DeAndre Jordan after Nikola Jokic’s 61-point game: “Yo, good game big fella.” Jokic: “Hey, I’m not playing tomorrow. My back hurts. You have to play.” Jordan: “Alright, cool.”
Carrying over one ton of weight on your back will eventually catch up with you
Zion doesn’t play for Denver.
Would love to see Zion play with Jokic
Would love to see Zion play.
Would love
Would…?
All roads lead to nbacirclejerk
Wood
We are blessed
..nut in cider?
Would Love?
Knuckle pushups
He’d post a meme about it.
Nikola Jokic (sore back) questionable tomorrow vs Warriors.
Ayoo
Back hurts from carrying the franchise
Nice double entendre he dropped there.
That’s the joke
why is this a top comment, it was literally the whole joke of the post…
Because everyone is that Captain America meme.
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Hahaha that’s pretty hilarious. Guy definitely needed his rest (NGL I’m surprised they played him throughout the night, was expecting they would just take the L and at least secure the spurs game. Now it’s just 2 losses). Hope hes feeling better
Was cool to see DJ on the floor though
It ended up being worst case scenario for us but in the moment I get playing him huge minutes. You can’t predict double OT and when the game stayed close it felt like we could steal a win against Minnesota (and we should have if Westbrook doesn’t Westbrook) and still have a chance against the tanking spurs with the B squad. Instead we came out with 0 wins.
You can’t predict double overtime, but he’d already overplayed at 42 minutes in regulation. His normal time is 36 when he sits the first half of the 4th. It seemed like Malone wanted to test him at playoff minutes and got bit in the ass by the OTs.
Could be, I may be giving Malone too much credit but I think because it stayed close he felt he should play Jokic the whole second half to give us a chance to win, then with the OTs his minutes just spiralled.
Monday morning QBing it we should have played Jokic and AG limited minutes against the wolves and all but guaranteed a win against San Antonio.
I think it was a domino effect that unfortunately broke as badly as it could for the Nuggets
Malone says the Nuggets don’t match the Timberwolves’ energy when they play each other
Nuggets announce Jamal and MPJ are out so a loss isn’t the end of the world now but also means working Jokić and Gordon to the bone if they did want to win this game
Nuggets finally display the fight Malone says they were missing with Watson + Pickett in so Malone wants to reward them by going for the win
Malone could sense by the end of the 3rd the Wolves were gaining the rope back and quite literally anyone besides Jokić and Gordon in is an auto loss so they end up starting and playing the entire 4th
Jokić and Gordon (and Braun and Watson) are now so high up in minutes before overtime even began so they were all definitely unavailable for yesterday’s game against the Spurs
Malone knowing his guys are now certainly all out on Wednesday means they have to go all in on Tuesday (plus I think he believed it would do more for the Nuggets mentally to finally get a W against the Wolves - shorthanded no less - than to bank an easy win against SA on Wednesday)
The Russ sequence happens which effectively nullifies all of 2-6.
I said that anyone who was upset with Russ for yesterday’s 4th quarter debacle against the Spurs was hating just to hate, but more so they should be upset with Russ because that disaster of a sequence on Tuesday meant the Spurs game was now essential for seeding purposes despite being out your entire rotation. The Wednesday punt would’ve been easier to swallow if it meant going 1-1 and winning the more significant game, but instead the Nuggets go 0-2 and may have locked themselves into OKC’s quadrant of the playoff bracket.
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The Malone special. Malpractice the way he manages Jokic. So many games are clear scheduled losses and he will play him like 40+ minutes only to lose and then lose the game right after where he again plays Jokic 40 minutes. Insanity.
The game he played in wasn’t a scheduled loss though, Denver was on three days rest against Minnesota. A scheduled loss is when you have played a bunch of road games with minimal rest and then you get a back to back on top of it
Denver had one of those losses recently against the Bulls. They played at Golden State, at Lakers, at Blazers and at Rockets in a span of 7 days then had to play Chicago in the 2nd night of a back to back at home. 5 games in 8 days, Jokic obviously didn’t play, loss to a bad team.
It is a scheduled loss when you have 2 max guys out and playing against a team that’s had your number for so long.
Clear scheduled losses? I’d say it’s malpractice for any coach/player to think that way in a conference where the 8 seed and 3 seed are separated by 2.5 games. If you can’t handle the intensity of regular season good luck in the postseason.
He’s the best player in the sport and doesn’t get injured. Let the man play.
Carrying the whole Nuggets team is back breaking even for the MVP, confirmed.
He needs a day of Beers and Horse racing to recover from all the carrying he did last game
Then DJ dropped a casual 10⁄17
Literally hurt his back carrying those Bums in Denver
They’re overworking Jokic! And Curry played on a back soreness. Get these cats some help.
get them on the same team. Incredible spacing.
DJ needs a podcast. A NBA player who would actually be enjoyable to listen to.
one of my fav player in the NBA
Lmao sounds like me giving a heads up to my coworkers when Im gonna call in sick
Every Jokic needs a Jordan. LOL
Incoming DeAndre Jordan triple double game
The backpack is getting too heavy to carry. 😅
Damn right it hurts from carrying the whole team.
Westbrook was just that heavy to carry.
What is up with Lou’s hair?
He looks bald from afar haha
what a Joker
I love how DJ and CP3 are both vegan..maybe Blake would still be playing if was too..although Blake seems headed towards veganism and made a big investment in a plant based food company
We love DeAndre
“shooter for shooter” vibes lol
Then Malone proceeds to play him 30+ minutes.
well no, he didn’t play lol
Better to break your back than I am getting fired.