Aaron Gordon’s defense on Wemby towards the end of the game
Clearly AG’s defense was the difference maker tonight, and completely shut down the Spurs when it counted. Dude is now 1-0 after doing a pregame interview with Taylor Rooks
Correct. AG turns the Nuggets from an above average team to contender.
Also, the only cover that works against wemby is a big physical guy with great foot speed and athleticism. You cant block his shot, but you can crowd his body and push him off his spot.
Yup. Same reason Randle ended up taking his lunch money
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… what. His comment is talk abt Wemby, not Jokic. Randle had him in hell in 1 of the games we played them.
Bros tripping
Lmao. You triggered him.
What?
Yeah AG is a core piece for this team and a defensive anchor for this team. Really underrated imo
ofc thunder fan knows true power of AG. he commin for you
Ive seen it before first hand, lol.
he’s so good
dream player in this Thunder system
any system ngl. maybe a brief transition period but i love him and fully believe he’d thrive anywhere
AG is the most impressive “athletic monster to highly skilled contributor” I’ve seen since Blake Griffin when he went to Detroit.
Except AG didn’t even have to do it due to age and injury, he just switched his game up entirely to adapt. Beast.
Idk that AG -> Detroit BG is an appropriate comparison, Detroit Blake was a legit top-10 player in the NBA. Gordon is fantastic but is an elite role player; entirely different types of player
It’s a not a 1:1 comparison, I’m talking about people switching up their playing styles.
Blake is actually super unique there, that’s where the comparison goes wrong, because that man went from shooting no 3s to shooting a lot of 3s, he straddles two separate generations entirely.
My point was as simple as it seems, super athletes, dunk monsters, who are actually more fundamentally skilled than people think, more versatile, but just need a shot to show it.
Blake put the Pistons on his back and took them to the playoffs. Aaron Gordon is similarly talented but has embraced his role.
One of my favorite players these days, the way he’s completely reinvented his playstyle multiple times is so fucking impressive, guy is easily an all star level player
Gordon is an elite clutch player. Both defensively and offensively.
He’s like the Derrick White of the Nuggets, the guy who turns a very good team into an elite team.
I know this is probably an unpopular take but I think he’s better than Derrick White and is the best role player in the league straight up. Fairly confident Derrick White’s shooting is an outlier this season so I won’t criticize him too much for that but Gordon’s athleticism and paint defense puts him over White for me.
Derrick White is an excellent guard, but AG can guard bigs which is a huge difference between them.
The thing about White is the Celtics are mediocre when he’s off the floor and he’s the only Celtic who that’s true for.
Real homies know that AG is the true #2 most important Nug, no disrespect to Murray who’s also great
Everybody calls these kinds of players “role players” but what does that even mean when they do literally everything well? I feel like role player used to have an actual meaning, players who come in and have a pretty specific thing they’re good at and asked to do. Players like Derrick white and Aaron gordon are legitimate stars who can be the best overall player for at least occasional singular games.
Complimentary piece on the offense, not a primary initiator, handler or scorer.
Great comparison! Different play styles but both are elite glue guys that open up the game for the stars on the team. As a Buffs and Nuggets love both of them!
mr nugget for a reason, he keeps us together defensively and in the clutch
AG is the difference-maker for the Nuggets period. I’ve always had high praise of him, but after this game, I’d say he’s the most valuable non-star in the league.
Him or White
AG is more valuable and at the same time less celebrated
One of my favorite players, because he has added so much to his game, very hardworking player imo.
but health has become a worry I think and he’s not that young anymore to recover fast.
Completely locked up Fox then got the stop on Wemby on back to back possessions
He is so good man
He plays the important possessions like his life depends on them.
One of the most clutch players in the league.
All of the “do we need to worry about Denver” conversations for 3 months were so fucking stupid.
Like, yes, obviously if they don’t have Gordon, we need to worry about them. And obviously if they do have him, they’re still amazing, because he’s incredible. So why are we trying to draw these big conclusions about the team based on games he wasn’t playing?
AG is a clutch time demon we know this first hand he is a stone cold killer
AARON GORDON is the most important player on the nuggets ngl
2nd because Jokic is just that good but he is their defense
I’d also like to point out how good Jokic can be on defense when he puts the effort in during big games
He was definitely hurting during the game too. Just shut him down for the week. Don’t want to see until the thunder game at the least. Need Watson back ASAP too
Yeah, AG must be kept healthy now. Its a different ball game with him in the playoffs
Nuggets are 25-9 when he plays and 25-19 without him. He also leads the team in On rating with +13
Gordon is our X-Factor.
This is why the Nuggets hopes rest on AG’s legs staying healthy. Without Jokic it isn’t feasible. But without AG it is really damn unlikely even with Jokic.
AG is the boogie man of the NBA. Argue with a wall, that is a bad bad man
Unbelievable fierce D wemby had no answer. At least he doesn’t just go flopping like SGA.
I agree he has a very fierce D
Rent free
Best win of the season and all you can do is talk about SGA lololol
Because jokic deserves the mvp over him
Should have tried to show that vs shai then lol
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Ya it does really grind my gears he does that and gets away with it. Its not a secret only okc fans think its positive.
Wemby shot 18 free throws this game
Most of them were legit fould. Except when he hit jokic in the face ahd got 3 free throws and the ball. Wtf was that.
Lmao everyone who shoots a lot of free throws gets them fairly. Except SGA of course!
The nuggets were fouling him a lot as a strategy
Wemny gets hacked and actually tries to hit the shot sga just flops
SGA doesn’t get and 1’s at all. You’re right bro. He hasn’t been one of the top in the league in drives the past couple of years as well
Wemby flops as well though
Not even close to SGA levels of Emmy worthy acting. SGA is embarrassing to watch in front of my friends who dont follow the NBA. It makes the whole league look bad.
Nah bro don’t you get it only SGA flops. He invented flopping
He relies on flopping or his game wouldn’t work. He would still be good, maybe 2nd 3rd team.all nba. Flopping is in his plan every night.
Jdub take notes please
Jokic also played some really great defense but AG was the deciding factor
It looked like he aggravated his hammy earlier in the game again and somehow he just shook it off and had two game saving defensive possessions. He’s so fucking good
AG is the second most important player on the Denver Nuggets and has been for a very long time. No disrespect to Jamal at all, but Gordon is the ultimate Jack of all trades type guy
It’s interesting that OKC employs a similar strategy where we have JDub and Caruso guarding Wemby and the centers (Jokic/Chet) can stay home at the rim and help as needed.
Obv Wemby is great, but I think having quick, strong wings guarding Wemby is gonna be part of the recipe for beating the Spurs in the playoffs
It doesn’t work if Castle and Harper make their shots. So much of our run post ASB is because those guys are just making 3 after 3. Fox hitting anything would also help.
Fox, Castle and Keldon combined to go 0-16 from 3 today.
Coming into today Castle had been shooting 40% since Feb 1 and Keldon 38%.
If they shoot 13% from 3 today instead of 0 it’s a comfortable win.
if there is justice in the world AG will make the hall of fame hes Shawn Marion except he wasnt an emotional wreck worried about his shot attempts and actually won
Nugget team is diff when Aaron Gordon is playing, with out him they are a mid team.
I’d beat 3 Jon Jones if Taylor Rooks waved at me
aaron gordon is hot
He is unbelievably important because it’s literally him and Watson are the only 2 good defensive players on the roster. Guys like Braun, Johnson, jones etc are all just ok defensively in some matchups they can handle very well others simply outmatched. So much is on gordon and Watson as individual defensive anchors
Obviously Joker is their best player, but AG is the linchpin to their championship hopes
JDUB on Wemby. Bet.
Didn’t hear you the first time
Keep copypasta the same comment in every thread. Rent free.
Wemby is not hard to guard but AG should win a all defensive nod once in his career