Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

848 | 7 hours ago

He genuinely is such a downgrade on MPJ it isn’t even funny

PyrateKyng94

439 | 7 hours ago

But also got us Bruce brown, Big Val, and THJ. Still a downgrade in the clutch 😭

MolingHard | Nets

151 | 7 hours ago

Brown and THJ were vet mins, no?

Could’ve gotten those two even with no cap space (albeit not sure how willing Kroenke is in paying heavy lux tax)

PyrateKyng94

108 | 7 hours ago

Kroenke’s avoid that tax at all cause… it’s insanely frustrating. Only way we get Brown THJ and bug Val is cause we could do it without going over the apron after the MPJ trade.

Legitimate_Cow_4166 | Warriors

20 | 6 hours ago

Only way we get Brown THJ and bug Val i

Brown/THJ are in no way related to trading MPJ. They are minimum contracts that would be on the Nuggets books either way. If you had kept MPJ you’d still have Brown/THJ.

Valuncionis trade on the other hand could only happen once you traded MPJ.

PyrateKyng94

38 | 6 hours ago

Our owners won’t go into the tax….

FlyChigga | Celtics

9 | 6 hours ago

You have to sign guys to a minimum regardless right?

PyrateKyng94

14 | 6 hours ago

They would have done something else to free up money to make those signings so we have enough players on the roster. They wouldn’t go over

FlyChigga | Celtics

0 | 5 hours ago

So they would have just traded Nnaji, is he still playing these days?

mark0998 | Nuggets

14 | 5 hours ago

Nobody would take that bum and his contract even with 2 picks attached to him…

Hopsalong | Nuggets

10 | 4 hours ago

We have been running 1 below the roster limit all season because of the first apron tax on a team with insane amounts of holes due to injuries. They only just signed Spencer Jones from a two way to a real contact about 1-2 weeks ago, but they also waited and didn’t play him for 3-4 games to reduce his cost even further.

Our ownership is unbelievably cheap.

FlyChigga | Celtics

1 | 4 hours ago

14 players is still the minimum right? Yall be down bad though

bron3-16

13 | 6 hours ago

Lmao stop throwing those mfs in the trade and just accept defeat

my_nameborat

12 | 5 hours ago

I mean that literally was the point of the trade. MPJ was always the better player but not worth it for a contract that didn’t allow the team to sign any other players

Puzzleheaded_Fee_141

2 | 2 hours ago

You can’t add THJ and Brown in though especially since they lost Russ. So 1 of them is directly replacing him. It’s kind of pathetic that people do that tbh.

PeanutFarmer69 | Nets

-9 | 6 hours ago

Nuggets fans and nba media acting like Sean Marks got trade raped was so funny

pollinium | MIN

10 | 5 hours ago

damn so society is really just regressing huh

PeanutFarmer69 | Nets

-24 | 5 hours ago

Did “trade rape” offend you? Are you 7? Jfc, get fucked

Ordinary-Hopeful

10 | 5 hours ago

It’s certainly unnecessary. I hope you never have to know someone close to you who has gone through that. To toss it around so callously isn’t needed. There are much better ways to describe it.

Ordinary-Hopeful

3 | 4 hours ago

Aww - he had to block me rather than engage in conversation. Didn’t have a leg to stand on, huh?

cmgr33n3 | Pistons

5 | 4 hours ago

It’s clear from his stance here that he has trouble not falling down.

SaintDarthVader | Raptors

-11 | 5 hours ago

true true - trade sexual assault

PeanutFarmer69 | Nets

-17 | 5 hours ago

Lmao

spiralism | Nuggets

85 | 6 hours ago

His real value to us was getting out of MPJ’s contract and allowing for other moves. He gone in the summer, we ain’t picking him over Watson.

LifeIsToughEatBacon

33 | 6 hours ago

yea everyone talking like it was a 1 for 1 trade

York_Villain | Knicks

19 | 5 hours ago

I mean they’re 4d chess’ing for the future but their championship window is now.

wise_comment | Timberwolves

4 | 4 hours ago

glances nervously at the Kat and Dilly trades

No….no idea what that’s like. Sounds rough

Isthismynextusername | Timberwolves

1 | 4 hours ago

Hopefully Connelly and Ayo had an understanding before doing the Dillingham trade. If Ayo walks, Wolves threw away two picks for rental and some cap relief

tydawg_149 | Timberwolves

2 | 3 hours ago

It wasn’t, the Nuggets also gave up a 1st to get him haha

tombersew | Mavericks

25 | 5 hours ago

Nuggets traded MPJ and an UNPROTECTED first for him and this sub acted like it was a win for the nuggets.

Someone will point out they got JV who will play 7mins a game in the playoffs

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

14 | 4 hours ago

JV is food for good teams

fake-tall-man

1 | 31 minutes ago

honestly, felt like the right move at the time. not playing out well in the moment

95castles | Suns

12 | 5 hours ago

I’m so confused. Was he ever expected to be as good as MPJ?

LuciusVarinus | Mavericks

11 | 3 hours ago

I don’t think Johnson is as good as MPJ, but I think the idea was MPJ’s role as spot up sniper, cutter and rebounding could be replaced for someone cheaper on paper. MPJ play being diminished by injury in the playoffs didn’t help his case also. Mgmt probably thought he was overpaid for what he provided.

Atluuuus | Nuggets

5 | 5 hours ago

Which is wild because his IQ is great.

fake-tall-man

1 | 30 minutes ago

he’s in the right spot, doing nothing all night. it’s kind of weird to watch tbh. like it all makes sense when you’re watching but nothing is happening

jumpman0035 | OKC

3 | 5 hours ago

Idk, I think it’s funny

not_so_bueno | Rockets

4 | 4 hours ago

Brutal they had to add an unprotected pick

ShowdownValue

3 | 6 hours ago

Hopefully not in the playoffs

leftoverrice54

4 | 5 hours ago

I mean he was never being asked to be MPJ. He was a much more budget friendly option that gave the nugs room to make the bench better. Imagine they had MPJ still when almost all of the starters were injured and where the Nuggets would be in standings.

LOSS35 | Nuggets

0 | an hour ago

Cam’s shooting 41.6% from 3 on 4.5 attempts per game.

MPJ shot 39.5% on 6 attempts per game last year. This year in Brooklyn he’s at 37% on 9 attempts.

Cam had a bad game against a really good MIN defense. They’ve always given the Nuggets fits. Y’all are overreacting.

Lau_lau | Knicks

0 | an hour ago

Arguing with these percentages void of context is a hilarious exercise

LOSS35 | Nuggets

1 | 4 minutes ago

The context is Cam had a bad game. The whole team did. We shot 27% from 3.

Minny’s always been a bad matchup for us. This thread is a massive overreaction.

dys0n_giddey | Timberwolves

412 | 7 hours ago

Oh, he was playing?

EarthWarping | NBA

50 | 7 hours ago

thats a oof

jeric13xd | CHI

16 | 5 hours ago

Bro sold last game too smh

lycheegrape

274 | 7 hours ago

MPJ absolutely eviscerated the Lakers every year in the playoffs, and Nugget fans turned on him the moment he tried to play with 1 arm

eathbau | Nuggets

137 | 7 hours ago

What, we appreciated him for playing with 1 arm vs OKC but he was the only path to a much needed change and unfortunately the Nuggets may have failed with this trade.

MolingHard | Nets

15 | 7 hours ago

he was the only path to a much needed change

For sure the easiest, but I wonder what the Nuggets could’ve gotten if they packaged that Nuggets FRP, salary filler like Nnaji, and sold high on Braun

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

17 | 6 hours ago

They couldn’t have done that. This season right now is still the last year of Braun’s rookie contract. So they couldn’t have traded Braun at $4m this year for a comparable player who'd almost certainly be making at least $15m. On top of that, nobody was taking Nnaji’s contract last off season which still has another $7.5m season AND a player option left on it after this one.

I get that Cam is having a cold streak right now and it really, really sucks, but he’s still shooting 41% from 3 this season and for most of this season he was playing better defense and better off ball than MPJ did.

Isthismynextusername | Timberwolves

2 | 3 hours ago

You’re taking this too seriously - this thread has devolved into a “Dumb Nuggets” thread and it’s not really possible to salvage this discussion. Just ignore and move on.

0vansTriedge

1 | 4 hours ago

How’d he fall like that though, he was really good on suns and on brooklyn. We all thought he’d be better with jokic. I haven’t watched much of yhe nuggets but this is just baffling.

MolingHard | Nets

0 | 6 hours ago

I dunno, I think a player like Herb Jones could’ve been easily acquired for Braun + Nnaji + salary filler + a boatload of seconds (don’t even think a FRP is necessary)

And yea, Cam is solid, but it’s clear he’s not the same kind of talent as MPJ is, he’s better defensively, but MPJ being a far better rebounder completely washes that out, and MPJ is somehow more durable, which is major

PlasticPresentation1

1 | 6 hours ago

Braun for Herb would barely be worth it. They need a guy who can shoot the ball which Cam and Braun aren’t doing right now

No-Control1299

11 | 7 hours ago

Don’t lump Braun in that. Braun was a highlight last year.

MolingHard | Nets

10 | 6 hours ago

Well yea, he would’ve been a huge get for any team (it’s why I said sold high…)

Last season Braun + FRP + salary filler would’ve been a super enticing package that could’ve netted a significant upgrade

zizu90210

6 | 6 hours ago

And now he has regressed severely

No-Control1299

-1 | 6 hours ago

And? Today played fine. Not an easy injury to come back from.

zizu90210

3 | 6 hours ago

He was bad before the injury stop it

MostlyMellow123 | Kings

98 | 7 hours ago

He was a 3rd option on a max contract. Its rough to build a team like that anymore

EggplantAlpinism | Nuggets

38 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, our fanbase has plenty of idiots like they all do, but most fans just acknowledged they the new aprons showed up at the worst possible time for Denver

Knickstape08 | NYK

6 | 6 hours ago

He was the 4th option on a max contract which is “only” 38 million. That’s around what Ingram, Wagner, Anunaby make. Mike’s on their level. Denver could have made it work still with Porter. Their issue was they are terrible at developing backup centers so they had to get JV at 10 million while having Zeke Naji sit on the bench getting a free 8 million.

MostlyMellow123 | Kings

31 | 6 hours ago

You’ll get it after this season when bridges finally starts making money. You did get lucky brunson took an aspiration deal.

CurrentRoster

8 | 5 hours ago

aspiration deal 😭

mhj0808 | Heat

1 | 20 minutes ago

They have an easy path for it too!

It’s as simple as giving Rick Brunson a “raise” and then him kindly choosing to pass the money to his son. Not saying that’s what’s happening, but they could definitely get away with it.

LurkerFailsLurking | Nuggets

17 | 7 hours ago

lol what. Nuggets fans were talking about trading MPJ all season and the season before too.

ShowdownValue

7 | 6 hours ago

We didn’t turn on him. Mpj is a nuggets legend.

R/nba is where all the hate came from

SplitOk186

7 | 7 hours ago

The Lakers have been a perennial 7th seed post-2020 why are you talking like they’re a Goliath lmao

I get beating the Lakers has historical significance because they’re the Lakers but come on half the league has been eviscerating them for most of the past 5 years

BearShark8 | Lakers

7 | 5 hours ago

Lakers wing defense has been pretty garbage since 2021 also.

spiralism | Nuggets

4 | 6 hours ago

We didn’t turn on him. We just had to get out from under his contract because we were absolutely cornered otherwise.

MoooonRiverrrr

3 | 5 hours ago

No one turned on him. That was a must-win year and he was looked at as a hero. That team was getting broken up into that offseason guaranteed for money and depth reasons alone. Yall literally just be saying shit.

You probably also think we let go of Bruce Brown in 2023 right?

ZeroCiipheR | Nets

2 | 5 hours ago

No they didn’t littlest bro. The dominant discourse from Nuggets fans was empathetic and I’m speaking as someone from outside the fanbase. Trying to fan nonexistent flames is insane work.

wise_comment | Timberwolves

1 | 4 hours ago

I mean…..It’s not like eviscerating the lakers in the playoffs is hard

(What a time to be alive)

sorakaisthegoat | Supersonics

0 | 6 hours ago

This guy was dropping ¹²⁄₆ on average shooting and bad defense in their last 2 playoff runs and Denver dropped him like players like that grow on trees. There’s a reason their offense have been absolute shit this year without him

LifeIsToughEatBacon

2 | 6 hours ago

we literally have the number 1 rated offense in the league you know…… (no you dont cuz you dont watch ball)

sorakaisthegoat | Supersonics

0 | 5 hours ago

Number 1 rated on 2k maybe. MPJ is averaging 13.5 points more than Johnson, you’ve lost 19 games by less than 13 points. So you’d literally only have 5 losses at this point in the year with MPJ, that would be on pace to beat the Warriors record. You literally could’ve been the greatest team ever, instead you traded for Johnson and are clearly in the denial stage of grief.

LifeIsToughEatBacon

5 | 4 hours ago

bruh that is SO not how basketball works. “If person A averages 30 points you will get 30 points out of him every night. no one else will go down in production. we can just use multiple basketballs”

and rated #1 as in literally, we have an offensive rating of 120.2. Now we’re tied with Celtics who also have 120.2

LOSS35 | Nuggets

1 | 12 minutes ago

This whole comment is nonsense. We have the highest scoring offense in the league.

https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced-leaders

eathbau | Nuggets

250 | 7 hours ago

I never realised how soft he is.

Built and jacked as shit but was outbodied by Bones Hyland on the drive several times today.

Also where’s the mental toughness to make 3s after missing one? His body language is fucking awful when he misses just one shot.

PrinceJMoney089

200 | 7 hours ago

MPJ rebounding and height advantage were things that people never brought up, he’s a genuine good rebounder

Also MPJ always shot the ball with confidence no matter what

TheAracknight | Thunder

84 | 6 hours ago

There are many things you could say about MPJ, but one thing for sure is he’d always shoot the ball with so much confidence no matter what. He could be shooting ¹⁄₁₁ and he’d still pull a contested 3 around a Jokic screen. Cam just doesn’t have that next play mentality and gets in his own head after a miss, and it messes with his confidence heavily.

deepthr0at

39 | 5 hours ago

Doesn’t help when you get derailed by an injury every 3rd week, always been a momentum killer for Cam.

Top-boy-og

30 | 6 hours ago

MPJ is one of the best pure shooters ever

itsnotyellowfever | MEM

52 | 7 hours ago

Not completely giving up on him but it’s alarming how easily he gets taken out of games and starts slumping his head when MPJ was moved because he did those same things and played no defense

eathbau | Nuggets

79 | 7 hours ago

I’ll never question MPJ being mentally soft, he basically came back from two career ending surgeries and his rookie year was basically him getting yelled at by Malone and Jokic.

Cam Johnson’s constant head slumps and then giving up on defense is the one that makes me concerned.

StrikeElectrical9400 | Nuggets

103 | 7 hours ago

MPJ started against the best team of the decade in a 7 game playoff series when his shoulder was so fucked he couldnt take his jersey off without help. mentally soft and MPJ do not belong in the same fucking sentence

JohnnyWarlord | Timberwolves

48 | 7 hours ago

Mpj was a dawg fr

SeismicRipFart | Trail Blazers

32 | 6 hours ago

You don’t go through two serious back surgeries and come out of them looking as good as MPJ has looked, without being an absolute dawg. He’s a massive idiot for sure. But you absolutely cannot knock his dawgness/mental and physical toughness.

weeyummy1 | LAL

4 | 3 hours ago

A 100% healthy MPJ would’ve won MVP. He’s an incredible talent top to bottom.

SeismicRipFart | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

Absolutely bro. I still remember seeing his OG high school mixtapes and being certain this dude was going to be an absolute superstar when he got to the league. I still think that, too. Guy was a stronger and more athletic KD with a better shot and worse D.

No-Independence-761

49 | 7 hours ago

He’s not that built imo. He’s got a much smaller frame than Porter

eathbau | Nuggets

15 | 7 hours ago

Than Porter yeah, but he’s still one of the bigger wings in the league.

504090 | Thunder

9 | 4 hours ago

I can think of a lot of wings who are stronger than Cam, he’s always been a tad undersized. Lacks lowerbody strength especially, which is partially why he’s a bad rebounder

GiveMeSomeIhedigbo | Lakers

18 | 6 hours ago

“Built”

Exaggeration.

“Jacked as shit”

Strike that.

jm3546 | Thunder

14 | 6 hours ago

He’s slow footed too. Two nights ago he got called for personal fouls twice (should have been more) for grabbing Chet’s jersey on cuts because he wasn’t able to keep up with him.

If he’s having trouble keeping up with Chet, he’s going to struggle against about every non-center.

divulgingwords | Thunder

6 | 7 hours ago

He looks good on a bad team. Monta Ellis special.

Kindly_Ad995

6 | 6 hours ago

realized it after seeing 22 year old Luka throwing him around the court in that series against the Suns

gloomygl | Lakers

9 | 6 hours ago

I mean Luka is really strong tho. Look at what he did to McDaniels in 2024

axecalibur | CHI

1 | 5 hours ago

You confused about an NBA champion vs a tank team stat stuffer?

You need to stop looking at regular season stats as an indicator of big game potential. Cam Johnson hasn’t played a big game in years.

Fickle_Structure_908 | Lakers

197 | 7 hours ago

There are Gabe Vincent’s everywhere if you know where to look 👀👀👀

MVPRondo | Cabo Verde

1 | an hour ago

For the contract and former praise of this dude, this is somehow worse…

_Wash | Timberwolves

127 | 7 hours ago

the consensus was never that Cam was better than MPJ. It was that the roster/cap situation was better with Cam.

The trade let them get a backup C and bring back Brown.

Bad game from him tho

No-Independence-761

50 | 7 hours ago

Go look back at the Nuggets sub as well as this subs reaction when the trade went down and then come back and tell me this

JebBush333

43 | 7 hours ago

Yea I remember most people, pundits included, saying that Cam was straight up better. The only basketball pundit I can recall that pushed back on that was Zach Lowe.

UTAustinAlum2021

45 | 7 hours ago

Some folk thought he was the better player via higher IQ and better defender and better connective passer.

Probably hasn’t panned out that way however

spiralism | Nuggets

22 | 6 hours ago

He’s definitely got a higher IQ, the average orange cat has a higher IQ than MPJ lol

In terms of being a better player though, probably hasn’t panned out indeed.

0vansTriedge

4 | 4 hours ago

Mpj was doing bone head plays last year. But he’s always been a bucket, especially now that he’s healthy. Cam being this bad this year is a surprise. I thought he’d at least be servicable

LOSS35 | Nuggets

1 | 10 minutes ago

Cam hasn’t been bad. He’s shooting 41.6% from 3.

This was 1 bad game against a Minny defense that always gives us fits.

Physical-Savings-986 | Thunder

0 | 4 hours ago

Oh so Gms are now basing their trades based on the IQ of a player?

_Wado3000 | Pelicans

9 | 6 hours ago

Cam is a better player than this but people 100% were claiming he was better than MPJ even though anyone with eyes can tell you one is way more talented than the other

latman | Nets

5 | 6 hours ago

Nah that’s not true. People thought Cam was better. They wouldn’t trade a future unprotected first otherwise

outsidehere | Lakers

90 | 6 hours ago

Don’t worry Nuggets fans. He’s going to face the Lakers soon. His shooting will be back

AbbreviationsBig395 | Warriors

5 | 3 hours ago

Why didn’t the warriors shooting come back then

:(

outsidehere | Lakers

5 | 3 hours ago

Y’all just suck dude.

GoRangers5 | Nets

84 | 7 hours ago

Everyone blasted that trade, Sean Marks is a certified G.

Jarxzz | United States

19 | 5 hours ago

Podcasters were pretending Cam Johnson was straight up better than MPJ lol

GoRangers5 | Nets

11 | 4 hours ago

Just wait until we flip MPJ’s expiring for more assets this summer, people are going write books about the Kevin Durant trade tree.

Bigbadbellybug | Nets

3 | 5 hours ago

Couldn’t agree more

Sp_Gamer_Live | Timberwolves

56 | 7 hours ago

#YOU JUST GOT BONE’D

pwningnoobslolz | Lakers

50 | 6 hours ago

Nets fleeced the nuggets

No-Independence-761

53 | 6 hours ago

A potential post Jokic unprotected first and got the better player. Incredible deal for them.

ShowdownValue

-6 | 6 hours ago

Waaaay too early for that.

SockVonPuppet

24 | 7 hours ago

There was not consensus that he could be an improvement over MPJ. It was a cap flexibility move.

No-Independence-761

25 | 7 hours ago

People changed their tunes once MPJ put up 25 a game in BKN, but feel free to check the posts in the nuggets sub and over here to see what people were saying in the summer.

MoooonRiverrrr

3 | 5 hours ago

It was and still is a good trade. There are several “thank you MPJ” threads. We don’t get Valanciunas or have nearly the money for Braun or potentially Watson if we have MPJ. And I know you know this.

Cam is probably not gonna work out for this team, but it’s not like we don’t have options once Watson and AG are back. Hell Strawther is even playing better now that’s he’s moved down on the depth chart and isn’t forced to be the only microwave scorer coming off the bench.

No-Control1299

3 | 6 hours ago

Didn’t take much thinking to know MPJ and the Nuggets needed a change AND believe he’d score highly in Brooklyn like what.

TheKnightThatSaysRee | Nuggets

-2 | 7 hours ago

How much is this just Brooklyn being a low pressure environment though? You don’t really have any expectations and can do whatever.

Batman_in_hiding | Nets

22 | 6 hours ago

Cam Johnson never put up stats for us tho

MolingHard | Nets

7 | 6 hours ago

I mean he’s also the bonafide first option (and getting defended as such) and the Nets playmakers are all late first round rookies

He definitely has less pressure and no expectations, but so do all tanking teams, and yet there are not a lot of efficient 25 ppg players on those teams…

Also, these issues with Cam J was very apparent with the Nets (ie not a good a defender as advertised and absolutely wilted whenever games got close)

Cam would hit every single open 3 in blowouts, but absolutely brick big momentum shots (to the benefit of the tank)

SockVonPuppet

-2 | 7 hours ago

I was here during the trade, so I don’t need to revisit this sub.

I was also here before the trade when it was clear that the Nuggets were shopping MPJ for contract reasons.

I don’t visit team subs, so I’ll believe you there.

latman | Nets

5 | 6 hours ago

Everyone thought Cam was the better all around player

tulaero23 | Timberwolves

2 | 5 hours ago

I think there was a lot of talk that he will be a better compliment cause he plays better defense. However, he is just ass hahaha

prettymuthafucka | Wizards

20 | 6 hours ago

These posts so unnecessary. Reddit loves to hate and be negative

The-Gift-of-God

10 | 6 hours ago

Scam Johnson is trash

Kvsav57

11 | 7 hours ago

Nobody thought he was a massive upgrade who knows anything about basketball. Where was that? The idea was that he’d maintain the three point shooting (he’s shooting a better percentage than MPJ), he’d be better than MPJ on defense (he is), and that his contract was better and would help keep the Nuggets out of the second apron and able to pick up other people (they did).

alchemists_dream | Nuggets

6 | 5 hours ago

This is it. The “massive upgrade” was just getting off of mpjs contract. I love MPJ but that wasn’t right for this team.

sirquarmy | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

Literally this!

Historical_Wind_9390

9 | 7 hours ago

If not for the Luka trade, the MPJ for Cam might be the worst. Cam looks so lost it’s crazy

cirrxs12 | Spurs

6 | 6 hours ago

Sacramento trading their franchise player for Lavine & not getting one of our young guys is worse than the MPJ trade (from Sacs side)

delamerica93 | Kings

2 | 4 hours ago

I mean it’s basically the same thing you guys did with Kawhi and DeRozan

FlamingoBackflip

8 | 6 hours ago

Damn, almost everyone (including me) thought Cam Johnson would be a huge upgrade from MPJ, but it feels like MPJ stole his powers because he’s playing great while Cam Johnson doesn’t seem to be improving or reaching his potential! The nuggets (and really any team) could 100% use a Micheal Porter Jr right now

FlyChigga | Celtics

10 | 5 hours ago

Real ones always knew MPJ was better

Available_Travel_581

4 | 4 hours ago

Non issue. The point was always cap flexibility

heat_fan_ | Raptors

6 | 7 hours ago

Cam for MPJ was a terrible trade

SydneyPhoenix

2 | 5 hours ago

Because that was never the trade justification.

It was MPJ for Cam and the roster flexibility.

They added Cam, Valanciunas, extended Braun and have two mini exceptions still available to them

They didn’t trade MPJ because they wanted to, he was a cap casualty and the Nuggets did pretty good considering their hand was forced

Tight_Ad2788

6 | 4 hours ago

Idk man is still coming off an injury, def was looking rough but I’d give the guy more than 10 games to get his feet under him

Resident_Durian_478 | Spurs

6 | 6 hours ago

With cam playing like this, no way they make it far in the playoffs

nak214

4 | 7 hours ago

Honestly fuck this guy

-WaterIsGreat- | Raptors

3 | 6 hours ago

Nuggets need Gordon and Braun back badly

dreamweaver7x | Spurs

6 | 5 hours ago

Braun’s been back for several games now.

-WaterIsGreat- | Raptors

4 | 5 hours ago

damn im a casual i didnt even notice

MoooonRiverrrr

3 | 6 hours ago

Brother do I have news for you

_evolkybbuhc | Timberwolves

3 | 7 hours ago

Imagine if they did like cam Johnson, a 2032 first for that Micheal porter jr guy tearing it up in BNK? They could win a ring wit Him

FingerLickingticklin

2 | 6 hours ago

Hahaha, I had two Nuggets journalists come after me before the season started for challenging their hot takes that Cam was the missing piece. Not gonna lie this is pretty satisfying.

CurrentRoster

2 | 5 hours ago

r/nba would wish ill on you if you thought a straight player swap of MPJ for “Brooklyn’s other Cam” was blasphemy

CoachLee_ | Rockets

1 | 5 hours ago

Downvoted into oblivion for saying it lol

Historical_Doubt1949

2 | 5 hours ago

Yeah people are constantly fooled by players putting up big numbers on a bad team, its the same with MPJ this year and everyone thinking he was worth 2 frps in a trade when it cost denver a 1st to salary dump him this summer. It was always a downgrade and Denver knew it but they ha e a cheap owner that refuses to pay the tax. Name a player that put up good numbers on a bad team and then was traded to a contender and where not a disappointment.

L1teEmUp

1 | 5 hours ago

Kuzma 😅

He was “lighting” it up with wizards if i recall, and now he is Snell 2.0 for the Bucks 😁

Historical_Doubt1949

1 | 4 hours ago

Yeah i guess bucks fans are happy with kuzma, but looking at his stats they are down across the board with similar efficiency and advanced stats which are both not very good so I am not really sure why bucks fans are amhappy with him, but I have not watched the bucks play this year.

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1 | 7 hours ago

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TheKnightThatSaysRee | Nuggets

1 | 7 hours ago

Dude might be in his head at this point. His body language is awful right now.

tippitytoppitytoop

1 | 7 hours ago

Maybe rubbed off of Ayton.

Old_Supermarket_7575 | Thunder

1 | 7 hours ago

Yikes

Spiritual-Bobcat5635

1 | 7 hours ago

That is a straight yikes statline

Appropriate_Book_591

1 | 6 hours ago

We’re analytics people in love and hyping him up? Even when he was on the Suns he got hyped up but always seemed like just another guy, he can have a decent game but not someone to rely on.

zizu90210

1 | 6 hours ago

Porter trade and throwing away westbrook completely closed denvers window. Insane mismanagement

pericles123 | Cavaliers

2 | 6 hours ago

Their window is hardly closed and losing Porter is sort of addition by subtraction that allowed them to get some additional depth like bringing Brown back

zizu90210

1 | 4 hours ago

Bruce brown is about 5 times worse than russ right now. Its over

pericles123 | Cavaliers

1 | 4 hours ago

it wasn’t just about 1 person, stop it

ChristianLesniak | Nuggets

1 | 6 hours ago

Cam started the season playing booty, but he was starting to gel in December, and then he got hurt. The Nuggets are a mess with schemes and cohesion right now. He’s not looking good, but I can he see him figuring it out.

Firmala | Suns

1 | 6 hours ago

Perhaps he can get back to Phoenix on a vet minimum.

Maybe. Hopefully.

CoachLee_ | Rockets

1 | 5 hours ago

All the people saying cam Johnson iq made him better for the team than mpj, where yall at? Was the stupidest argument out.

PlasticSprinkles4677

1 | 5 hours ago

You know what, after the first month I was giving the guy a pass. But holy fuck the guy cannot help the team

Tsunami-Papi_ | Suns

1 | 5 hours ago

he’s also not clutch at all

ajsantos21 | Lakers

1 | 5 hours ago

Surely they try to move him in the summer. That’s Watson’s spot now

HipnotiK1 | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

I think people saying he was a huge upgrade was more about his fit and being able to play his role better than MPJ did. Not that he was actually that much better of a player.

Also the overblown idea that any and everyone is going to be so much better playing with Jokic.

r_lul_chef_t | Nuggets

1 | 5 hours ago

Nobody with actual ball knowledge claimed he was a massive upgrade. You have to consider the contracts and other moves this allowed the Nuggets to make, comparing them 1 to 1 was, is, and always will be lazy and shitty analysis. Not saying all together we have a better team but Cam could have been injured for the whole year and we would still be deeper than last year all stemming from this roster move

WzrdKelly10 | Hawks

1 | 4 hours ago

Those podcast clips of Cam talking hoops on a smarter level really made some people think he was better than MPJ lmao

gdirrty216

1 | 4 hours ago

Dude need to spend more time with a sports psychologist than doing his podcast

plsgankm1d

1 | 3 hours ago

How tf you get 0 points when you are a starter that plays with a pass first supertsar like Jokic

NotTheMamba | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Can he still defend? What happened to this guy 🥲

matty25

1 | 2 hours ago

Who said he was a massive upgrade? He just made less salary which allowed them to sign THJ, Jonas and Bruce Brown. Cam sucks but I still think it was a good move.

OMJuwara | Nets

1 | an hour ago

Hey Bill Simmons, I thought Cam Johnson was a massive upgrade over MPJ?

I like CJ alot though, this isn’t a shot at him

edkishinevsky

1 | an hour ago

Bb and thj are on minimus. He did us no favors. Btw, we also traded a first round pick for this loser

tythousand

1 | an hour ago

Who said he was a massive upgrade?

ComoEstanBitches | Lakers

1 | 13 minutes ago

So glad someone else said this. People kept saying it was an early season adjustment but this guy never looked like a good replacement considering their championship window

BisonWorth9910 | Thunder

0 | 7 hours ago

Oof

Icy_Rich_6076

0 | 5 hours ago

That is typically how many times MPJ would do that in a playoff series healthy or not. Cam’s issue is he’s too skilled too pass out of his attacks. Braun is worse at most things than him, but still gets more consistent numbers because he’s willing to throw his body into people.

Cam has like reverse Ben Simmons syndrome. Will shoot 3s but scared to do anything else offensively. Nuggets need more guys that aren’t afraid to look off Jokic and Murray to attack. They used to have too many, now they don’t have any besides the guys who are injured

DiscombobulatedEmu5

-2 | 6 hours ago

i thought jokic made his teammates better

azzadruiz | Nuggets

3 | 6 hours ago

You’re obsessed it’s kinda cute

Cam Johnson after 23 minutes against the Wolves - 0/4/3 on 0-6 from the field