big honey and the nuggets

Sequence of the Year. pic.twitter.com/uUWA81MouT

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 7, 2023

sick

wed night espn nugs v dubs baby

Most 2-pointers from 5 feet and out (plus FG% on those shots)

Nikola Jokić (45 2P, 75.0 FG%)

Kevin Durant (43 2P, 47.3 FG%)

Cam Thomas (34 2P, 50.0 FG%)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30 2P, 49.2 FG%)

DeMar DeRozan (30 2P, 36.6 FG%)

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) November 7, 2023

Bench guys stepped up last night.

it was incredible to watch

jokic already has a behind the back pass to a wide open layup and a through the legs backward pass tonight, neither of them led to buckets tho

― k3vin k., Monday, November 6, 2023 9:32 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

Nikola Jokic made these two passes in a four-minute span. pic.twitter.com/oR6IKrsAlY

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 8, 2023

murray out a month :/

ESPN Sources: Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray will be likely sidelined for the remainder of the month because of his right hamstring strain. pic.twitter.com/yfdxUZ5bkK

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 8, 2023

ban legs

remainder of the month is better than a month

three weeks honestly not that bad

my 9 year old shook me to wake me up this morning and when i came to... "dad.... warriors play the nuggets tonight, should i wear my curry jersey to school?"

best alarm clock ever

DeAndre Jordan was on The Great American Baking Show (Celebrity Holiday Edition)

𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩:

Jordan was one of six contestants along with Arturo Castro (Broad City), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live), Joel McHale (Animal Control), Heather McMahan (Everything's… pic.twitter.com/hlbM7bNwRR

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 12, 2023

heh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-tw-m6WsAALs25?format=jpg&name=medium

I’m sorry was that random shot in the middle…lefty?!?!? pic.twitter.com/YxStTZYfaF

— Katy Winge (@katywinge) November 12, 2023

that lefty three looks pretty good…

https://stathead.com/basketball/versus-finder.cgi?request=1&seasons_type=perchoice&player_id1=jokicni01&p1yrfrom=2021&p1yrto=2024&player_id2=jordami01&p2yrfrom=1990&p2yrto=1993

just something I’m keeping an eye on…

ESPN Sources: The Denver Nuggets’ Michael Malone — who led the franchise to the 2023 NBA championship — has agreed on a contract extension that’ll make him one of the league’s highest paid coaches. pic.twitter.com/klyGsLSYKO

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 13, 2023

malone extended

riding the gravy big honey train

local sportstalk is all “props” vs “wt actual fuck” as u might guess.

mostly props tho.

lol i think he gets a lotta love from “lol impaired parade malone” feels, which tbf is also pretty great.

idgi why wouldnt they want him extended

he wasn’t the most popular coach before last year, he’s not like a pop or spo level genius or anything, can be very stubborn…the players like him tho mostly

i mean they won the chip theres nothing else to talk about

who's the worst coach to win a title? is there anyone worse than Bud?

why is no one engaging with my jokic vs MJ post I know u read it, don’t be rude

jordan is better imo

saw a stat today in reference to harden being too ball dominant to ever win a title it was something like no player who was top three in the league in usage has ever won a title in that season, except for jordan who did it six times

this is why you say jokic should shoot more

no i say that just because i want to see what happens, like an experiment

malone's personality and stubbornness is probably a bug not a feature, that team is full of chill guys so it makes sense to have a coach who's willing to rock the boat sometimes

oops a feature not a bug, i'm tired

Jamal Murray went through a somewhat routine pregame shooting workout just now. Don’t know if he was going 100%, but he was moving around well. Murray will be sidelined for a fourth-straight game tonight with a strained right hamstring. pic.twitter.com/mHEiS5nllO

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 15, 2023

looks good seems like they’re being extra cautious which is ok

I got a wonderful happy birthday at shootaround this morning 🥹🥰 this team rocks pic.twitter.com/TLKEdMF3iM

— Katy Winge (@katywinge) November 15, 2023

just monitoring the vibe-o-meter, still 10.0/10

Nuggets without Jamal = the Sluggets

— D-Line (Denver Man) ((Eric Wedum)) (@DLineCo) November 20, 2023

they really miss his size/shooting/playmaking, him being out just throws the rotation into total disarray, malone should start one of the bench PGs and let reggie run the second unit, he’s the only one who can playmake consistently outside the starters

jokic is about to foul out thank you kanye very cool

what did kanye do

ha I was doing a the 1975 reference

i dont know anything about that

Last night's game was embarrassing. Did Gordon make a single FG?

Chalk it up to fatigue and missing Murray, I guess.

it’s been an extremely frustrating last couple weeks. feels a lot like the jamal/MPJ-less 2021/2022 seasons where jokic just had to do everything, which to his eternal credit he’s been doing. he’s a miracle. I’m not sure what stat this is specifically referring to but the gist is spot-on: jokic has been incredible, head and shoulders the best player in the league, and the rest of the roster has been trash:

Nikola Jokić has an NBA-leading 6.5 wins over replacement player.

Every other Denver Nugget has combined for 1.1.

— Andy Bailey (@AndrewDBailey) November 25, 2023

the thing about the nuggets is that they’re so interconnected that losing a guy like murray is more harmful to their bottom line than you’d think: it throws their rotations completely out of whack and the lack of playmaking, particularly when jokic sits, is glaring. their secondary guys have been very bad recently because everyone is forced into a role that is just that much more demanding than what they’re ideally suited for.

on the bright side:

Nuggets through 16 games:

10-6
9th best offense
10th best defense
9th best NetRtg
-8.6 NetRtg with Nikola Jokic off the floor

Nuggets through 16 games last season:

10-6
7th best offense
26th best defense
16th best NetRtg
-14.5 NetRtg with Nikola Jokic off the floor

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 25, 2023

in the end the truth for essentially any team is that losing one of your top 2 guys means you’re just not a serious contender. murray will be back soon and the pecking order will be restored, and the way they looked prior to his injury is reassuring that this is still a championship caliber team at full strength. but the vicissitudes of injury luck are just a cruel reality of the NBA

the one guy I’m keeping my eye on is aaron gordon. he’s had a disastrous past few weeks, his shot has completely abandoned him, and is basically afraid to get fouled at this point. again, his natural role is one with a little less offensive responsibility…but the way his shot has completely abandoned him this year is extremely concerning and has serious implications for the team’s ceiling

gotta say though the hilarious thing about nikola is that he’s breaking the scales on basically all the advanced stats and yet is in the middle of a shooting slump

he should do well tonight vs sa who are in fact trying to break the record for most dysfunctional start for a world class rookie

Free big man clinic courtesy of Nikola Jokić. Take notes. pic.twitter.com/DwurKW6shV

— DNVR Nuggets (@DNVR_Nuggets) November 26, 2023

I wish my job could be to let jokic get as many buckets on me as he wants

interesting matchup tonight vs the clippers, who they completely own, without jokic murray and AG. incidentally the nuggets are running the ‘20bench unit clippers offense with reggie jackson-deandre jordan lobs

trade jokic and jamal, the DAJ/reggie give and go is unstoppable

Just in: Jamal Murray has been upgraded to questionable for tomorrow vs. the Rockets. There’s a good chance he makes his return to the lineup.

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 28, 2023

Nikola Jokic draws up the play in real time.

Bucket. pic.twitter.com/y1cI61tUkH

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) November 29, 2023

coach jok

ha thats great

that is good. what stellar defense by #54. i have zero clue who any of those spurs are on the floor

Nuggets star Jamal Murray (hamstring) will make his return vs. the Rockets tonight, sources tell ESPN. Murray has missed nearly a month with the injury. Defending champs are 6-5 without Murray, but won six of seven to start season with him.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 30, 2023

murray back baby. jokic should play but AG is out again though according to the DNVR beat guys

Henry Kissinger