[Injury] Jonas Valanciunas (calf) headed to locker room
DaRon Holmes starting center time has arrived boys
He’s playing well and we’ve had 0 Zeke minutes this game
Which makes me wonder why the fuck Zeke was playing at all before Jokic died
I asked this in the game day thread and was told “We need to trade Zeke so he needs minutes”. Hopefully we’re past that.
It was as decent of a Zeke showing as you can get. Took on some 1 on 1 assignments and did well. That’s about it but it’s not nothing.
I try not to adopt the hatred from the rest of the Nuggets community but from what I’ve seen, he’s about as good as any body you can put on the court in the NBA. The problem is that he’s the 6th best paid player on our team.
*I feel like I said that wrong. I mean just about anyone in the league would be about on par with what he’s capable of, lol.
Was he given that contract purely for trade flexibility or was there competition for his signature?
From my memory, he just looked really good coming out of our championship as a backup big. It’s hard to figure out exactly what we were doing with contracts during the Booth era.
Most people thought the contract was weird at the time it was signed, he did not look good at all in the little times he played, and Malone clearly didn’t want him. I think people tried to rationalize it as a trade piece, and it does make some sense as the Nuggets didn’t have any mid-sized contract at the time, it was basically the core guys + minimums. But to make a trade happen, the contract also has to be tradeable, it made no sense whatsoever for that contract to be 4 years. There’s no way someone was competing for him at that price, Nuggets definitely could have gotten away with a much shorter contract even if they still chose to overpay in terms of aav. I think part of it is the feud between Booth and Malone, Malone wanted vets, but Booth wanted to develop their own guys, but I also think Booth was just in way over his head, he was handing out guaranteed contract to 2nd rounders BEFORE summer league, and in his interviews he was talking about how he is locking down all these young players for long term on these cheap contracts. I think he got way too over confident after the championship, and thought he could do no wrong when it comes to talent evaluation, so he was just signing all these random dudes who’s not yet proven themselves in the NBA to as long of a contract as possible, and left no outs for the Nuggets.
We have been wondering why Holmes was called up from G league when Gordon got hurt and then played like 20 minutes over 2 months ago
Isn’t he on the nets?
Dawg that’s Day’Ron Sharpe 😭😭😭
Alrighty. They are the same in my mind. Are they not both undersized centers lol?
I’m not even talking shit but the idea of knowing enough ball to know the name of the nuggets G-league center but not knowing the difference between him and the Net’s bench C is hilarious
Da’ron is an undersized 5, more of a 4 but he is still taller than Day’ron. 6’8 vs 6’10ish
The most important center injury to happen today probably
The most important center injury to happen this week
in the last 20 minutes for sure must be
I wonder who the all-star team center will be if Wemby and Jokic are both hurt?
gobert 💀💀
He’s next 💀
Everyone here just disrespecting Alpi smh
Is Sengun injured? Feel like he’s the obvious choice
Unironically the Spurs are good without Wemby, idk wtf y’all are doing without Jokic and now Jonas
wtf is happening in the NBA rn…
You guys must have put a curse on the rest of the league lmao
68 win team + witchcraft = 5 straight rings
The only ones performing witchcraft was the Pacers. Should Silver be investigating Indy??
Hali’s injury was their blood price for the witchcraft
Nah we wouldn’t want to do that Siakam voodoo black magic after what happened to the Pacers
I mean we haven’t really been lucky either this year lol 😂
When you have the scheduling the NBA does this will happen.
They need to take a hard look at how they schedule and the impact it has on recovery.
Will they make money if everybody is hurt?
Not sure if they could possibly stretch the season out anymore. Less games is probably the answer but that would mean less money for the owners and players and it seems like nobody wants that.
they could just not bother with preseason and start the regular season then
Honestly yeah. Just expand the roster if need be
It’s also rules based. A lot of rules could be adjusted to help protect players.
Owners don’t care. Ratings up this year
ur lucky as hell lol just pray nuggets dont get healthy before the playoffs
flair up before you start talking wild bro
I’m a raptors fan. Happy?
I don’t see no raptors flair
Idk how to add it
There are too many games a season for the pace and level of play modern basketball requires
Until they lower the total game count (eliminating back to backs is the obvious start) this won’t stop.
It’s just too much on the body
im worried
league fucked. we need better conditioning
Steroids weaken muscle tendons and increase the chance of ruptures. No one wants to say it lol
I mean even if you think players have been taking PEDs it’s not like they all just started this year
athletes have been taking peds forever
Unless the implication here is that the nuggets are specifically doing something other teams aren’t to cause 5 injuries, I don’t see how that’s relevant in this case.
jamal murray about to play center for 48 minutes for a month
Nuggets about to consult Steve Kerr on his patented no-center lineups.
Ngl, but Kerr really went overboard with his current no-center lineups considering existence of Bogut and Javale. Feel like he forgot some bigs were instrumental in his titles before.
FUCK ME AGAIN!
Spurs and Nuggets really just got kicked in the nuts to start the new year.
We are down four starters, and now big Val.
We havent had a nut to be kicked in for a while.
Don’t you put that evil voodoo on Jamal and Aaron.
Wemby is Alive. Benefits of being flexible
Sometimes you get from being too flexible. Sometimes you get hurt from being muscle bound. I’m just happy he’s alright.
Nuggets Fans: Well… at least we have a decent backup center
God: lol
Nuggets are straight cursed this year
We’ve been pretty cursed when it comes to having actual depth in general
The one year we finally have it and the entire team gets hurt
Atleast this year they actually have guys to put in the game imagine having 4 starters out with last years squad that would’ve been suicidal
If that were the case, our starting 5 would be Murray, Pickett, Nnaji, Watson and Tyson. That’s a rough line up lol
Zeke and Tyson starting would mean fans gotta come off the bench
I’m 6’6… sub me in coach!
This is why Booth never created a proper roster with depth, he knew the consequences
Kroenke owned team having injury crisis (Arsenal and Nuggets)???
literally everybody is injured this season, its so ass dude.
Last season was kind of the same
we say this every year
I hope something will be done about it soon. No amount of medicine, legal or roids, that can help against the current pacing of the game.
Someone know deandre jordan number?
Sources: Adelman is beside himself. Driving around downtown New Orleans begging (thru texts) Jordan’s family for address to DeAndre’s home.
1-800-NOLA
WTF is going on with Denver? Is the food or water poisoned?
Altitude is too high
Mountains too mountain
Air too crisp
Who got hurt in Denver? It was Miami then Toronto
We simply dont have water right now. Its our driest winter on record. The skiing is practically nonexistent this year.
Even our replacement starters are getting injured
Dawg everyone’s getting injured at this rate dillon brooks is gonna make all nba
If you over 6’8 and live in Denver congrats you will be able to be the Nuggets starting center
Put me in coach.
Great season for injury fans
So god hates the nuggets this week
This would not have felt devastating 4 days ago but oh boy does it now
Nuggets are about to show up to the local YMCAs just to look for people to start at this rate
Put some lifts in Mal’s shoes
At this rate Denver is not going to have enough players to field a roster by the end of next week. Sad to see such a promising season quickly turn into a season from hell.
AG and Braun are gonna come back and not recognize any of the guys they’re playing with.
First wemby now Jonas??? Why are all of our league superstars getting so damn injured!? ADAM SILVER NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS MAYHEM AT ONCE!
edit: corrected *not to *now
Pls keep Yabusele and Mamu safe 🙏 the league’s lost enough stars
Jamal Murray finally has a healthy season and he’s gonna be playing with 10 G leaguers by the playoffs
This year is truly something else
All the big men are going down. What a cursed end to the year
It’s kind of hard to have the next man up mentality when we quite literally have run out of people now
NBA centers dropping like flies
Price for a backup going up at the deadline.
Fo sho
At this rate teams need a 3rd and 4th replacement💀
All teams should take all big men off the court, immediately!
Alright, tryouts for center tomorrow. Be at Ball Arena at noon.
The lord giveth depth, and the lord taketh depth away
Hey, at least we got the in season tournament… right guys…. guys
2024-25 Dallas Mavericks v2
Denver gonna sign James Nnaji now? They already got Zeke
It’s time to call up Bol Bol
Trash ass season
Dude the schedules are insane, the body needs 48 hours to recover fully from one difficult session. Instead they play again and again
The nuggets may just be cursed atp
Fml
Everybody just limping this week wth
Nuggets about to meet OKC in the first round
Denver is fully healthy at that point.
I’d love that if we can get there healthy nobody is beating the Nuggets in a series.
Season from hell
Every player gonna have a calf strain by April fools day
was there anything in particular that aggravated his calf?
Cursed ass season man…
everybody getting calf strains or hyperextensions like its halloween candy
When it rains in pours
Grim reaper taking his toll
injuries ruined another nuggets championship damn man rigged leauge
They have plenty of time to recover, makes it harder for sure but ain’t nobody wanna see them in the 1st round
Somebody get Dwight Howard on the phone
Bro everybody is getting injured lmao
Denver Nuggets can’t catch a break.
Blucifer is taking away the health of the Nuggets for the Broncos Super Bowl run.
Wtf bro. I just opened this app and the first two things I see is this and Wemby’s injury
Okay
Unironically Ben Simmons is available and legit would be helpful for Denver, playmaker and defender for 10 minutes a night with real height and athleticism
Keep cutting my life into pieces…
We will be stuck watching the C string guys for the rest of the year on just about every team. Shits brutal this year.
Not a good week for centers.
The NBA needs to implement a strict training regimen that focuses on strengthening quads and calf muscles. Not just strength training but endurance. I don’t think their workout routines account for modern defenses, specifically switching. All that constant planting and pivoting is why we’re seeing so many calf strains and blown Achilles. I’d love to see how many more miles they run as a result. If they don’t train their legs for the additional mileage, this will continued to happen.
No fucking way
Nuggets fans about to take a toaster bath any moment
at least jokic has an extra rehab buddy. but this is honestly so sad jonas was playing superb before this. but him trying to get back on defense says it all
Taylor Swift is waiting at the locker room
“Time to earn your paycheque” - Denver Nuggets to bench
Denver 4-6 weeks Nuggets
Well shit
dude that sucks hope everyone on the nuggets gets healthy soon they are such a fun team to watch
She is Gordon supposed to be back?
at what point did he get hurt?
Raptors legend
My God that’s James Wiseman’s music!
Jamal Murray is next
Nuggets cooked lmao
Fuck it, Ben Simmons get over here.
Bring your fish, whatever.
Bro i need 1 more point/board 😭
And somehow Jamal plays every remaining game, averages 32ppg and leads them to a competitive defeat in round 2.
Denver joining Lakers as the next hospital team 💔