Jokic’s Sombor Double helps Serbia blowout Puerto Rico
Matt Moore and Adam Mares shares notes on Team Serbia’s win over Puerto Rico in the Olympics. Nikola Jokic near triple-double. Plus, what do we hope to see from Jamal Murray as he moves forward in the Olympics? And will the trip to Abu Dhabi affect the Denver Nuggets this year?
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Last year was crazy, teams like the Rockets were going balls out every single night against us. Random tueaday nights in november had playoff intensity. I think thats going to be a big difference this season in terms of cumulative fatigue.
Why is Matt is soft on Murray? You really think it’s acceptable for Murray to play 60 games?? You want Jokic to sit more games but think it’s acceptable for Murray to not play more? Those two things do not go together. Jokic cannot rest more unless Murray can contribute to winning without him. If we get the same situation with Murray again we are going to see the same result again next season. Adam is bang on here.
If Murray gets an allowance to sit for health/longevity/play quality reasons then he is not near deserving of the max contract. If Murray is allowed to sit, he needs to take a pay cut to allow for future signings to help ease the load on this team. If you’re deserving of a max, you have to play to help shoulder the burden of this team. Stop being so bloody soft on the second best player
It’s time to get the Nuggets a PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FACILITY!!!
Joker was 1 assist away from a historic TD record of any Olympic Games ever held… But Joker, as we Nuggets fans are used to, showed no interest at all in personal stats, so went to the bench and rested the final minutes. He didn´t care at all about that 1 assist of a historic record… wow. As a Nuggets fan, I can only be impressed.
It's not going to change! "Jamal needs to be consistent for 82 games!" Except he's never been that and he's certainly not looking like that during the off-season. I expect him to come in be tired, physically nagging injuries, not better this season than last. Maybe he can get more healthy as the season going along and suddenly start looking like an elite player. But, boy does he doesn't look like that right now. I don't care how much he wants to play for Canada. He should go home, rest, get his mind and body right and get ready for the regular season.
I think Adam is being slightly disingenuous about Murray “Resting” while others guys were grinding. He was hurt this year, multiple times, with a mix of contact and non contact injuries, including getting undercut by Donte Divencenzo in the last two minutes of a comfortable win against the Knicks at home. He pushed himself to play multiple back-to-backs down the stretch against the advice of the medical team! I’d love for Murray to play 70 games, but 55-65 is the expected range. If he’s that DUDE once again in the playoffs, that’s all that really matters
The problem last season was the lack of depth at lead guard AND front court, which meant the players and coaches wouldn’t risk a schedule loss. They have to be OK with those this year, as Matt points out. Otherwise everyone’s gonna be too gassed
Joker kills players just by his appearance on the floor !! no one remains indifferent to the fact that everything works with ease !! whoever thinks Joker has no impact on defense doesn't understand the game!! focus, placement, hands, energy, anticipation, size that's quite enough from him in defense!! Joker leads Nuggets to new title next season for sure !! last years champ pressure, form and timing were new things to put together..Nuggets has that experience now no reason for them to become new old champ!!!
People will come, Ray!!!I believe in Jamal! ..Jamal will come.. !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SB16il97yw
Playing with joker gives people a false impression of how good Murray really is
I also believe Bruce Brown was a huge part of that. He pushed the pace very often.
It’s tough because you’re both right. We need more rest if we’re going to win a championship, but the team has to feel like a team that everyone’s putting their part in and so how do you find a happy medium and win a championship if everyone had an answer everyone would have championships.
I was pointing out all year long that Jamal's injuries where getting progressively worse and all I heard from people was "he's fine, he was able to walk it off." But, that's not how injuries work. You can walk something off and also have a complex injury. I'm worried about him too, if Murray doesn't get right by next year we are screwed. Hopefully he'll be fine. I'm tired of people normalizing his injury issues though. He helped us win a title with historic performances. He's great, but we can't watch him twist his ankle 4-5-6 times again. I pray he stays healthy not only for the fans, but for Jamal too. I want to see him reach his potential on a more consistent basis. I just also want him to be healthy whether we win or not, dealing with that stuff is hard.
Go Serbia,Go Nuggets❤
jamal defcon convo = fo thinking lets give him another super max, what a great idea…. this is sarcasm btw,
I don't think jamal wants to play like ya'll want him, too. He just wants to enjoy playing 4 team Canada. This is not & him jokic. So just let him do him. He'll be fine when the season starts.
And you people need to stop acting like murray didn't carry us through the bubble when he was healthy. He is way better than he looks (when healthy.).. Jamal just comeback healthy 👍🏿
DN media DNVR or LON are making so much excuses for Jamal its insane.(Shilling for Mall)
1st Jamal is injured
2nd He is not use to play with SGA
3rd He cant adjust to Fiba rules
4th He mold his game to complement Jokic..
Omg just stop it ..At some point just say kid is not an all star lvl far from it its just an average 6th man on championship team at it best..
Personally i think maybe if he didnt suffered and ACL injury he could be better player but at this point on trust me he will only get worse then lest year.
So tremendously disappointed in the Abu Dabi games
Seems like most people are just sick of Jamal in the comments. How quickly things can change in a little over a year. There are valid criticisms for sure, but far out.
What is Adam talking about? DEN can easily win without Murray being as good as in 2023, he was average rd1+2, but he was very hot in the 3rd round and very good in the finals. BUT DEN can easily win with Murray being average, he just can't be the worst player in the whole play offs. Just pull your own weight. That's why are people so angry, they aren't asking him to be great, they are asking him to not drag the team down. But he refuses to improve and to actually learn to contribute when his shot is falling or he doesn't have the ball
Am I dreaming or Nuggets really signed Jahmir Young?
I come to you with a wisdom from Serbia. its actually Sombor Tripple: when you have double-doube and you need just 1 more for tripple, but you just don't care. You even get out of game in the 3rd, just so you can show you don't care
Due to the lack of complete information, I wrote about the salary of Jamal, that the contract of 50+ million is too big. In fact, when all taxes and fees are deducted, the manager's percentage… of 31 million, Jamal receives only 13 million, which is very little compared to what is written about earnings. I don't have a twitter, I never had one, on this occasion I publicly apologize to Jamal and will post this comment on all channels related to Denver.