Aaron Gordon’s thoughts on Jaden Mcdaniels’ comments about the Nuggets being bad defenders: “Brother, I don’t care.”
Teague mimicking Westbrook voice - That’s the problem!
Dame knew what was up lol
“Make u think about it, that is a problem” 😂
He was absolutely on Russ’s side on that lol
Lmao
LMAO literally the first thing that came to my mind
This shit is going 7. So jealous of neutral fans lol
jealous of me?
These games are so stressful. You can’t even enjoy them unless you win, and the feeling goes away pretty quickly because you know it’s not over yet.
Spurs must be loving this. We’re kicking each other’s asses while they will now likely coast to the second round.
I fully believe the Nuggets fucked up by not losing the last game. Why play a brutal series in the first round.
nuggets tried to lose but the spurs wouldnt let them
Jokic didn’t get the memo. 23 points in 18 minutes.
Yes. This may have been an error.
Nuggets are about to cut their g-league team for fucking up their playoff run, lol.
Tbf y’all kinda tried to lose down the stretch and we just refused lol
That’s what you guys signed Fox for with that horrible contract to do, he did right throwing that game to Denver
Only a kings fan would make a comment like this. I’ll pray for your tormented soul
id say he’s worried about the wrong shit but the kings have nothing to worry about, its as over as itll ever be over there
I swear nuggets fans that wanted this matchup are complete morons. They’ve owned us the last handful of years. Even this year in the regular season, sure we won the series 3-1 but one of those games was a fucking 2OT Xmas game and another one Ant wasn’t playing. I fucking despise playing Minnesota because even the wins are stressful af.
This is exactly how we feel playing yall every year.
For the record, I feel the same way about playing the Nuggets 😭😭 I was praying for a Lakers first round. Gonna be a crazy series and I wish that I could say the winner will win it all but we both so obviously have the hardest paths in the league.
What I don’t understand is even if the Nuggets decided it was worth getting the Wolves in round 1 (vs an easier matchup vs the Rockets/hospital Lakers) to avoid OKC until the WCF, they still have to go through Spurs either way, but now they also made sure OKC have the easiest route possible to the WCF and will be even tougher if Denver even make it that far.
I agree it is stressful af but what else are you a fan for if not for these moments? Literally this is when I feel the most alive lmao. It’s truly what it’s all about. At the end of the day, it’s just basketball and won’t impact you in real life.
It definitely impacts me in real life. I threw my glasses across the room when Murray shot a long 2 down 3 with Gordon wide open in the corner and now I can’t see.
Well at least you won’t have to worry about watching Game 3 then
Yea I mean that’s part of what I’m saying but you need to get checked out if you’re still feeling emotional 24 hours later.
I still think about game 3 of the mavs celtics finals
This is the first round though.
Get ready for the ESPN article “nuggets loss forces fan into blindness. Is Denver Lebron’s next project?”
I feel that. I’ve started buying extra TVs so that I can finish games after our TEAM goes to the line and struggles to convert 50%.
Yep and when I was in school and my team got eliminated I got bullied lol
Yeah I was gonna say my CV system doesn’t know I’m not a Nuggets team member or organization contributor. My hear rate was elevated on the Apple Watch all of fucking game 1.
Bro it is never that serious lol
I’m a Dodger fan and made it just fine through Game 7
It impacted my life. I cheered too loud and my gf woke up grumpy.
Ya know what’s more fun than this, crushing the Nuggets by 20 and having Ant’s nuts drag over Jamal Murray’s head while he’s dunking over him.
Listen. You don’t know how good you have it until you spend 20 years not really caring about Basketball at all
from 04-21 the Wolves made the playoffs, exactly once in 2018 and got gentleman’s swept by the Rockets in the first round. Wolves fans get it lol I’m excited for the Wizards next year thought Trae and Davis were big pickups.
Playoffs? What’s that?
Ive never liked AD, but I’m going to be rooting so hard for AD and Trae to make a run in Washington. Give me a reason to bust out my Bullets jersey.
Don’t forget whoever they pick in this upcoming draft.
Health is their main concern though.
All-in for the Play-in
Oh c’mon I was genuinely jealous of the early John Wall Wizards. Remember beating Chicago in the first round and John Wall walking to the locker room going, “Aweeeessooommmeeee!!”
Yeah complaining about how stressful playoff games are (which to be clear, I 100% do) is a real “woe is me” moment
Yeah, the Nuggets tried to lose the game
Jokic only played 18 minutes (had to have 15 to qualify for awards) and he was the only starter who played and THJ was also given the night off.
They also kind of tried to lost the OKC game but both teams shelved most of their teams so that was two teams equally trying as hard to tank the game
Mark Madsen can teach you some things about preventing a win
As a Bulls fan who hasn’t sniffed a stressful game since 2015 against the Cavs I’m jealous of that exact thing you said. That’s why you watch sports. Especially for a team ur a true fan of. The suspense is so fucking real and the feeling you get even when u win just one game is so cool. Sure if u lose the whole series it’s just pain but at least you felt amazing highs. I haven’t felt shit other than anger and false hope in over a decade. Be grateful you’re feeling stressful 😂 I want that kind of stress in my life lmaoo (not the other kind of have lol)
Spot on. It was 12:30 last night and my heart was pumping like I just got done with a mild jog because I had to watch Julius Randle shoot free throws in a game we’re shooting 50% from the line and legs are donezo. Probably didn’t get my adrenaline in check till like 1:15 was too damn on edge.
My heart was beating so fast last night
It’s never that deep holy shit
Yes it is. Watching your team in a tight playoff match is something else. I remember watching game 5 of the 2019 finals at a bar during clutch time, my heart rate was like 150+ when I checked my watch.
This is lame lol it’s never that
I watched Game 7 of the WS last year, win or lose, I was fine.
That honestly sounds more miserable than caring
It’s literally a child’s game. My life changes in no way win or los. My heart isn’t racing over a TV event lol
It does in my rec basketball league though!
Typical bandwagon lakers fan.
Bandwagon the city I was born, raised, and lived in…?
I live 4 miles from Staples, but you’re right, I should be a Heat fan or something
You’re a special breed of completely uninteresting fan then, congrats. You peruse reddit on the r/nba sub and basically don’t even enjoy basketball from the sounds of it.
You tried to insult me by saying I’m a bandwagon fan, and now are pivoting after being proven wrong lol
Does the cold weather mess with yall brain up there or something?
You’re not kidding. I went to game 1 and 2. Game 1 felt so stressful the whole game holding onto a lead that it felt like a massive relief lifted the rest of the day and I could breathe deep again.
Last night was more of the same, except my lack of sleep and a CBD+CBN gummy when I got home kinda hit that over a hammer.
Man, thats the fun though. The passion.
I couldn’t watch because I’m so nervous and i ended up cleaning my entire house last night.
Im going to Thursdays game and I don’t know how i will survive.
I’ve trained myself to zoom out in the middle of games to try to appreciate the basketball itself. Been trying to be a basketball fan first and then a Wolbes fan and it’s made watching the games easier for sure 😂 I can now appreciate a game even if my team loses and it’s done so many wonders for my health 😂
I will never understand this, you are a fan with no ties to the outcome of the game lol
Relax and just watch. There is 0 reason to be stressed, it’s a sport
Maybe stress isn’t the right word, maybe tension is the right word.
Its easier to be nonchalant about the outcomes when you’ve won so many titles.
If we win, it’s great, if we lose, it’s a bummer but it doesn’t wear on me.
Our brains are dumb and get invested in stuff. Have you never reacted to a movie, book, video game before? It’s the exact same thing, our brain latches on and our emotions get tied to something that has nothing to do with us physically.
I would rather be out than have to watch whatever the hell this Rockets team is doing.
He’s jealous we got Yuki
Especially you
Yes. Super jelly that you goes got kinda close to having a good / fun team and blew it up to try to re-re-rebuild yet again. 🤦🏻♂️
If you were around in the 90s
Well, last time Billy Donnovan left a team after five seasons there, that team went on to win the championship with their next coach.
I get GERD every game. I’ll have an ulcer by the end of this first round.
Jealous??? You guys re in the middle of an exciting and competitive series. That’s a lot more fun than what we have going on. Sweeping some over gown chickens and waiting to see if the Micky Mouse team can upset the pistons.
As a knicks fan I’d rather be in your position than potentially not make the next round. Fuck excitement, that’s what other series are for.
Yessir!! as a Wizards fan, I be having a blast watching playoffs with not a single mothafuckin worry in the world lol straight cinema
That’s how I feel in general about the playoffs. I spent all year amped for the playoffs only to remember that playoffs stress me the fuck out lol
Honestly, it’s the only thing enjoyable about being a Mavs fan now. I can sit back and enjoy the playoffs with no stress
I was telling a co-worker today of they’re gonna watch anything other then the Celtics, as a neutral this is as good as it gets.
It’s doing catastrophic damage to my cardiovascular system
Many of the other series have been boring. This is where the action is at. Lol
It’s easily my favorite series of this first round
Y’all
Better
Fn
Win
Dammit
God I hope it does
Bro I am so hyped for this series lmao. Straight cinema
I don’t mind 7 postgame shit talking sessions and rebuttals
Being 20 points down and rallying back is like getting smack after being on withdrawal.
My teams series is going 4 and they are not gonna be or the right side of it. Don’t be jealous of that lol
I know exactly what you mean lol. I’ve rewatched game 7 from 2016 multiple times and enjoyed it every time, except for when I watched it live. That was the most stressful sports-viewing experience of my life. My stomach was in knots the whole time.
And to think we just needed a nuggets L for each of the teams to be playing hospital Lakers and Rockets.
I’m havin a great time
As a fan of neither teams nothing brings me greater joy than watching them in a best of 7 series
Careful what you wish for my friend
*jealous of neutral fans cardiovascular health.
Yea this is the time of series where it’s wonderful to not have any stakes. Like I had 0 fun watching the World Series.
I couldn’t believe the nugs weren’t trying to avoid y’all in the first. I don’t think y’all are as good as last year but y’all still match up so well with them. And with Houston or the Lakers as the other choices bother pls.
A fracas is looming.
Malace in Minnesota
Tussle in the Twin Cities.
Melee in Minnie
Danger in Denver
Nah that doesn’t have the same ring to it
The Brawl at St. Paul?
Wait a minute
Gotta say, reading this my mind went in a different direction after the various ICE killings in Minny
The Tizzy in Bemidji
Brouhaha on the horizon
Brouhaha near the Minnehaha
Gonna bonk ya ‘round Minnetonka
Legit response. Honestly AG caught stays with it. He’s one of their owner good defenders.
he’s 30 years old now with a ring, and he plays a father role to his two nephews after his older brother died 2 years ago
he probably legitimately just does not care
Draymond is 36 with 4 rings and multiple kids and he would spend an entire podcast rebuttling Jaden McDaniels comments
AG just a chill guy
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Yeah that’s basically the explanation for all of draymond’s stupid antics lol. Worth more money than god and still can’t help from being a loser nonstop.
He’s a podcaster and going viral earns him money so not really a fair comparison. Is it worth making an ass of yourself for money though? Probably not if you’re already rich.
Yeah, Gordon seems to have a good head on his shoulders.
Getting caught up in other players talking seems silly to me.
Man I’m gonna start using “rebuttling” instead of “rebutting” IRLs and see if I can get it to catch on
Draymond also had the great career he did because of how easily he gets fired up. 2 different stroked for 2 different folks.
Because of how easily Steph and klay can make up for the worst offensive player in the league*
Worst offensive player in the league but top 15 in career playoff assists.
Cool he played a lot of games in the playoffs. He’s leading in rate statistics across the board?
Furthermore, it’s game 2. Game 1 did not have the same outcome. Aaron Gordon is going to watch the same film Jaden will watch and can fix any gaps by game 3.
This is a low-hanging fruit thing for many bored fans to grip onto…as I closed five comment trees where folks are acting ike this is some intense mind games at play.
He is but he wasn’t last night
The end where he shifts his eyes to the next reporter as if to say “next question”, sick
Thinks it’s cuz he has lost some speed, and you can tell this year. He is easier to get around for faster guards now.
His rim protection has dropped off since the hamstring injury. Jokic’ lack of defense was largely made up for by AG but rn he cant do that and its a huge hole in their game. At this point Luka AR Bron are defensively a better big 3 than Jamal AG Jokic, and thats before accounting for the fact the lakers big 3 doesnt even include a center or PF
I love real hate!!
He knows it’s better to let your game talk
He also knows you can’t talk shit after the game he had
thanks magic
I think that’s a fair answer…
Sometimes fans and the media want to make shit into some Twitter spat.
Meanwhile these guys are doing something else entirely on the floor.
I really think it’s a terrible question. If you want to ask about something specific just ask it. Wording it like “Minnesota is talking smack what do you think about it?” Just comes across unprofessional and baity.
Yep it’s gutter journalism. Just looking for a click bait headline not anything of substance.
So much sports media has just become, “he said (some very mild insult), what do you say to that?” So pathetic.
I love Aaron Gordon.
I also love Aaron Gordon.
Give me 7 games of this toxicity please
How is this toxic?
I suppose McDaniels was toxic. Gordon was flippant.
And the reporter was insubordinate… and churlish.
No toxicity in Gordon’s response. You can believe people like Gordon and Jokic. They’re not being toxic, trying to act tough, or anything else. They just don’t buy in to drama.
For some reason I don’t believe him
I’d find it really hard to give a shit about the statement when the actual loss was hanging over my head.
He probably legitimately doesn’t care because he’s always been a good defender. Joker and Murray probably don’t care either because it was the truth.
Honestly, he coulda highlighted that it’s not like Jaden lit up the stat sheet or something. He scored 14 on 7 for 15 shooting, not exactly great for going against a team of “all bad defenders” lol
That’s how u know it’s just pure hate from Jaden 😂
“He cares.” -The Narrator
About what Jaden McDaniels thinks? Probably not, but he hasn’t been great in either of these games and I’m sure he cares a lot about that.
I’m worried that AG is just chronically injured at this point. But it was inexcusable to not get him the ball late in the game
I fucking love this rivalry man, need this pure negativity for 7 games
I think either team has a shot at beating San Antonio
If either team comes out of this still standing…
Frankly none of them are beating OKC. I can’t stand them but that’s what I see. The Nuggets can step on you but they don’t break your neck, they let you back up. OKC steps on you and breaks your neck.
Yeah. I sense this too. Their team is just very deep.
Like a teenager after reading Nietzsche.
Agreed, our defense will get torched by any team, especially one as deep as OKC
And why would he? It’s just media
Bro used a Jokicism
Lol I noticed that too
I personally think they are bad defenders because my Jazz had to bench Brice and Flip to lose a 14 point lead last month against them in the 4th quarter
Also the bad Nuggets defense lost to the ultra tanking Grizzlies
this is going to be a 7 game 12 round boxing slug fest. us as basketball fans will enjoy every monent of this series.
Huge fan of AG, I believe as long as he is having a good game, Nuggets will win.
Let the game do the talking for you
Damn he’s so manly.
I mean, maybe care a little haha…
Because you’re the only good defender there, it would hurt if it was true
That’s not even remotly true. If Denver was so bad at Defense they wouldn’t be Top3 West(or rather top 3 NBA) team for so long…
They do have some interesting issues because their Center is their core Playmaker playing outside of the paint which translates to weaknesses around Defenses especially in transition. Any type of turnover is easy bucket…..
But honestly I don’t think Denver is even that bad defensively. One comment from one person who just won their first game in the series really doesn’t mean that much. If Wolves win the series we can talk….
AG about to have 5 points in the final ten seconds of game 3.
Damn Aaron Gordon seems old af lol when did this happen I’m afraid to look in the mirror.
Wolves players really talk a lot for a team that hasn’t done anything.
Fuck yes. Love the answer.
Let the little man talk, it’s all he’s good at.
I love it!
Delivered like an iconic movie line
Brudder has a championship ring, doubt he cares
He care
He really doesn’t
He doesn’t care that his opponents have an advantage over his team?
You better care, they should be embarrassed!
He’s a grown man who has been around. He really doesn’t care.
AG gonna a bully ball his skinny ass now
One of the few players where I actually believe him when he says he doesn’t care. That being said, this series is gonna get spicy 100%. Feels like a very even matchup and that always causes friction.
I mean, what is he supposed to say lol.
I’m begging AG goes out there and dunks on these mfers heads and Jokic drops a 40 pound triple double. I hate the wolves mainly because this shit is stressful and every time they win, they have the most to say. I’ve never seen our players beat them and then continuously talk about it to the media as much as them.
Low cortisol
He sure cared when lowry did it to him
Jokic and Murray needs to care tho
They need to just care about playing better for themselves and their team, not for what some insignificant player has to yap about.
Well do you care about playing good defense? What about the rest of your teammates?
jd mc daniels would fold like a paper if he takes a charge from AG
I love this guy. From the bay and a Rottweiler owner. He ain’t worried about Jaden.
don’t poke the bear
Shiver my timbers
bear over wolves
You get deep fried like that and you DEFINITELY don’t care
Good thing players don’t overreact like redditors
“its just basketball”
That why some dudes get fried like catfish on a nice sunny Louisiana day
“even though I didn’t even mean it like that, it’s just basketball”