I think we’re more about to find out if adelman is a legit coach or not. Murray is a known quantity at this point

A team without 4 starters may as well put him on the Wizards

I don’t think that’s really fair. Murray is basically the only starter left, the system is focused on the Murray-Jokic two-man game and Jokic as a hub.

I am sure he’ll have plenty of good and bad games, but it’s on the bench unit to step up. It’s going to be tough until AG comes back

If it was just Jokic injured I’d agree, but Jamal is about to be the only regular starter playing with a bunch of bench guys. Even if he somehow averages 30+ we’re gonna struggle.

It’s gonna be rough.

he’s about to drop the sickest ¹⁰⁄₃₅ fg statlines

For better or worse it’ll be an interesting month as a Nuggets fan to see what Murray does here. Fuck it, it’s definitely going to be worse.

https://imgur.com/jbx0nhx

I’ll be ecstatic if this team can finish .500 or slightly under in Jokic’s absence

There aren’t many teams with enough depth that 1 all star can carry them as the only starter 

Im hoping Murray passes the test and finally gets his due. Always thought he was better than many would say. Being the only starter and dragging them to anywhere near .500 basketball would be a miracle.

No, but it’s going to be razor thin. He has to come back on time and he can’t miss any more.

You need to play at least 65 games. That means you can’t miss more than 17 games overall.

Jokic hasn’t missed a game all season so as long as he doesn’t miss more than 17 he’ll be eligible. If he’s out 4 weeks that’s probably 15-16 games.

Apparently the nuggets get more back to backs to make up for the advantage of playing in high altitude at home. I remember reading that here when the schedule came out but idk if it’s actually true or not

As long as one of those starters isn’t one of the greatest offensive players the league has ever seen and the team isn’t famous for cratering when he’s not on the floor you’ll be fine.

Murray being the healthy one is ironic given the last few years.

That’s psycho lol. Some poor 1-4 seed is gonna get smacked if you guys drop and get healthy again

To shreds you say?

Jamal Murray: “I’m in danger”

it wouldn’t be if jokic was the last man standing lol

I mean, Jokic had Will barton as the second option and a backcourt of ausin rivers and compazzo that whole year and they made the playoffs.

When is AG coming back? Or CB?

If I was Adelman I might even put Murray on minutes restriction until Gordon and CB come back to avoid being down 5 starters

Well, didn’t seem that bad missing three starters, and was neck and neck (and likely would’ve been tied for) the 2nd seed after last night. So from that 2nd/3rd seed that Jokic had three starters down at, we’ll see what happens without him. This was with a 2way Spencer Jones starting for roughly a month, and CB + AG had been out for a month+ while Jokic had the Nuggets humming, down 3 starters or not didn’t seem like that big of an excuse. Now I’d bet while Jokic is out, every single game recap will be about all the starters out, while that was hardly playing into the “MVP race” and standings before he went down. This will make it VERY obvious just how impactful he was on BOTH ends, as their offense and defense crater. Which is why he consistently had the highest +/- and swing over a peak in nba history.

Thus, it will just reinforce, but also be ignored, that he was in the middle of the highest peak OAT.

I don’t see Pat Bev on the roster.

Imagine a Nuggets vs Thunder first round series. Would be one of the best first round series ever!

Yeah, 7th is their floor.

I think those dudes should be able to keep the thing afloat for a month. Go .500 in Jan and then once Joker is back yall will climb right back to a top seed

Try 1-8 matchup round one

I would wait until after the all star break to be safe.

He is out of all award considerations if he misses 18 games, meaning he would need to come back in exactly 4 weeks and not miss another game this season to even make all nba.

Good thing we have our pick this year. Cam Boozer welcome to Denver

I think this team healthy is capable of making a run no matter where they end up.

But the lack of games played together for our starters won’t help.

i think OKC should be more worried about nuggets dropping like a rock. Imagine OKC/Den round 1 with full strength.

They’ll be aight

At least 4 weeks means he will only be re-evaluated at that point. There’s almost no chance he plays before February

Embiid every season

a recent one that comes to mind - embiid 2023-2024 season, out after ~30 something games

Shams knows Arabic though. That’s how he gets first scoops on basketball terrorists like harden and shai

Could see Jokic’s brothers leaking info to gamblers lol

Man with the way things are going, anyone could go down. At this rate we are going to have like OG Anunoby make the all-nba or something

rule is only fair. if he misses it then he misses it

If he doesn’t play 65 he realistically wouldn’t have got the award anyway but we will see.

He would have lost the MVP even if the rule wasn’t in place.

There’s only been one MVP in NBA history that has missed more than 20 games.

A boat’s a boat but the mystery box could be anything.

Players don’t usually instantly play after a reevaluation. That’s why he probably estimated that

It says “could mean”

which could

he’s guarantted to miss the year IMO.

I don’t think he can recover in less than 2 days

We’ll play each other in the finals 😈

But when do they play the Knicks?

Bummer this probably means the end of his all-NBA streak

Giannis is in the same boat and it sucks as a fan

Both are probably gonna end up playing like 62 games while clearly being a top 3 player and won’t be on any all-nba team 🫩

Gonna end up with Deni Avdija on the 1st team or sum shit

Also sucks that Wemby will miss out on a 2nd deserved DPoY (and 1st team this year)

65 game limit is too harsh, no coach or GM would want 71 games of Deni Advija over 61 of Jokic

They are about due to come back. CB was injured on ¹¹⁄₁₂ (fuck James Harden) and they said it would be 4-6 weeks. Similar timeline for AG who was injured on ¹¹⁄₂₁.

Will be rough either way but with those 2 you’ll be fine enough to not fall into 7-8 imo. This month, you are playing Nets 2x, Pels, Wizards 2x, Hornets in January, that’s 6 games. Also got a couple games against mid teams like Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas, etc. If you can stay afloat, it should be fine like even 7-10 in the next 17 or 5-12 is not the end of the world, of course it sucks, could have went for the 2 seed this season

I mean that was already the case. The nuggets are #3 and 1.5 games ahead of the 6 seed wolves.

Idk why people are acting like all of a sudden they can lose the 3 seed.

2-6 has been basically up in the air the entire season.

90% of nba offense nowadays is just shoulder checking defenders in the chest. a 15 year old can push off a grown man if it’s a shoulder to the chest while the defender is going backwards, top scorers that rely on drives from today’s game are an absolute joke

it means jokic streams music with ads still