Nuggets coach David Adelman on Jaden McDaniels calling the Nuggets defenders out by name:
Shoutout to that reporter for having their defensive rating and playoff standing all ready to go just in case Adelman asked.
Imagine he just made it up on the spot lol
That’s the type of stuff that needs to be recognized
Seriously, in this day and age, it’s fantastic.
I can’t wait for his podcast is hilarious but saying that when we have Cam Johnson is also funny
As one of our beat reporters put it, it would be the most honest no bs 7 minutes lmao
This shit got me chuckling lol
Our podcaster, Cam Johnson, he’s a great guy I tell you, he runs a great podcast, maybe even the best podcast ever! Thank you for attention to this matter!
Many are saying!
Jaden doesn’t even have a podcast! Does he have one? I don’t know. Some people have podcasts, but I don’t think anyone would listen to him. Even his teammates and his family, people very close to him, they don’t even listen to him. That’s what they’re telling me, and it doesn’t surprise me
It would’ve been a lot funnier if Mike was still on the roster though
Lmaoooo
Jaden doesn’t even have a podcast lulz
Think you’re missing the joke here
What joke?
What’s the joke?
it’s a bad joke, the punchline is him starting a podcast… would’ve done numbers 10 years ago though
Is it a Draymond Green joke?
The idea that Jaden McDaniels would ever have a podcast, or give a fuck about growing his social media.
Jaden doesn’t even exist on social media, he does nothing with it lol
the ultimate anti-KD 😭
Maybe McDaniels isnt a real person and is a manifestation of hate and salt. Guy looks dead inside whenever he’s on camera. What a legend
Him and mazzula need a podcast
Oh fuck yeah.
I’ve never seen two guys in the NBA with two very real but different takes on “I do not give a fuck”.
Just straight petty through and through
What’s hilarious is he’s the nicest guy off the court. Has a wife and kids. Hangs out with under privileged kids at the team events.
He just acts like a goddamn serial killer on the court.
You’re trying to tell me that “GetOffMyMcDaniels” on Twitter isn’t him??
Yeah. In terms of back and forth banter this was a pretty weak response.
Mike Malone would’ve had a more entertaining one. His trash talk was always on point.
You are missing the point lol
What’s the point?
The point is pretty easily taken. It’s just an incredibly idiotic way to put it when talking about Jaden McDaniels.
“He’s a hoe and I want that known”
Adelman going wild
Lmao. who’s quote is that?
NFL crossover
Browns DL Shelby Harris talking about Jauan Jennings
Lmfao they definitely care
Why is Steve Harrington there?
I legitimately thought it was him at first, I was confused as hell lol
Did he think he made his point with 6th?
It’s not just 6th, it’s top 6!
Yeah, there are 16 teams in the playoffs.
Being 6th is like…fine? But the Wolves’ best player is pretty visibly struggling with injury.
lol fr. It’s not like Denver is playing a fully healthy Ant. He’s clearly playing with lingering injury. And they’ve had both games at home with altitude. If anything Denver should be higher..
16 teams in the playoffs, and only 8 that have played home games lol
I mean the 16 teams in the playoffs are the best 16 teams. I doubt the teams that missed the playoffs would be putting up a better defensive rating than the teams that made it. Also 109 def rtg would be 3rd best in the regular season. Obviously this is a tiny sample size so it doesn’t mean much but 6th best in the playoffs is pretty decent.
The Wolves are the 10th best offense in the playoffs by regular season offensive rating. They’re currently 11th in the playoffs.
I don’t think it necessarily warranted McDaniels’ comments, but Adelman’s point isn’t exactly pitch perfect either.
And, again, Ant is playing heavily compromised. He’s a 40% 3pt shooter in the regular season but is at 25% in the postseason. His midrange game has completely disappeared after it being a serious weapon all season. His ability to hit pull-up jumpers (something he’s generally pretty good at) is effectively gone (down from 40% to 16%).
I don’t disagree with a lot of that… I’m just saying 6th in the playoffs is better than just “6 outta 16” when you take into account the best teams make the playoffs.
I also think it’s funny McDaniels is talking shit about how bad they all are on defense when he’s basically got the same amount of points as he does shot attempts.
And the Nuggets best defensive player is out injured.
I mean, their best defensive player is Gordon. He’s playing injured, not out with injury.
Gordon is a good all around defensive player, but Peyton Watson is the guy sent to guard the opposing stars and contest shots.
2 game sample size lol. Dude is probably on this sub with a nuggets flair.
Yes.
Denver’s DRTG this series is much better than Denver’s regular season DRTG, and they’re holding the Wolves below the Wolves regular season ORTG. Their defense has not been the problem.
It’s Denver’s offense that’s been the problem.
Only if you don’t watch games and see how atrocious Jokic has been defensively. Their overall defensive rating isn’t even anything special, but with Jokic on the floor it’s much worse. It’s a small sample size but players have shot 23⁄25 against him this series. He’s just atrocious and will never win a championship if he doesn’t improve, literally bbq chicken in the pnr.
Their overall defensive rating isn’t even anything special
Again, it’s better than their regular season DRTG and above average among playoff teams.
but with Jokic on the floor it’s much worse
LMAO
Denver’s DRTG:
Wolves have a 107 defensive rating with Jokic on the floor. This is why no one cares about fans “eye test”. You over index on specific plays or sequences and don’t know what the fuck y’all are talking about half the time.
lol 6⁄16 is basically what you should be, but it also takes into account the utter crap in the east.
Yes. That your offence is fucking horrible.
Yes. If you hold a team to a 109 offensive rating your offence has to be pretty shit to lose a series.
How? there’s only 16 teams in playoffs and you can write off 4 of those since they’re playin teams. Even including all 16 being top 6 of 16. Means you’re roughly in the top 40%? Like you’re closer to the median than top 10%. it’s honestly crazy he thinks he made any point at all.
What are we talking about bro? A 109 defensive rating roughly translates to allowing 103 points per game using last year’s number of possessions.
The league average offensive rating this year was 115. The average offensive rating for the playoffs last year was 113.
There was not a single team that won a series last playoffs with an offensive rating under 110.
So, yes if you hold your opponent to an offensive rating of 109 you have to be incredibly incompetent offensively to lose a series.
Jaden is the last person in the league to have a podcast dude barely talks
One time early this year he had a big game on national tv and was pissed he had to do the interview
It’s not even clear to me if he has emotions or is human…
Yeah he’s probably offputting irl cause he got resting fetal alcohol syndrome face
Weird comment from a fan of Christian Braun ngl
hell yeah, got em
Wut the…
My biggest takeaways from the nuggets’ media availability since that comment is 1. This really struck a nerve. 2. They have absolutely no idea who Jaden McDaniels is.
It starts with Jokic but they’re just very soft and whiny as a team. Imagine taking offense after someone calls out your bad defense in a game you allowed 119 points
Maybe they don’t give up a fuck about the wolves 4th best player talking shit
“I’m not mad. Also, please do not tell the newspapers I’m mad.”
Wasn’t McDaniels comment specifically because they realized they have to attack the bad defenders from the Nuggets more, which they didn’t do as much in game 1? This resulted in an abysmal defensive performance in game 2 (116 DRTG).
116 is below Minnesotas season average for offensive rating, and about league average on the RS. We’re acting like the sky is falling for Denver and yet they held Minnesota below their season average.
This is the internet sir, we overreact to every game until the next game and then we overreact to that one
Just noise. Let the remaining games do the talking.
116 is below Minnesotas season average for offensive rating
No it’s not. And this is the playoffs. 116 is bad. No two ways about it.
and about league average on the RS
Bottom 10 is not league average.
We’re acting like the sky is falling for Denver and yet they held Minnesota below their season average.
No we are not.
Minnesotas ORTG for the season was 116.8 (12th)
It was 115.7 in G2.
League average was 115.8, in the playoffs so far (only 14 games) is 111.4.
So yes 116 is league average for the regular season, and below their season average.
No idea where you are getting your numbers from. Use stats.nba.com for official sources.
https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&dir=D&sort=DEF_RATING
https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_2026.html
Basketball-reference uses estimations for ORTG and DRTG. They were created by Dean Oliver as sort of all in one stats (i think even before PER)
https://www.basketball-reference.com/about/ratings.html
Adelman really thinks Jaden has social media? Dude needs to check the scouting report
Jaden doesn’t care about podcasts. He’s just a hater lol (and it’s great!)
Yeah the Nuggets defense has been fine their offense has been bad
Has it been fine? The Timberwolves, and Ant specifically, were having their way with the Nuggets in the paint
Even so for the whole game we held them to a reasonable score. The bigger issue was our two stars being gassed and completely shut down by Rudy and his team making no adjustments to run anything but the two-man game in the 4th. Genuinely couldn’t buy a bucket from places we usually dominate in.
Yeah, he’s falling into the same trap that failed them in the past two years of not trusting the bench and then Jokic and Murray being gassed in the fourth.
Jokic could barely get his shots to the rim when it counted. I think he’s making a big mistake not playing guys like Strawther. It’s going to be a little worse defensive, but it doesn’t matter if we are scoring.
Considering how it was a 4 point loss and Jokic was missing open shots and CB missed his free throws, yeah I’d say defense isn’t at the top of our concerns.
I mean the Wolves missed a ton of FTs too and Ant isn’t 100%. Can both play that game
My comment wasn’t a Wolves slight or a Denver excuse at all. I’m saying that a team that’s built around an elite offensive identity should be more concerned about underperforming offensively than defensively.
Gotcha
God don’t remind me on the free throws I’m gonna crash out again. I’m neutral, fan of both teams, and yet was so pissed at the wolves that entire game lol
On home court favored by 8 points prior to the game.
exactly. they clearly targeted driving to the rim and got what they wanted to do on offense.
If you have a 109 offensive rating you aren’t having your way with anything.
we have a lot of experience trying to cover our weaknesses by collapsing into the paint and then getting demolished by the kickout 3
Its been meh at best. Ant is the only reliable shot creator the Wolves have on the perimeter and he’s injured.
Their perimeter + transition defense has been ok but their defense in the paint has been terrible
Mad Magazine kid
He looks like a toddler that got turned into a middle aged man by a wizard
The Nuggets have had big issues holding 4th quarter leads in the playoffs since the Championship. Off the top of my head, they blew game 7 lead to the wolves in 2024 and to OKC multiple times last year. Hell, when they beat the Lakers a couple years ago, those games were much closer than they should have been due to blown 4th quarter leads.
I’m pretty sure the blown leads in the 4th quarter were in the opposite direction in that Lakers series.
They were
Your defensive rating is not good, Wolves offense is just ass. More Ant/Randle iso contested jumpers please 😤
Yeah, “just this series” is the tell because for 5 out of 8 quarters of “just this series” the Wolves offense has been to dribble and chuck.
Jaden saying what he said is as much or even more “bulletin board material” for the Wolves because
i don’t get it, does he think he’s cooking lmao
The boy
6th best out of 18 for starters. Thats like noting that you have the 10th best defense in the league after 2 games in the regular season as some sort of gotcha. Second, you’re a 3 seed going against a 6 seed whose offensive rating wasn’t even top 10 in the other 82 games. Third, idk why I always thought he was a European and would have a much stronger accent haha. And finally, I hope this goes 7 games. I love this rivalry.
I think it’s more about how bad their offence is than how good Denver’s defence is.
The point is that their defense hasn’t been the problem. Nobody is expecting their defense to be great, but their defense has been passable. Their issue has been their offense hasn’t been good. Like people brought up Jokics defense a lot in game 2, but if he doesn’t go 1⁄7 from the field in the 4th they prob win that game. Rudy gobert has done an incredible job.
r/justfuckmyshitup
🎶 “You are now watching MadTV” 🎶… dude looks like the kid on the cover of MadTV.
Clearly hasn’t looked at the scouting report on Jaden if this is how he responds to him
Jaden was right though those guys he mentioned are bad defenders except maybe AG
Big Marlo Stanfield energy.
“When we bounce from this shit here, y’all going to go down on them courts and let the people know: Word did not get back to me. Let them know the Denver Nuggets step to any motherfucker – Timberwolves, Thunder, whoever. My name is my name!”
6th best isn’t something to celebrate lol
6th best in the playoffs
Not sure if that’s including play-in games, but if not that would mean they’re 6th place out of 16. In a 2 game sample size. Not really that big of a flex lol
odd looking duck. but there’s something about his eyes. hypnotic
hold the fort!
isn’t he yalls cousin basically
James Murray
“Can’t wait for his podcast” was a great line lmao
Has he watched game 2 back yet? Not sure it’s a very ringing endorsement of your teams defense bro. Blowing a 19 point lead in the playoffs while the other team shoves it down your throat for the last 3 quarters.
I wouldn’t be cocky if my higher seed team folded like that and lost home court advantage. But hey you do you…
watch it bros the beta is going to talk here.
Lmao this is a horrible response. Talk like he’s just one of those guys who runs their mouth even tho Jaden is one of the quietest - antithesis of one of those guys - then try and backpeddle into talking about numbers which he is then called out on that they back up what Jaden said. Then just kinda mumbles and tries to move on. But I’m biased af bc Slim the man
Lol he may be quiet off the court, but Jaden runs his mouth all game every game.
You don’t even know his name - just like your coach just talking without any substance
Nice deflection. Its a minor miracle you were able to decipher who i was talking about.
Your coach literally said for social media not on the court - but sure man; glad you have autocorrect so you can write above a 3rd grade level
Im aware of what the coach said, but you said hes one of the quietest dudes lol. Like hes some kind of calm chill silent type. The guy runs his mouth on the court all game and is anything but quiet. He looks for reasons to crash out.
But yes the L instead of the D in the middle of his name was my bad. But please, continue.
Did I mention the court? If only there was auto-reading comprehension. Its fine dude, your coach said something dumb and reactionary that isn’t accurate. Take your L and enjoy having one of the best players and a chip in recent memory.
No, you just mentioned in general. Which believe it or not, includes on the court. Wanna carpool to our remedial English class?
That reporter loooks exactly like the dude from Stranger Things it’s uncanny
A Jaden podcast would be video and him staring into the camera unenthusiastically … that’s it.
Our guys aren’t giving the reaction this sub wants… shocker
Nuggets defense is suspect. They can try to be defensive about it, but that doesn’t seem effective either.
Adelman fires back actually
lol McDaniels living in their heads rent free. If y’all still need bulletin board material to get it up in the playoffs against your division rival, then idk what to tell you
I guarantee you the guys who finish their careers with actual championship rings are not gonna be the ones with anybody living in their heads rent free
Ah of course. The best part about winning a ring is that any time someone makes a valid point about my favorite players, I can just respond with “yeah but I have a ring so shut up”.
you think “jaden mcdaniels is living in their head rent free” is a valid point? This is the Timberwolves’ NBA finals. Denver be living in their heads I think you’ll find.
Oooo we got a “aww this is their finals!”
We starting to throw a party in their heads lol
Give the TWolves some credit, they won the play-in tournament, twice!
Honestly yeah lol. I know Denver fans really wanted to downplay this rivalry since you beat the Wolves 3-1 in the regular season, but this is a close matchup as we’re seeing.
You’re proving the point my dude, the Wolves are in your head
If the twolves take out the nuggets again they will def be living in their heads
The Wolves could finish this in 5 and Denver wouldn’t care, because nobody is going to remember who any of the Wolves are 10 years from now
Sure bud lol
Right NBA champions are worried what that punk thinks