Millions of reasons. And the nuggets couldn’t reasonably match

NO he didn’t.

Not according to KCP

I think that you guys would beat us in 4 or 5 as per usual.

We are still a mediocre team and you guys look great now.

Yea Russ is really the replacement for Bruce Brown. Braun replaces KCP and Strawther is the new Will Barton.

He was but it was injuries to Jamal and AG that initially got him into the starting lineup.

He was also an awesome role player on the Lakers tbf.

I mean, you could say that about most players that leave Denver after enjoying a Jokic system. He gets them paid though which is good

The Saric contract was bad (cause it aint the minimum).

But the big ones are the way he dealt with both Brown (the comments he made that leaked) and the KCP contract situation.

That and lossing 6 2nd round picks for nothing (3 for Holmes was bad, but forgivable), but 3 to get rid of Reggie was horrible.

Signing Russ is Joke’s idea. Who else he signed this summer is playable? And how many picks has he sent out?

Failing to add proper veteran depth pieces.

Fantastic is a wild thing to say.

We have zero seconds and zero tradable 1sts until 2031. He has been an extremely mixed bag. Good results on picks in the late first. Lots of burned assets. More misses than hits in FA though Westbrook & Brown were huge hits.

Good thing about Julian is that he’s a willing defender though. He fouls a TON but that’s just a lack of experience coupled with too much willingness to contest. This will come with time, he’s quick and athletic, just a little weak. He’s going to be a good NBA player. If he can give us 10-12 minutes in the playoffs shooting around 40% from 3 and not foul as much(he’s getting there over the last couple weeks), we’ll have a bench that’s capable of keeping us afloat.

But that’s the thing. He’s far from the worst. In fact, his defense is better than Murray’s.

Nah they definitely had some favorable matchups recently. I do think the defense being more consistent has been interesting though. But time will tell if that sticks or not.

I haven’t heard that the team forced him to cut it. It was definitely too long though - hair in your eyes is a pretty big shooting disadvantage.