Dave McMenamin joins Episode 33 of Howdy Partners with Tim MacMahon to make amends with Denver Nuggets fans and to discuss the team’s chances of winning the 2023 NBA Finals.
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they did specially them sports experts cause its a good story line if they win it all this year and at the same time now we all know that they dont really watch the game
More like disrespected the Nuggets. And now that the Heat made the final the narrative has already switched to their huge underdog Cinderella story.
"Nobody picked the Heat to win blah blah blah"
They were bad all year and lost to the Hawks in the play-in. Of course nobody picked them.
But on the other side you had the no. 1 seed in the West and people still picked against them. Nobody on ESPN picked them to win it all and the vast majority of people picked the Suns and the Lakers to beat them as well.
That's true disrespect.
I live in the mile high city and we ain't even celebrating yet , our boys are going to take it one game at a time and with that mentality we will bring the championship home to the mile-high City🏆🥂
I am a Raptor fan but rooting for the Nuggets for many reasons with the biggest one being my hope that the Denver fans can experience a championship. One of the many who consistently disrespected the Nuggets was Dave McMenamin. Of course he had plenty of company in the world of Media Talking heads ( example- Chris Mannix). They knew they had to acknowledge that Denver was in first place but always tried to qualify it or threw in a "but" …. No one can understimate the Heat especially given their Coach- albeit Malone is a top notch coach so that is less of a factor than in the Heats previous matchups- so I would not be shocked if the Heat won ( surprised-yes but not shocked). I do think that a big difference between the Nuggets and the Heats past opponents is the pressence of KCP and Aaron Gordon. All it takes is for one key injury and the dynamic can change.
Honestly, I think everyone underestimated them. Once KD got traded to Phoenix, I'm sure a lot of people thought they were winning the West. I actually know of a lot of Colorado people who didn't even think the Nuggets were going to beat the Suns in the 2nd round. I'm sure it wasn't until they went up 3-0 on the Lakers that people finally started believing in them to win it all. They still have to get through the Heat first, who were being underestimated as well. I'm sure this is a Finals nobody expected, if they said they did, then they're likely lying. Lol
Heck yeah. They were the number 1 seed but people had the suns, Lakers, clippers and warriors over them as favorites in the western conference.
As a Heat fan I have to be realistic. Denver is bigger, more talented, had a great regular season, very impressive playoff games & are highly favored by “experts” & Vegas oh and they have “super stars” with a deeper bench 😅🤭nope we have not seen that before.. sike! Now Denver is considered the favorite the cameras & lights will beam on them like never before. This is their first Final appearance let’s see how well they can take the Heat in the kitchen. We LOVE & thrive from the mud fights- the best thing you can do is root for the other team it lights a fire inside HeatNation. See you in the mud! We are dogs with heart & we believe the BIGGER they are the HARDER they fall! This is our year 🔥🔥🔥
Denver got swept by the Lakers moral victories.
The Nuggets and many other good teams and players don't get the exposure because the media—especially ESPN—only covers a handful of teams and players. Teams like the Nuggets and Heat are not shown in primetime slots so it's hard for most people to know how good they are.
ESPN is doing a ton of Nuggets content now (now that they're one of two teams left and there's nothing else to talk about) and it's great, it is like they just realized that Jokic exists. But they don't know how to talk about him or the Nuggets, because they've never paid attention to him before. Can't let go of the LeBron/Steph/KD focus of the 2010s. It's a new decade now, there are going to be new great players and teams, you have to tell their stories
you should’ve gotten one of the DNVR guys on for this subject amigo
AG needs to be recognized on an All-NBA Defensive Team. He guards the best wing every night all year long and now everyone gets to see it on the biggest stage
Dave a Burger-King boy for Real!
I am a life long nuggets fan, but obviously they underestimated us. We haven’t ever won anything, obviously they are going to underestimate us when we have never done it before. This is shocking to everyone lol let’s be honest
Hes ban mcmann ban mcmann hes the baddest dude in all the land…
Both their analysis on the Nuggets has been terrible all season. But it’s supposed to be worthwhile now?
Nuggets fans will say Nuggets are underestimated and disrespected. Heat fans will also say Heat is underestimated. So what can you do in an underdog fight?
the way Jokic is playing?! only a complete FOOL would dismiss him, Murray, coach Malone, and the rest of the Nuggets so easily!
great show man, glad this got goin!
I fell asleep listening to these guys talk about the Denver Nuggets. I’m sure viewership has drastically deteriorated. Not much to talk about without referencing other prime time players and teams.
Neither the Nuggets or Miami has any box office representation in this finals. For as good as Butler and Jokic are they still aren’t superstars!
This NBA Finals won’t be appealing to most and I highly doubt people on the East Coast will be staying up past 10pm Eastern time to watch a complete Nuggets/Heat finals game let alone a series. Let’s be real here!
You guys thought the NBA All-Star game was bad wait until the Finals start. To call Jokic the best basketball player right now is a big reach. If the NBA had no choice and Jokic was going to be the headline going forward for the NBA how many fans would they gain and or retain?! You can’t find me 1 kid that wants to grow up and be like Jokic! Just stop it!
It’s 2023 I thought we was done with zoom calls
this dave guy has to be the worst analyst/beat writer on espn. the standard of journalism has dropped so much
MacMahon was never gonna let Bontemps live down his 2022 ECF MVP vote. Then he voted for him again this year instead of Martin so now he might just let him hear about it every time he’s given the opportunity to be in front of a microphone hahah
Dave is clown who is bad at his job 🤡
McMeniman opening comments just makes it obvious he never watched the Nuggets. Everything he said is exactly what they did through Dec, Jan and Feb. It’s just ignorance of the number 1 western team by an ESPN basketball writer covering the most famous western team. You don’t know your market.
Did he just say there wasn’t a big gap between Joker/Murray and Lebron/AD 😳
It's obvious these people don't watch the Denver Nuggets. They only watch the big market/popular teams. If you watched the Nuggets all year long, you know they are special. These people just go with what's popular and have been exposed.
No they don't they just don't care about them.. nothing to like about them
Oh my god Dave has no basketball acumen. How does he have a job talking about basketball?
No nuggets fans think Dave has vendetta against them. We just know he’s a moron and doesn’t know the sport he’s getting paid to cover
💥 If TWolves can win a game from Denver then the Heat should be able to take Denver in 6‼️
Hope y'all didn't forget that cheap shot Jokic gave Marcus Morris when he was playing with the Heat….
I guarantee you Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, & Bam Adebayo did not forget. They were waiting for your team after the game in the hallway since Jokic wanted to end Morris's season if you don't remember. We remember.
We gonna see how much of a tough guy Jokic is now. We got unfinished business.
Espn has the laziest people working for them
NIKOLA JOKIĆ IS:
HIM
THE TRUTH
THE ANSWER
THE BIG TICKET
THE BIG FUNDAMENTAL
☆☆☆NOT SINCE WILT!!!!!☆☆☆
SUPERMAN(APPROVED BUY SHAQ😉)
NEO(HE FIGURED OUT THE MATRIX)
THE BEST HUMAN BEING ❤️
THE BIG TIPPER
THE JOKER
BIG HONEY
WCF MVP👊
THE BEST PLAYER IN THE GAME
THE REAL MVP
To be continued….
Once Dave said no way Lakers losing to Nuggets, i knew it was over for the Lakers…
Apriciate the dicking on McMenamin well deserved.
We’re all about to find out if the east was weak/injured or if Miami is just that good.
Joker and Murray were pretty clearly better than Lebron and AD
Good interrogation. 🫵😜
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