He probably would have gone first overall if he didn’t have back problems

Denver 4th in offence last year and 1st this year .

Win win for both parties MPJ can be free and do whatever he wants with zero criticism now , Denver get 17 million cap space and now have a few legitimate rotation players

People claimed that he was nothing without Jokic and that Jokic was the reason MPJ was shooting so well. He played like an all-star with the Nuggets at times.

So glad we can stop pretending that he wasn’t

It’s true though!

The Nets are a perfect team for a chucker with no D.

Ngl some of my favorite player seasons are “got traded from a contender to an awful team so fuck it I’m going to ball out.” See MPJ on the nets, Cam Johnson on the nets, Mikal Bridges on the nets, etc.

Not everything is award based. Anyone who watched the nuggets knew he was extremely talented, but on a team with a lot of extremely talented guys. And he had the right mindset to settle into a “role” even though everyone knew he was good enough to average 25 on a shit team.

He has his ring, he got his contract, hopefully he balls out the rest of his career

Clutch player of the year agenda

Well this year has 2 teams for team USA in the All-Stars, so he might get in.

He’ll probably be in the top 16 Americans list

In no world should he be an all star lmao

You’d think people would learn after watching Cam Thomas do the same last year. It’s really not difficult for scorers to put up good numbers playing with the ultimate greenlight in meaningless scrimmage games where nothing matters.

The list of guys who could go to BK and put up big numbers while losing games - even efficiently - is very long. I don’t know why people get so impressed with this year after year.

I knew he was gonna do well on the Nets. He’s always done better when we’ve had to run more offense through him, like when Jamal sucked early last season.

It’s Reaves, Rollins, or Porter

MPJ always has and always will be better than Cam Johnson offensively (can’t believe people debated this as if Cam was a completely better player). But the trade allowed them to get more depth and Cam is better defensively so overall it is still a good trade for them.

MPJ provided exactly what they needed to beat LAL.

Jokic and Murray got theirs ofc… but it was the consistency at which he hit those damn wide open threes that really killed our spirits

It wasn’t brain dead. They just paid their drafted core every year until they were all on mad money before the second apron came into full effect.

So they ended up with a very expensive starting unit, a bench that needed fixing but they weren’t allowed to spend money to fix it because of the punitive roster building restrictions of the 2nd apron.

Every team I’ve seen get hard capped under the 2nd apron effectively has their roster locked and if they go over, it literally kills the team’s future since their 1st round picks 7 years out get frozen.

The only team that I think has the means to get through the 2nd apron is OKC but 2nd apron penalties won’t affect them until next year at the earliest (when JDub and Chet are due to be paid). Sam Presti has masterfully maneuvered the team’s future into a position where they can both contend and pick high in the draft at the same time.

OKC is on my must watch list next year because I really want to see how they navigate the 2nd apron. So far it has beaten everyone.

Booth was an awful GM but they couldn’t keep brown the first time. Let kcp go was the right choice. Made huge roster upgrades this year.

It’s not as bad as you make it seem.

Denver had no assets. Their roster just got smaller and smaller.

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Isn’t that impressive ? He’s scoring an efficient 26 a game right now

All star isnt crazy simply based on the stats.

For example, who is better? Him or Ingram?

He’s not the same player. His impact metrics are way better despite playing on a horrible roster compared to when he played with Jokic. 

Cade is not in the discussion, he already took the leap last year. But the other names you’re right about.

Cade? Were you thinking of Duren?

MPJ was never allowed to handle the ball on the nuggets… look at how many passes hes making now.

Should be. Lauri was one.

All star sub caliber player. I really liked MPJ for us. Even on our title run when he was in a shooting slump he still played good on the boards. I think it was a mutually beneficial trade for us to get a better defender, and Brooklyn getting a player who could benefit from more shots without Joker or Murray around him. Gordon/Braun just fit better around Jokic as lob threats or fast break options.

And dropped it on its head

Glad he’s thriving as the number 1 option! Now the nets need to hurry and build a team around him!

And hes not 3

Bruh I’d take 2 Nuggets alone over him in a do-or-die scenario, and we haven’t even gotten to Steph or KD 😂

MPJ putting up shots can be a crazy sight to see. But some nights Murray froze him out and he didn’t get many shots up. The weirdest nights were Porter going off in the first quarter then not even getting another attempt until like late 3rd or some time during the 4th.

3.2 assists per game this season. Not completely ball hogging it.

played more confidently on offense

kinda hard to do that when Jokic used to scream at him and roll his eyes whenever he took a shot he didn’t like

Nobody who watched the nuggets ever doubted his skill level

For who?

The classic good stats bad team player doesn’t have crazy good on/off numbers

He’s being pretty efficient and not just chucking shots. I feel like he’s a taller, less dumb Lamelo who doesn’t pass as much.