SplitOk186

572 | 4 hours ago

I would say Gordon is catching strays here but he wasn’t really good today either lmao

Denver really only got stops when the Wolves did something dumb which was quite often tbf

livefreeordont | 76ers

128 | 4 hours ago

Gordon isn’t protecting the rim for Jokic like he used to. Too banged up that hamstring takes forever to recover just ask Harden and CP3

survivaltactics2

88 | 4 hours ago

what an embarassing sentence, imagine being a 7 foot 280 center and needing a 6’8 240 forward to protect the rim for you since you are a free layup everytime

FlipMoBitch | Bucks

90 | 4 hours ago

Ya see the problem with the nuggets defense is that Aaron Gordon isn’t Ben Wallace

royalewlthcheese | Australia

65 | 4 hours ago

For real.

No one is denying Jokic is a generational offensive talent, but man he is an awful rim defender.

But box score watchers are oblivious to this and just froth over his PRA numbers

FitTune5515 | Supersonics

30 | 4 hours ago

No he isn’t don’t you look at the analytics? Ben Taylor and Zach Lowe also call him a great defender! Those DBPM numbers are amazing

gedbybee | Spurs

16 | 3 hours ago

You can be good at positioning and passing lane defense while being bad individually at the rim due to athleticism. He can also be good with his hands like Duncan was at getting below the rim stuff. Jokic isn’t Duncan level good at that, but he’s decent. Not as bad as the sub says.

nixhomunculus

5 | 2 hours ago

I agree with this but it also shows how styles clash. Nuggets defence now is simply weak against any team that is reasonably athletic. The only way to win is to out score the opposition.

gedbybee | Spurs

4 | 2 hours ago

That’s the loss of Gordon as an elite defender. That was his role on the team. Now Gordon can score better, but lacks the elite athleticism that would have let him stay with ant better and rotate for defensive help.

weenuto

3 | an hour ago

The best way I would put is he’s subpar. He’s described as if he was atrocious because that’s the way NBA narrative works (also he was worse at the start of his career and got better over the years, but narrative didn’t catch up, as the norm in the NBA), but he’s actually more like below average (but with some aspects he understand well to at least avoid being as bad as the narrative), not an actual Trae Young center out there.

Issue is, center is the most important defensive position. Than It might even be the centers again in second and the power forwards in third. The shots at the rim are the most valuable at the game. The average shot at the rim has a better efg% than the average 3, and you also get fouled and to the line way more at the rim. The biggest value of the 3 is to spread the defenders to open the lane for the layups (and dunks). And a NBA level tall and decently mobile mf below the basket has generally been the best way to affects those shots at the rim (or a tall and decently mobile mf at any other level). No wonder the DPOY is dominated by centers and power forwards.

That’s why a center has to make more impacts in other areas If he’s not that impactful (or below average, or bad) as a defender, and harder to compensate as a team defensive construction than hiding the usual bad defensive guard that’s the norm in the league. But we’re talking of a all time great in Jokic, he’s usually been more than fine in making ways for his defensive limitations in his career.

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | 44 minutes ago

Teams usually combat weak defensive centers with good perimeter defense.

The nuggets previously did that with Murray, Bruce brown, kcp, and Gordon.

I still don’t think the nuggets have that level of perimeter defenders on the team. Unclear if Gordon will ever get back to that.

I think the hope was cam Johnson could be good enough, but I think they miss mpj all around. Unclear to me if the addition of Bruce brown and thj are enough to offset the loss of mpj on the boards and from 3 in the playoffs.

In the regular season it does make a huge difference but the role players play less in the playoffs.

weenuto

1 | 14 minutes ago

The shooting of MPJ might be missing, even more with Braun shooting as bad as he’s been. But honestly, with how the injuries been for the Nuggets this season, It would be hard to make a judgement. Even If they’d lose this series, I’d think the most they should do would be some sort of run It back. Of course, you’re always looking to improve on the margins, and there’s things to look for, as who knows If Valanciunas will want to stay in the league, THJr outplayed his contracts, BB was decent, but not as effective as in the title team, there’s how much CamJo and Braun did for their contracts (but how realistic It is you properly improve there if you move any of them at a low value ?)…

Nearly everybody there got enough knocks not just to be below their average, but also to not be able to really have the proper time to build the best team connectivity. Not like they look disfunctional like the Rockets, just that they spent too much time missing too many players instead of knowing how to using their whole arsenal together.

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | 9 minutes ago

Completely agree. I think a Klay Thompson would be a good fit. He’d thrive with jokic passing.

sorakaisthegoat | Supersonics

1 | 13 minutes ago

You can also watch games and see that they weren’t really scoring on Jokic all that much but that’s too much work when you can just run with the narrative of him being a bad defender.

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | 9 minutes ago

Yup. That’s why the advance stats say he’s a good defender.z

immolxte

1 | an hour ago

Those guys never call him that, lets not go overboard.

TippyTripod1040 | Lakers

1 | 27 minutes ago

Zach Lowe definitely does not say this outside of his defensive rebounding

survivaltactics2

17 | 4 hours ago

its so bad, ant on a bum knee is getting free rim finishes on jokic

HugeZookeepergame815

3 | 2 hours ago

And with no knees is still quicker, more athletic and explosive than jokic , literally no centre is stopping ant in the open floor. Thats why good point of attack defenders are so important to stop the long drives to the basket thats why denver has their most successful defence with KCP because he helped actually stop drives to begin with

mynameisatari | Nuggets

0 | an hour ago

Awful rim defender who is the top rebounder in the league. Most of it is defensive rebounds… His skills and intelligence in positioning do most of the work. If this wasn’t the case all the other teams big guys would have a field day with him, yet they somehow don’t. And stats show that.

He is not aggressive like some, he is just making them take bad shots and puts them off. Only because he is not flashy, people don’t see that.

royalewlthcheese | Australia

1 | 28 minutes ago

Rebounding isn’t indicative of a good defender… Sabonis led the league in rebounding for 3 straight years and he is an awful rim protector. Drummond was also never known for his defense.

Like you said, Jokic’s biggest strengths on defense is his astute knowledge of the other teams offensive schemes and plays, and his ability to read the passing lanes, which often leads to him being in the right spots.

He’s also very beefy so it’s hard for even for other bigs to just feast on him and simply “post him up”.

He’s awful when it comes to stopping a guy who’s driving in, they can get to the rim with ease when he is the guy in the paint. He can barely jump. Defensive Analytics are a ruse sometimes, a simple eye test shows you how vulnerable Jokic is as a defender when he has to protect the rim

WinterCareful8525

3 | 4 hours ago

Gordon knew what his job was when he got there. Mf couldn’t hit a three to save his life. Give and take.

HugeZookeepergame815

3 | 2 hours ago

I mean jokics genetics all went on him being 6’11 , he has zero vertical , and likely the slowest lateral movement in the nba, it’s basically always gonna be an uphill battle for him to defend well unless someone is right under the basket already

LazeyOne

1 | 21 minutes ago

off topic but aint no way gordon’s ass is just 240. Thats old listing. He must be like 255+ atleast. Bronny is 6ft 2 and weighs 220. Gordon is heavy.

Worldly_Safety_455

1 | 7 minutes ago

Wouldn’t say it’s embarrassing for him to have only one flaw as a player, largely due to his vertical which is out of his control. I guess he could drop tons of weight, but he uses it to push guys around so he’d sacrifice too much elsewhere. Also, he isn’t getting moved in the paint and leads the league in rebounds. Obviously you’re taking him over Gobert can protect the rim but can’t pass, shoot, score (1-4 shooting and 2 points in the last game), or do anything else Jokic does besides rebound.

At that point it’s just a team-building thing, you have to put some defenders next to him like Luka/etc. Not as bad as having to put 4 shooters around Giannis at all times cause he can’t shoot, which led the Bucks to paying Myles Turner $30 million a year to average 5 rebounds a game at center.

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

106 | 4 hours ago

felt like they missed a lot of layups at the rim that they should’ve made. same can be said about the nuggets too tbf

Black_Velvet_Band | Timberwolves

40 | 4 hours ago

Gordon is moving slow out there. Not his fault, but he’s not a good defender until that hammy heals up.

Vicentesteb | Timberwolves

33 | 4 hours ago

Gordon is awesome, but he can’t protect the rim, guard Randle, offer help against Ant at the same time. His role is way too big on that end.

PlayInChampions | Timberwolves

15 | 4 hours ago

Yeah they need Watson. Watson is their best help defender.

SpiritFantastic4835 | Lakers

8 | 4 hours ago

How long is Watson out for does anyone know

Lykotic | Nuggets

5 | 4 hours ago

Unknown unfortunately. I think the hope is Game 5 locally but I haven’t heard much

lyinassmedia

-1 | 4 hours ago

Yeh and Randle’s physicality is wearing him out. I hated guarding physical players when I wasn’t 100 percent. Your injured leg fatigues so fast compared to when you’re healthy

Cheap-Discussion-186 | Timberwolves

29 | 4 hours ago

AG is a really really good player but he is clearly hurt, he has been off on both sides of the ball all series.

JDStraightShot2 | Knicks

17 | 4 hours ago

Even if was bad by his very high standards tonight, theres still real value in how strong he is. He’s the only nugget who made Randle work at all. Randle bullied smaller guys and blew by Jokic. Hes free eats vs Ant on switches, but in the Gordon-less minutes, both Randle and Ant were doing whatever they wanted

Affectionate-Feed885

1 | 3 hours ago

People dont understand that DRBs are a vital part of defense, it is literally where the possession switches side. Look at the early 2nd and 4th where the Wolves just gets so many second chance points. Nobody was rebounding well and it costs us. I’m not denying he’s bad at rim protection but defense is not only that you know

comp_a | Timberwolves

16 | 4 hours ago

We have always been, and continue to be, an extremely dumb team.

It’s actually rather impressive what we’ve been able to do despite that fact.

johnmadden18 | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

And you’re also a consistently bad free throw shooting team too! Yet you sometimes, like tonight, manage to overcome both at the same time even in the face of serious competition.

NazRubio | Timberwolves

9 | 4 hours ago

Been doing dumb shit in the playoffs since Memphis series 2022.

TheBigBomma | Thunder

2 | 3 hours ago

Truly your own worst enemies. Even tonight you tried to hand it to Denver.

FavaWire

5 | 4 hours ago

Aaron Gordon is a key piece for the Nuggets. He is (supposed to be) Jokic’s primary option if he cannot get his own game going. Gordon is also remembered for breakthrough plays that helped push even the Thunder to the point they were on the brink of being eliminated.

The Nuggets are a strong team, but they are manageable if one of their key parts isn’t firing.

D4nCh0

6 | 3 hours ago

Champion season, Gordon was cutting soon as the ball was going towards Jokic. Their Hi-Lo post plays were perfectly timed.

FavaWire

3 | 3 hours ago

Yes. Alas playing at such a high level can take its toll on the body eventually. To think the championship season you mentioned wasn’t even that long ago!

D4nCh0

2 | 2 hours ago

Jokic trucked a Morris twin into early retirement for a cheap shot. That NBA players can survive the regular, then postseason grinds for years. Is them being relatively gentle with each other with millions at stake.

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

3 | 4 hours ago

I don’t think Gordon is 100% coming back from his.injury. Jaden is right here.

Nuggets need Watson bad

sorakaisthegoat | Supersonics

1 | 15 minutes ago

He hasn’t been that good defensively for a while.

Numerous_Car_8358

267 | 4 hours ago

Tbf other than AG all those dudes are pretty ass at defense

Jimmy0034 | Clippers

101 | 4 hours ago

They are missing peyton watson who is a good defender

Giuseppe_exitplan | Magic

13 | an hour ago

Peyton Watson is arguably a better defender than AG now

1000Isand1 | Timberwolves

37 | 4 hours ago

Braun is good on defense but ass at offense.

Numerous_Car_8358

33 | 4 hours ago

He didn’t say Braun

Darwin343 | Minneapolis Lakers

2 | an hour ago

The American white boy is the only good defender in the starting lineup? That’s a surprise.

purplenyellowrose909 | Timberwolves

1 | 4 hours ago

It’s the inverse this series somehow

StefCika | DEN

36 | 4 hours ago

Cam Johnson has been great on D this series

claquetectonique | Kings

5 | an hour ago

Jones is also very good. PWat is a big miss tho.

revisioncloud | Thunder

11 | 4 hours ago

I’m still taking no AG slander

Leave this man alone Jaden McD

comp_a | Timberwolves

1 | 3 hours ago

It’s not about accuracy, it’s about sending a message

Beginning_Painting78 | Lakers

181 | 4 hours ago

oh boy

LightningDawgg | Timberwolves

85 | 4 hours ago

My reaction as well lmao, he’s not wrong but that’s good bulletin board material!

bellmonk | Timberwolves

42 | 4 hours ago

jayden clearly doesn’t care about giving the nuggets bulletin boards. nuggets fans were ready to put jayden in a cell with no windows for life after the 2 handed push in the last game. just like 23-24, wolves foolish self belief will have to overcome denver’s. wolves saw that first crack in the impenetrable denver armor in this game. 5 more games like this i don’t think jamahl, jokic’s, and gordon’s legs are gonna be suddenly under them in these fourth quarters.

LightningDawgg | Timberwolves

14 | 4 hours ago

Absolutely, they were scared to take joker out after wolves closed the big gap when he was on the bench. If they don’t find a lineup that works to get him more rest they could be in trouble

PlayInChampions | Timberwolves

5 | 4 hours ago

Wtf is your profile pic, shit’s crazy

LightningDawgg | Timberwolves

22 | 4 hours ago

Chris bin Finch, basketball terrorist. Mastermind of the attacks on Ball arena on ⁴⁄₂₀

mudkip-yoshii | Timberwolves

3 | 3 hours ago

He clearly didn’t do anything it was obviously done by Rudy Gobrge W (win) Buisson

r_lul_chef_t | Nuggets

2 | 3 hours ago

Definitely wrong

mojoback_ohbehave | Cavaliers

1 | 3 hours ago

The code has been cracked. And as a DEN hater , I just got even more excited for the remainder of this series.

NoAWP | Lakers

176 | 4 hours ago

Calling Jokic a bad defender this game is Jaden being polite. He was catastrophic

schoolhater12 | Raptors

52 | 4 hours ago

he was bad, but for some reason AG was the worst defensive player for the Nugget today. He got blown by Naz Reid, Ant, Randle, and Jaden again and again. Funny, considering he is the only great defender they have

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

46 | 4 hours ago

AG is strong and pretty smart, but he has lost A LOT of lateral quickness in the last 3 years, he used to be a guy that could switch onto guards, now he’s almost too slow to really stay in front of even quick wings

TrottingandHotting

15 | 4 hours ago

At his current trajectory he’s gonna be Paul Millsap thay can dunk in like 2 years

M4A1SD__ | Lakers

9 | 3 hours ago

That’s 4x all star Paul Milsap

bwrca

1 | an hour ago

Is that because he gained a bunch of weight so he can defend bugger guys and also score through lots of contact?

claquetectonique | Kings

1 | an hour ago

Fine but he can’t get his hands up to contest either? That soft and-1 (Jayden I think?) was such bad defense.

lilbodie | Timberwolves

9 | 4 hours ago

AG is perpetually banged up. Great when he’s healthy, which is rare these days.

Braun is very good defensively.

Krypterr123 | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

Hes covered too much for too long on that team. Hes outta juice.

outnothing | Timberwolves

1 | 4 hours ago

When Rudy got in foul trouble finch spammed ant/randle pnr we won’t ona crazy runnnnn

Sbrudda | Italy

0 | 3 hours ago

I wonder why he won’t win MVP!!!!!

SeriouusDeliriuum

0 | 2 hours ago

SGA deserves the award, he always shows up when it’s most valuable, but Jokic is averaging 28/13/11. He’s not going to win MVP, rightfully so, but you understand why people might make the argument he should? Why it’s not a ridiculous position?

SugarOne6038 | Timberwolves

169 | 4 hours ago

Yup, real shit. Get into the Paint they have no one

TdotGdot | Timberwolves

72 | 4 hours ago

I mean, seriously. We need to attack. It’s too bad it took 1.25 games to get there, but now we gotta keep the foot on the pedal. It’s winnable if we attack the rim, not if we get into a half court offense, 3pt shooting contest.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

43 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, that’s why it’s cope when people try to justify why Jokic is a good defender because of the analytics and because he’s good at blocking passing lanes. Ok, but can your 7 ft. main center protect the rim at all? Hell no. Bro can’t even jump most of the time. He’s food for any rim runner, and Jamal Murray can’t defend a wet paper bag

DrMarvMonror

11 | 4 hours ago

He can’t jump period. He has the worst vertical jump in recorded history by a wide margin. He can mask his lack of athleticism offensively with the sheer skill he possesses but on defense, you need physical tools to be good.

HugeZookeepergame815

3 | 2 hours ago

The lowest recorded verticals in the combine is like 23 inches, jokic didn’t go to the combine obviously but he did do a nba international combine thing and recorded a 17 inch vertical thats 6 inches lower than the WORST combine verticle. And that’s when he was like 18-19 and probably close to 50lbs lighter so id imagine he would top out at like 13 inches if he’s lucky today

FlyChigga | Celtics

2 | an hour ago

Used all 13 inches on that Gobert dunk though

xbarracuda95

2 | 4 hours ago

Bro doesn’t even try to get into position and put his hands up to offer SOME rim deterrence, never mind actually jumping to contest shots.

fairlife42g

1 | 3 hours ago

You don’t need to jump high to be a good defender you need to be in position. Tim Duncan when he was old was still elite at that.

Andy_Wiggins | Timberwolves

34 | 4 hours ago

I mean, Gordon is a very good defender still.

Cam Johnson isn’t bad either.

Jaden’s just petty, but that’s how he gets himself going.

NoAWP | Lakers

14 | 4 hours ago

I mean AG doesn’t look so good on defense this series. Not sure what the numbers say but eye test wise he doesn’t look good (Denver needs him to be elite on defense to win a ring)

makingtacosrightnow | Nuggets

2 | 4 hours ago

AG looks like fucking shit.

Gukkitwo

2 | 4 hours ago

He didn’t like that jokic beat him yesterday

divulgingwords | Thunder

2 | 3 hours ago

Cam Johnson is not a good defender….

CharlestonWhiteGOAT

4 | 4 hours ago

how could MPJ do this

survivaltactics2

1 | 4 hours ago

would be such a different story if ants knees were working, his burst is so limited right now

3nnui | Lakers

135 | 4 hours ago

I used to just love McDaniels game, now I’m just in love.

Ok-Street-2473

18 | 4 hours ago

This is so funny lol

majidLuv | Thunder

6 | 4 hours ago

Thought this said “Im just in Jaden McDaniels”

NoLimitSoldier31

3 | 3 hours ago

My guy

girlscoutcookies05 | Charlotte Bobcats

129 | 4 hours ago

this guy is hilarious. i can see why ant likes him so much

chef_iblocka | Thunder

90 | 4 hours ago

Lmfao based

Morezingis | Timberwolves

36 | 4 hours ago

Jaden fucking hates Denver. Ever since that game 7 Dunk he just takes every chance he can get to piss off their fans, I love it.

The story is their fans were saying some heinous shit to him and Ant, and he just labeled their team lifelong foes.

DrSwaggenheimer | Timberwolves

19 | 4 hours ago

He’s the crash out king.

He look at you like -_- but the whole time he got drill music or something playing internally.

urkuri | Timberwolves

9 | 4 hours ago

Yeah…:Denver and the Suns are at the top of his petty hate list lmao

Morezingis | Timberwolves

14 | 4 hours ago

He treats Devin Booker like a fucking war criminal

diddlyumpcious4 | Timberwolves

54 | 4 hours ago

It’s so nice to have a real rivalry where it actually feels like they truly hate each other. Feels way too rare in the modern NBA.

Supermoose7178 | Nuggets

-2 | 4 hours ago

i don’t think they actually hate each other tho, mcdaniels is just childish. in the game everyone was chattin it up pretty friendly esp with ant

Morezingis | Timberwolves

41 | 4 hours ago

I do think Jaden hates yall tbh.

SeriouusDeliriuum

3 | 3 hours ago

If he gets a ring he might calm down.

meistersinger | Timberwolves

21 | 4 hours ago

Jaden’s a different cat, guy shows no emotion and just seems to maintain a stone cold killer media persona.

divulgingwords | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

Jaden is who Dillon brooks wishes he was, lol.

M4A1SD__ | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Nah DB knows who he is and excels at it

Dfrmdabeach700

9 | 4 hours ago

He really hates y’all and doesn’t respect you

gerardguey | Bulls

52 | 4 hours ago

Nuggets have near-Lakers level defense, its wild its not brought up more

WhatTheRickIsDoin | Lakers

89 | 4 hours ago

How dare you, we finished an entire spot ahead of Denver in defensive rating this season

gerardguey | Bulls

21 | 3 hours ago

thats even worse, you wouldnt know it from media narratives lmao

JaderMcDanersStan | Timberwolves

34 | 4 hours ago

At one point Wolves scored on ¹⁰⁄₁₁ straight possessions just by driving in the paint over and over. There were 3-4 Denver guys in the paint each time and they couldn’t do anything. Jokic just stands there

Even if Wolves lose this series, another team is going to exploit Nuggets lack of paint defense.

dwrek24 | Spurs

14 | 4 hours ago

Another team you say? Ignore my flair.

National-Ocelot-3900

9 | 4 hours ago

We know you’re a top 1% commenter bro what’s your point

dwrek24 | Spurs

2 | 4 hours ago

Brief detour. Not even lying. I didnt even realize that was there. Damn I need to get a life. I’m here too much apparently.

National-Ocelot-3900

2 | 4 hours ago

I had it till recently when I got spammed 50-100ish downvotes 😂 the cure my friend is to be so chronically online that you become insane and hyperbolically venomous to random strangers. in this way, you are present everywhere, without anyone liking you. Yin and yang ☯️

Detonation | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

I use old reddit so I never see top 1% comment stuff at all. lol

National-Ocelot-3900

1 | 22 minutes ago

Peace and tranquility 😂 I can’t stand having it thankfully it’s gone hallelujah

Brake_Dance

5 | 4 hours ago

The Jokic Gobert match up is so fun Both all time great at one side of the ball only

Lykotic | Nuggets

3 | 4 hours ago

The reason why is that with AG the defense was average and the assumption has been that AG would be healthy-ish for the playoffs so it just wasn’t discussed as much.

For historical context there would have only been one team since 2000 with as bad of a defensive ratings as Denver to win the Championship. I think it was one of Kobe’s rings (sorry, blanking on the team atm)

naive-dragon | LAL

1 | 19 minutes ago

They’re Lakers level with better PR

skoondawg | Nuggets

34 | 4 hours ago

Bulletin board material for sure. I love this series.

MG_MN | Timberwolves

10 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, I dont love him saying this. Denver is going to punch back hard

skoondawg | Nuggets

24 | 4 hours ago

I do, this stuff is great for the sport. Wolves had a great win and hes feeling himself, I’m sure the Nuggets will make him stand on that shit in Game 3.

SemataryPolka | Timberwolves

12 | 4 hours ago

I’m pretty sure all these players say this to each other in the actual game too

skoondawg | Nuggets

8 | 4 hours ago

I’d bet on it. We’re one Marc Davis officiated game from Malice at the Palace I reckon.

PlayInChampions | Timberwolves

2 | 2 hours ago

I doubt it. None of these dudes are hotheads. Jaden is a little emotional and can shove someone but nothing more than that. Rudy can get frustrated and foul very hard but he won’t go throwing punches after the whistle. Ant only screams at refs. Randle looks very chill. Donte can get into a scuffle but he won’t start it. Same about Denver - all of these guys just want to play. Braun maybe could provoke but won’t throw punches. Both teams don’t have Draymond or Isaiah Stewart to start a big fight.

bellmonk | Timberwolves

7 | 4 hours ago

jayden doesn’t fear the counterpunch

skoondawg | Nuggets

12 | 4 hours ago

Jaden only fears inanimate objects like walls.

meistersinger | Timberwolves

3 | 4 hours ago

And Ant and chairs

avroLancasterBPR1 | NBA

4 | 3 hours ago

No bulletin board message is gonna make jokic suddenly play well on defence

thats something you can count on

Soapstarboi | Cavaliers

2 | 4 hours ago

Counter it with mass flops! /s

StealthySnipe2 | Timberwolves

26 | 4 hours ago

I love this guy

back2schooldaze | 76ers

24 | 4 hours ago

Let’s leave AG outta this lol

3s2ng | Lakers

25 | 4 hours ago

But today he is not good either.

back2schooldaze | 76ers

5 | 4 hours ago

Father time always wins, I suppose 😢

Ok-Yoghurt4888

7 | 4 hours ago

Unless you’re LeFather

frozented | Timberwolves

25 | 4 hours ago

I don’t think we have had a player like Jaden in MN ever the stuff he says gets me everytime

DrSwaggenheimer | Timberwolves

14 | 4 hours ago

Nah KG definitely had this energy for everybody. Jaden is just stoic lol.

frozented | Timberwolves

5 | 4 hours ago

Kg was always confident and he talked a lot of shit but I don’t remember him just being like. Yeah, everyone on their team is bad at defense

Better_Middle_7812 | Timberwolves

22 | 4 hours ago

Lmaaaoo your favorite crashout’s favorite crashout, Jaden McDaniels.

1000Isand1 | Timberwolves

19 | 4 hours ago

Tells you how stupid the Wolves are that they are still chucking threes way too much against the Nuggets.

Stereo-soundS

4 | 3 hours ago

Edwards is for sure, but really if the Wolves had hit their free throws this game wouldn’t have been this close.

AO_from_DP | Thunder

3 | 3 hours ago

This is exactly what surprise me in Game 1. They make absolutely everything in paint in first half, and once second half started they just decide to chuck threes till the end

OGFN_Jack | Timberwolves

17 | 4 hours ago

Not sure “deadpan delivery” is needed when the player being quoted is Jaden.

ASAP-Mob-ERA

16 | 4 hours ago

according to my advanced stats where i heavily favor defensive rebounds…jokic was amazing tonight. Best defender in the world! Tired of these dumb ass nerds that don’t watch games and see with their eyes that the dude is ass on defense

Mo_Salami | France

15 | 4 hours ago

My favorite player in the league

GarryShinobi

10 | 4 hours ago

But r/nba assured me jokic wasn’t not just a liability on defense he was actually a great defender.

You mean to say the people who say jokic is better than prime lebron may have been miscontruing the facts in favour of their golden boy? No way!

aspirinforcereal | Timberwolves

14 | 4 hours ago

My petty king

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

11 | 4 hours ago

It’s ok Jokic will have a good defensive fourth quarter once every 3 games and his stan hive will say that he’s actually underrated

natedogggggggg1

10 | 4 hours ago

You wouldn’t know it unless you’re a Wolves fan or watch a lot of their games but Jaden is a complete psycho.

BobbitsC | Nuggets

9 | 3 hours ago

I mean shit, if this is true, then what does that say about Minnesota’s defense?? Through two games, Denver has generated considerably more open looks and just haven’t hit. The wolves on the other hand have had to take a crazy amount of contested shots.

This is undoubtedly a funny line but it’s gonna be even funnier after minny loses the series

RipCityGringo | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

Wait til you see what the winner gets!

Kindly_Ad995

1 | 36 minutes ago

I mean yall have maybe the best playmaker/offensive engine in league history and the Wolves infamously lack a floor general

LesMiserablePeach

9 | 4 hours ago

Pretty early in the series to be talking so much shit

FavaWire

8 | 4 hours ago

He loses the talking shit window of opportunity if Denver goes on a tear. Might as well say such shit now.

Life_Bowler_7363

1 | an hour ago

Ah yes per rule you’re only allowed to talk at precisely the game 4 mark and after that only if you’re up in the series. But then again you will get criticized talking when you’re up because then it’s “everybody talk when they’re up.” But then if you do exactly that talk when you’re down it’s “bro why are you talking? You’re down in the series.” 😂😂

coolj492 | Magic

8 | 4 hours ago

crazy how minnesota has looked like the way better team this series when they dont take a negev to the foot. Team will be amazing when they get off finch

drank_obswerver

1 | an hour ago

They only look like that vs the nuggets, mostly. They get a hard on sonning the nuggets but will chit the bed vs other teams.

coolj492 | Magic

8 | 4 hours ago

jokic fans about to downvote this into oblivion

AcidicRainiac

5 | 4 hours ago

I don’t know why players be giving motivation to the other team for free

Wonderful_Bend3226 | Timberwolves

29 | 4 hours ago

One thing about Jaden is he dont give a fuck and he wants all the smoke

Epicallytossed | Mavericks

9 | 4 hours ago

Someone post the jaden mcdaniels emotion chart

coolj492 | Magic

2 | 4 hours ago

why would a team in a 1-1 playoff series need extra motivation from trash talk?

AcidicRainiac

2 | 4 hours ago

Basketball players are probably the most ego driven people in the world

Easy-Philosopher-562 | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

Normally I would agree but it’s 1-1 and these teams have a billion games against each other. I don’t think any extra motivation is needed.

DragoniteGang | Timberwolves

3 | 4 hours ago

The Nuggets might get motivated from this in Game 3. Hope it doesn’t bite us.

3s2ng | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

Shots fired.

brnccnt7

2 | 4 hours ago

I mean Gordon is an excellent defender but he’s right about everyone else

Jokic sleep walks on defense sometimes to save energy for offense like Luka does

Murray, Johnson, Hardaway etc are just out there getting cardio on defense and solely there for offense

Unusual_Trainer5798

5 | 4 hours ago

It matters more for jokic because hes a center though

brnccnt7

0 | 4 hours ago

True, can’t be a center and be bad on defense or have guys hunting you. But its understandable since he’s still the best in the league or at worst #2 and does so much on offense.

Kind of like Luka of the bigs.

Giannis, Wemby and Embiid (when healthy) are the best two way bigs.

easymoneyburnerr

2 | 3 hours ago

Let’s see if they can walk the walk

traw056 | Thunder

1 | 4 hours ago

People laughed at me when I said I expected a wolves thunder rematch in the wcf like 2 months ago. This is why. As great as they are on offense, Jokic and Murray are horrendous defenders. Offense comes and goes but defense is usually consistent.

LesMiserablePeach

7 | 4 hours ago

It’s one fuckin game bro, save the victory lap

Land0_Calzonian

2 | 3 hours ago

Tying a first round series 1-1 equals instant WCF?

PeopleCallMeSimon

1 | 3 hours ago

We played pretty good d in the first quarter but it was all down hill from there

NoLimitSoldier31

1 | 3 hours ago

PLAYOFF RISER! & I’m riding with that

Hanzoooooo | China

1 | 3 hours ago

I’ve a feeling that this going to age really well.

TreeAgenda | Timberwolves

1 | 3 hours ago

This series is going to come down to which intern makes a better bulletin-board hate collage

AWiggins30

1 | 3 hours ago

Dang more fuel to the fire

Sensitive_Hunter_394

1 | 3 hours ago

We’ll see in a few days

Easy-Philosopher-562 | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

He’s dead serious too.

No-Independence-761

1 | 2 hours ago

You know he serious when he says this, he’s not even trying to provoke dudes. My demon

Yoshinobu_YamaGOATo

1 | an hour ago

No but seriously wtf was Jokic doing? He was just watching the Wolves drive in or get put backs. I can’t believe Nuggets fans actually try to say he’s a good defender because he gets some rebounds.

ChallySargil | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

He not wrong, other than Gordon locking up Wemby last time they played the spurs

kawaii155

1 | an hour ago

Where are all the advanced stats nerds that said Jokic is a great defender?

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

Teams usually combat weak defensive centers with good perimeter defense.

The nuggets previously did that with Murray, Bruce brown, kcp, and Gordon.

I still don’t think the nuggets have that level of perimeter defenders on the team. Unclear if Gordon will ever get back to that.

I think the hope was cam Johnson could be good enough, but I think they miss mpj all around. Unclear to me if the addition of Bruce brown and thj are enough to offset the loss of mpj on the boards and from 3 in the playoffs.

In the regular season it does make a huge difference but the role players play less in the playoffs.

trentyz | Nuggets

0 | an hour ago

Lol what a clown

DrummondGreen | Warriors

-2 | 4 hours ago

Wolves are legit, they knocked out Denver last year and don’t fear this team and play like don’t

tpomo2

5 | 4 hours ago

Year before. Okc beat Denver last year

[Hine] Jaden McDaniels, deadpan delivery, on what worked for the Timberwolves offensively. Jaden: “Go at Jokic, Jamal, all the bad defenders. Tim Hardaway, Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon, their whole team.” Q: They’re all bad defenders? Jaden: “Yeah, they’re all bad defenders.”