slight favorite

ah well lol

Suns had so much trouble with a Clippers team that was missing its stars, nuggets looked so much better in the first round

there was just no evidence to be found that the suns were good

perk is a goddamned terrorist

“We have a new sheriff in town. And that means the Best Player in the world…and that is Jokic.”

We are witnessing an all-time heel turn from the NBA Big Media. pic.twitter.com/AoeIe1Trkj

— Swipa (@SwipaCam) May 12, 2023

its very funny that so many of these guys have been dismissing obviously one of the best offensive players ever and now he beats two bad teams in the offs and theyre over reacting, classic sportsman brain

friendship ended with kd now joker is by best friend

Joker dishin' out dimes left and right at Ball Arena 🪙 pic.twitter.com/BqNRnCsgn8

— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) May 17, 2023

reader I screamed

Mike Malone goes off on the narratives surrounding the Lakers and Nikola Jokic

“The national narrative [after Game 1] was that the Lakers were fine. No one talked about Nikola having a historic performance. The narrative wasn’t about the Nuggets.”
pic.twitter.com/3beMDQfb4f

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) May 19, 2023

malone has really leaned into this persona recently and I love it

"no one believes in us" is evergreen. play the hits coach

(let's just keep that narrative in the western conference pls)

from the author of “take that L on the way out”

What people say "best two-way player" what they most often mean is "best defender among guys who are good at offense." It's why you had people saying Klay was the best two-way SG when Harden was obviously a better player. "Best two-way player" is just... best player.

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) May 21, 2023

“two way player” is a casual term that should be retired

ehh i think denoting that a player is plus on both offense and defense is useful

most centers are plus on defense though, jokic no exception. thats why you put a big guy out there in the first place instead of playing 5 wings

Lisa Salters: “What does this trophy mean to you?”

Nikola Jokic: “Nothing.”

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) May 23, 2023

hahahhahahah protect this man

Jamal Murray’s dad and Nikola Jokic’s brothers. pic.twitter.com/vHxvXeAlVr

— Mike Singer (@msinger) May 23, 2023

That is amazing!!!! Congratulations to DENVER 🙏🙏🙏🔒🔒🔒

— Monte Morris (@BigGameTae) May 23, 2023

monte <3

LOL @Lisa Salters saying she had never seen Jokic play before this year's playoffs.

I wish I could say that salters interview was more shocking, but it’s not

I grew up in Denver, I know it's a backwater, but c'mon.

tbf you cant even watch the nugs on tv in colorado

Rookie Jokic was so tough pic.twitter.com/P3q9KEm7JZ

— Teg🚨 (@IQfor3) May 23, 2023

Nugs have had some rough unis.

the powder blue ones are good what happened to those. it really feels like some sort of sabotage is going on with uniforms across the league in general, every team only wears their most iconic colors like 1 game out of 10

it's almost as if marketing people don't really understand what fans identify with or liked in the first place hard to believe i know

I never liked the powder blue ones. I identified most with the old "Lego" design, but I really do like the "Mile High City" ones now.

More "rainbow" than "Lego," but I always see Lego in my mind.

https://content.sportslogos.net/logos/6/229/full/hfu7u991sxhrejgblgwlvejwb.gif

man that highlight vid brought some memories. that was the bridge between the post-melo era and the jokic era

When Woody Paige was asked yesterday to name his all-time Nugget, he instantly named (not surprisingly) this man

https://media.bleacherreport.com/w_800,h_533,c_fill/br-img-images/002/619/776/hi-res-89746937-david-thompson-of-the-denver-nuggets-looks-on-against_crop_north.jpg

(I thought the original jerseys had the prospector on them, but from this photo, which I think is from 1977, shows otherwise).

doing some research today

nurkics the ones whos got to go cause he looks like gallo and sounds like jokic if u remove him the confusion is alleviated

― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 3:02 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao this is so true

― k3vin k., Wednesday, November 23, 2016 4:25 PM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink

that nuggs jersey is hot stuff

the first jokic posts

Matt Armstrong wrote this on thread 2015 NBA OFFS(EASON) on board I Love Hoops on Oct 9, 2015

Denver looks pretty damn good to me. Jokic probably deserves to start, whether over Faried or Nurkic. And they're really pretty damn deep.

If Gallo somehow made it a full season they might flirt with the playoffs.

J0rdan S. wrote this on thread 2015-16 NBA Regular Season (part 1) — I’ve got my ring fitted for my middle finger on board I Love Hoops on Nov 23, 2015

wait so the nuggets have a jokic and a jurkic?

J0rdan S. wrote this on thread 2015-16 NBA Regular Season (part 1) — I’ve got my ring fitted for my middle finger on board I Love Hoops on Nov 23, 2015

nikola jokic and jusuf nurkic

Matt Armstrong wrote this on thread 2015-16 NBA Regular Season (part 1) — I’ve got my ring fitted for my middle finger on board I Love Hoops on Dec 30, 2015

Who of the three nugs centers is emerging as the best?

― Spottie, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:57 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Jokic, unless Nurkic had a great offseason skillwise

lag∞n wrote this on thread 2015-16 NBA Regular Season (part 1) — I’ve got my ring fitted for my middle finger on board I Love Hoops on Dec 30, 2015

Jokic, unless Nurkic had a great offseason skillwise

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 5:05 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

p sure thats just one guy jokic nurkic

first big jokic talk happens itt billionaire techbros club - 2016-17 NBA regular-ass season thread (the first of a series)

if the nuggets beat the heat in the finals, nikola jovic has to go back to euroland