big honey and the nuggets

mmm hmmm

21 stitches? wtf kind of dog is this

super stoked gordon is back tonight. the reports made it kind of sound like a 2-3 week thing

he missed one game and isnt even disfigured, bunch of hype

rotty i read

Two casual Nikola Jokic passes from last night. pic.twitter.com/njV1ahCGCp

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) January 2, 2024

Tonight, Denver finishes their 9th back-to-back of the season. It is only game 37.

48.6% of Denver’s games this year have been part of a back-to-back. pic.twitter.com/HkgbQU39yX

— Nuggets Lead (@NuggetsLead) January 5, 2024

thats ridiculous

pic.twitter.com/p7AccamJJB

— Steven Reinert (@StevenReinert2) January 5, 2024

https://x.com/sa_da_tay_/status/1743154169605959735?s=20

I wish I could have stayed up to watch it.

WTF with that pass, KCP?

It just keeps going. Jokic has literally done nothing and yet continues to distance himself as the mvp favorite 😭 pic.twitter.com/bJtjkTX0E1

— Jack 🏹📋 (@murray_center27) January 10, 2024

that’s our big honey baby

hope he gets his 3rd

embiid will be gunning for it tho so jokic might have to try and care about it even just a little to pry it away later int he season

embiid probably won’t qualify tbh. jokic might be MVP-tanking early this year tho

maybe, but i could see him (joel) juicing up to get it. its his championship, after all

its probably more likely that shai gets up than embiid. embiid is just so tiresome and his team is not great

yeah id put money on shai at this point. new guy syndrome

derrick rose mvp year redux

no one really stepping up this year, embiid i guess if he meets the threshold

“Y’all put Jokic in the middle of that”

Melo opens up on jersey #15 in Denver on a new episode, out now. Tap in.@carmeloanthony x @THEKIDMERO

📺: https://t.co/JhHT8uX4QG pic.twitter.com/iHtZPb3PO1

— 7PM in Brooklyn (@7PMinBrooklyn) January 11, 2024

mixed feelings about this stuff, man. I wish the two sides would mend fences — melo is the reason I became a nuggets fan and he really did turn the franchise around, not only by reaching the conference finals but also by being turned into the building blocks of the current core. he’s the bridge between eras of this team. but at the end of the day I truly don’t know whom the pettier party is

I wish the two sides would mend fences

i also wish desus and mero would get back together

Instead of retiring his #15 jersey, the Denver Nuggets are actually going to raise these to the rafters to honour Melo’s time there. pic.twitter.com/ReEc6J4fRl

— Mo Mooncey (@TheHoopGenius) January 12, 2024

lol

for those who don’t know the background lol

MY SON GOT THE DENVER NUGGETS JEANS! pic.twitter.com/DSWWPJp4C9 https://t.co/G4vh65ORUA

— 💤 (@incrieyable) October 7, 2021

Lost the game but picked the right bar. Win or lose they all hang out @McGillins.

L-R: Val, Rene, Nikola Jokic, Jake, Griffin

"The Joker" is considered one of the greatest players and centers of all time and we were delighted to host him at Philly's oldest bar. pic.twitter.com/CFhXmTb0d8

— McGillin's (@McGillins) January 17, 2024

I feel like I could land jokic as a bar buddy if given the chance

still buzzing about the game last night. I’ve been ridiculously lucky to see this game and opening night in person this year, both of which were big statement wins over good teams (or in the case of the lakers, a team with high expectations)

the nuggets are in the middle of a tough stretch of games that they’ve mostly played well in, but what really impressed me is how much they really wanted this one after dropping that game in philly: they wanted a test, so they put out their playoff rotation and all the things that took them to the finals last year —murray/jokic 2-man game dominance, gordon at backup 5, and just putting the absolute clamps down defensively in crunch time. (credit to my gf btw who noticed “is that gordon playing center?” before me, she’s a keeper.) the defense is something that has always been there with this core 5 and gets lost in the national narrative at times because malone will play a lot of bench-heavy lineups that weigh down their rating, but the starters/finishers have always put down the clamps. to see it on the road against the best team in the league was incredible.

will be interesting to see how the rest of the regular season shakes out but it already seems like the playoff rotation is pretty set — jokic/jamal/KCP/AG/MPJ, with peyton, reggie and christian getting 10-20 mins apiece. we got there early for warmups yesterday and I saw vlatko cancar out shooting and it reminded me how much we miss him this year. I doubt the nuggets will make a MAJOR splash at the deadline but they really could use a big to play 6-12 minutes in big games to ease the pressure off jokic and gordon. andre drummond’s name has been floated which I think makes a ton of sense as a guy who obviously has his limitations but can rebound and protect the rim a bit. seems like the ship might have sailed on zeke nnaji unfortunately

what really impressed me is how much they really wanted this one after dropping that game in philly -

almost like they only expect one of those teams to come out of the east

ha — they definitely didn’t NOT take that matchup seriously (even if jokic didnt take the matchup with embiid personally), but there were some locker room videos that showed malone and the team had planned to win this one at all costs, super sick to see them lock in and hand the best team in the league their first home loss

The Jokic effect is ridiculous pic.twitter.com/o8w5XOaMji

— z - Molly Smith (@MollySm62661288) January 21, 2024

jokic listened to joe tonight and just had one of those games where you feel like he could drop 50 if he really wanted to, but you get the feeling that scoring so easily just bores him. I know that sounds like a stan take but I really think it’s true, he has a different mentality for how he approaches dominating every game and some nights it’s just shooting a lot and other nights it’s rolling the dice on how his teammates play…. I know it was the wizards but gafford isn’t a huge slouch or anything but it just seemed like he was playing against a g league defense, it’s amazing when he has those games where it’s clear from the beginning he’s just gonna shoot a lot. to joe’s point

Jokic's shot chart tonight. 42 points. 15/20 FG. pic.twitter.com/TR114JKXix

— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) January 22, 2024

lol cmon

hes cheating

🤓: the 3 is the most efficient shot bc it's worth 50% more than a 2 and if my calculations are correct--
🇷🇸🐎🃏: what if u just make all the shots by getting up close, they cannot stop you

if jokic is cooked I choose death

― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Friday, December 8, 2023 10:52 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

can we get a wellness check on kevin, jokic had two bad games in a row

― lag∞n, Saturday, December 9, 2023 8:47 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

I’m ok I just skied for the first time didn’t wipe out too bad

― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Saturday, December 9, 2023 1:44 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

sick bro

― lag∞n, Saturday, December 9, 2023 4:05 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

on the hoop collective podcast today they mentioned that jokic is 13-43 from the paint over the last 2 games, and that 30 missed shots in the paint over a 2 game span is the most since they started tracking in ‘96-‘97

― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Monday, December 11, 2023 1:22 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

ever since I embraced the slopes for the first time, in an attempt to summon the mysterious powers of the denver mountains (even tho this was in new hampshire):

jokic: 21 games, 23.7 pts, 10.7 reb, 8.6ast with just 2.8 tov, on .671/.484/.884 shooting

all mountains are connected via the aerth if u think abt it

i love how 90% of jokic daggers are just him exhausting every other option then going "okay, well i guess i'll shoot" https://t.co/PlwTVUZRxF

— drug doer (@ringusdingus_69) January 24, 2024

that’s our boy

sometimes you lumber to the hole. sometimes you look for a cutter. sometimes you eat a sandwich. *shrugs*

indy, sans hali, totally choked in crunch time, nugs did not

no way to defend this guy: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/1/16/24039037/nikola-jokic-shooting-defense-denver-nuggets

Jokic is reluctant to shoot, often explaining his mindset with an old adage that a coach first told him years ago back in Serbia: A pass makes two people happy, while scoring only satisfies one.

lol

come on man

hey, he led the nuggets to a championship, so just let him throw some passes and make his teammates happy. a happy jokic is good for everyone.

defending jokic is easy I do it every day here ayyyo

You need Jokic t-shirt with "Live, Laugh, Pass".

nuggets bench has 4 pts in 36 first half minutes, some things really will never change