Mike-XL

89 | 6 hours ago

That’s a big loss for Denver. They’ve been snake bitten all year with injuries.

pdpdpdpdpdpdpdpd | Raptors

29 | 6 hours ago

actually insane, murray somehow stayed healthy all season but the other starting four plus watson all took turns being out for long periods. crazy that they still got the 3rd seed in spite of that

Frosty-Roof3124

16 | 6 hours ago

Yep. 10+ players have missed extended time with injury for them this season

Evilfart123 | 76ers

-9 | 6 hours ago

Wouldn’t they be about league average in that regard? There aren’t too many metrics to look at that type of data but Spotrac has an injury list tracker by salary and numbers of injuries and they have Nuggets at 20.

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

16 | 6 hours ago

I know it’s kind of your thing to go into Nuggets threads and try to downplay them for some weird reason, but this was definitely not an average season of injuries. It was pretty ridiculous at times

HellenicHedge34 | Bucks

8 | 5 hours ago

Pretty sure they just mean average relative to the rest of the league. The Celtics missed Tatum for most of the season, the Thunder missed Jalen Williams for most of the season, Philly missed Embiid and PG for most of the season, Houston missed Adams and Vanvleet for most of the season, Indiana missed Hali the entire season, the Warriors missed Butler most of the season, etc.

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

1 | 5 hours ago

Yeah I agree those are impactful due to the caliber of player. The main thing that makes ours ‘ridiculous’ in my mind is that it was so many players out for extended periods of time.

You can more easily understand one or two big players getting hurt, because that shit happens. But when 10+ players miss extended time you’re just like…. wtf

Evilfart123 | 76ers

-3 | 5 hours ago

26 teams had more players lost throughout the season according to Spotrac….

Evilfart123 | 76ers

-8 | 5 hours ago

I’m not downplaying injuries… I’m just trying to quantify them. According to Spotrac, the Nuggets were around middle of the pack in total salary lost to injury (~$37M, ~20th). Obviously that doesn’t capture impact perfectly, but it suggests they weren’t among the most heavily affected teams overall.

Heres the full list:

MEM – 22

CHI – 22

WAS – 21

MIN – 21

SAC – 19

IND – 18

DAL – 18

GSW – 18

ATL – 18

CLE – 17

UTA – 17

PHI – 17

CHA – 17

BKN – 17

OKC – 16

LAC – 16

TOR – 16

MIL – 15

PHX – 15

POR – 14

MIA – 14

BOS – 14

NOP – 14

SAS – 13

ORL – 13

DEN – 13

NYK – 13

DET – 13

HOU – 13

LAL – 11

Frosty-Roof3124

7 | 4 hours ago

I’m sorry this list literally can’t be right. Minnesota was maybe the healthiest team all season and it has them as the fourth most injured team?

Vanvleet missed 82 games for Houston and Adams missed ≈50 games and they were the second healthiest?

How is this calculated? Do you have the right year?

Evilfart123 | 76ers

-2 | 4 hours ago

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/injured/_/year/2025/team/den/view/summary

Frosty-Roof3124

4 | 4 hours ago

Yeah i’m not sure this is the right year.

It also is not a good way to calculate it because contracts ≠ production

crispydenvernuggets | Nuggets

3 | 4 hours ago

Is this 25-26 or 24-25?

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

2 | 5 hours ago

It’s hilarious to me that you’re pretending to be genuine right now. Just lean into your schtick

Evilfart123 | 76ers

-3 | 4 hours ago

Brother what, I was talking about Spotrac with my original comment… Literally talking about a metric.

BenBRob5

2 | 3 hours ago

How about we talk about games not played by starters and figure out how much roster reconfiguration hurt teams? That seems a hell of a lot more valuable than whatever this is.

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

2 | 4 hours ago

yes I’m sure you’re putting on a good front for people who don’t see you in Nuggets/Jokic threads over the years purely being toxic. some might not understand that when it comes to this, there is no reason to take you seriously or earnestly.

So that’s why it’s funny to me that you’re pretending to be genuine, because we both know you just want to hate for some weirdo reason

Evilfart123 | 76ers

-1 | 4 hours ago

I haven’t commented in a Nuggets thread for months

Mike-XL

1 | 3 hours ago

Peyton Watson makes 4 million dollars this year. I’m sure this skews the model somewhat. Most teams 3rd or 4th best player aren’t on a rookie deal.

Frosty-Roof3124

5 | 6 hours ago

Not sure how Spotrac calculates it.

I saw a list for WAR lost to injury and Denver was top 5. I can’t find it though unfortunately

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

39 | 6 hours ago

We’ve been without Watson for most of the time when we were turning things around too. He will be missed absolutely but he is not the difference between us beating the Wolves or not.

BasketballScout101

1 | 6 hours ago

Didn’t they have a stretch when everyone was healthy for a moment they actually struggled to reintegrate everyone…

Watson injury hurts but idk it’s still denver, id be picking them over Minnesota everytime but it’ll go 6-7 I’m sure

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

1 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, a lot of players were rusty. Very first game we got AG back I think he literally went for 3 points on ¹⁄₆ or something. Later Watson came back for like 2-3 games or something, had a good one and two more rough ones then gone again. At least the starting five have been able to get into a groove lately but the bench has been in hell with Spencer Jones and Watson both missing a lot of time near the end of the season.

BenBRob5

30 | 6 hours ago

All of our starters besides Jamal missed a month or more this year. This is just dumb.

BenBRob5

7 | 6 hours ago

I’ve been critical of Adelman, but it’s not like he’s had a stable roster to coach.

ThatTedDudeGuy24

1 | 37 minutes ago

He just plays 4 guard lineups way too much and they never work. He needs to play zeke more

guacdoc24 | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Us too expect Deandre 😂

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13 | 6 hours ago

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SheriffHarryBawls

3 | 6 hours ago

Nuggets owner is too cheap

Huhsayitagain2x | Spurs

7 | 6 hours ago

Let’s see if Mr 100ms step up

MJRuinedMyChildhood | Charlotte Bobcats

3 | 3 hours ago

He’s much better than Watson so that won’t be an issue

Huhsayitagain2x | Spurs

-1 | 3 hours ago

Ehhhh

chris-dempsey |

1 | 6 hours ago

Who dis?

Huhsayitagain2x | Spurs

6 | 5 hours ago

Mr $125ms himself Christian Braun

jonsnowKITN

5 | 6 hours ago

timestamp?

Frosty-Roof3124

3 | 6 hours ago

35:10

TheMoonWasBlue

3 | 5 hours ago

Fact also is that Watson is heading into big contract negotiations this off-season.

He’s not trying to be negotiating after finishing the season injured.

I think he’s going to want to thread the needle of making sure he’s healed and still coming back to show an impact in games. If his team thinks the Nuggets can make it by Minnesota without him, I’m sure they’ll rest and play him round 2.

lets_talk_basketball

6 | 5 hours ago

Deepest team Jokers ever had and its been riddled with injury

Slight_Indication123

3 | 6 hours ago

Tired of these injuries ruining my Denver nuggets

Seany140000 | Lakers

1 | 6 hours ago

damn

ChilledGopher

1 | 6 hours ago

Honestly this might be better than him playing hampered or reinjuring. I expect Strawther will absorb some of his minutes, thought not for defensive possessions obviously.

siggyjack | Nuggets Bandwagon

1 | 2 hours ago

If the Nuggets can make it to the WCF then they’ll need him. I think they can beat the Wolves and Spurs without him

Think_Monk_9879

-15 | 6 hours ago

Don’t wanna hear no excuses from Denver fans. Y’all wanted the hardest road. Time to show out

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

9 | 6 hours ago

What does that even mean? “The hardest road” what do you even want the nuggets to do? Have all the starters be out with injuries and then get the bench to win the whole thing?

Think_Monk_9879

-15 | 6 hours ago

A lot of nugget fans were insecure about their title run being called soft do they want the hardest road. Having to beat spurs, okc, and your pick of the top of the east to prove the haters and doubters wrong. Losing a player like Watson is just adding to the hardest road narrative

fisheggsoup | Jazz

9 | 5 hours ago

Most Nuggets fans wouldn’t care about how it happened because they won by beating whoever was in front of them, the same as every champion before or since.

Who even is your message for, select Nuggets fans who hurt or aggravated you?

skipaBturner | Nuggets

7 | 4 hours ago

i’m not directing this at you, but I do find it annoying that people forget that in the 2023 run, Phoenix were favoured to beat Denver in round 2, and in round 3 against the Lakers it was considered a toss up between who would have won that round. It wasn’t considered a cake walk until Nuggets cake walked

Mrcoolstuff09

5 | 5 hours ago

They beat Ant, LeBron and AD, KD and Jimmy Butler on their way to a title. I guess those guys are all soft?

sanjit8103 | Nuggets

2 | 4 hours ago

Don’t forget Bam “83” Adebayo

Askesl | Nuggets

1 | an hour ago

And Nuggets only lost 4 games in that title run

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

2 | 3 hours ago

Most Nuggets fans are not insecure about that, it’s just that people who want to hate keep on saying it lol. But it’s like a kid calling you a poopyhead.

However one day you’ll realize that people are gonna hate if they want to, no matter what. So it doesn’t really matter even if we walk “a harder road”, it’ll just be some other random thing instead

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

1 | an hour ago

No fan of a team ever wants a harder playoff series just so they can get bragging rights if they win the series. Maybe a team that’s won several championships in a row and a ton in their lifetime will just because they’ve won so much they’re tired of winning. In all other cases though, I guarantee 95% of fans just want whatever path can lead to a championship. Nobody actually cares how you get there. A ring is a ring.

Frosty-Roof3124

6 | 6 hours ago

What would an injury have to do with the hardest road?

HB3187 | Nuggets

5 | 5 hours ago

Lol peak reddit

Not caring about matchups=/= wanting players injured

Genericthrowaw4y | Thunder

-17 | 6 hours ago

GG denver. Spurs - Minnesota 2nd round

crispydenvernuggets | Nuggets

9 | 6 hours ago

Something something lowest educated state

Genericthrowaw4y | Thunder

-13 | 6 hours ago

Something something nuggets will never win a championship again

crispydenvernuggets | Nuggets

5 | 6 hours ago

“Never say never” - Justin Bieber

w4tchitpal | Nuggets

8 | 6 hours ago

That’s a spicy take, thinking PWatt is the deciding factor in this series

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

1 | 6 hours ago

Peyton Watson is ball

BenBRob5

3 | 6 hours ago

lol

Thehelloman0 | Spurs

3 | 6 hours ago

As long as Jokic and at least one of Gordon and Murray are available they have a shot against most teams

jonsnowKITN

2 | 6 hours ago

I’m sure you would love that wouldn’t you

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

1 | 6 hours ago

You should root for Nuggets. I think Spurs may be your kryptonite, so you’d want Nuggets to take care of them for you.

[Mares] Peyton Watson is likely out for the whole series vs. Minnesota