The Nuggets fell to the Bulls in their second preseason game Thursday on a night where Denver’s second unit looked awful, aside from Julian Strawther. Harrison Wind, Brendan Vogt, Superstar Dev and Eric ‘D-Line’ Wedum break down the loss and discuss how concerned they are about the Nuggets’ second unit and if there’s anything real behind Nikola Jokic’s high number of shot attempts this preseason. Also, a Stock Report on the entire roster.
Start 0:00
Fast breakdown – 3:00
Vogt’s big takeaway – 5:30
Eric’s big takeaway – 7:00
Dev’s big takeaway/ Jokic’s big night – 11:00
Jamal’s night – 22:00
KCP and AG – 25:30
Justin Holiday – 28:10
What’s the deal with the bench? – 32:30
Pwat’s night – 39:20
Other bench guys – 47:40
Strawther – 53:30
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21 Comments
You guys let doomer Bronco energy hang over a pre-season Nuggets game. Do better. Holiday will not be starting and Braun will be in the rotation. Strawther looks legit Way too early to write off PWat, Nnaji (who played well last game). Beyond that you just need Reggie or Pickett to be neutral. This doomer energy makes the pod without Mares worse than the non-Jokic minutes y'all are fretting about.
Jeeeez, these guys too critical tonight.
Wow I did not get this vibe at all
Reggie hype was short lived 😀
really disappointed in the following players
watson – gets beaten a lot on defense, almost forcing shots, bad hands at least in this game, just looks generally clueless
pickett – really unsure how he can play regularly. average handle, cannot really penetrate, small and slow.
key – looked ok in the regular time but struggled finishing in extra time
huff – slow footed
nnaji, hunter, gillespie, reggie – im willing to give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
I also think y’all are off on this. The bench stayed in this game despite the bulls playing real guys against them. Certainly some chaos but a lot of promising things too. We have so many good shooters. Colin looked awesome in the 4th. The worst for me was the DJ, Holiday, Reggie stretch. So chaotic. Huff moves so weird and did get postered but I also saw some good reads and smart plays. The short pass to Colin then right back to huff for a 3 was awesome!
Zeke is simply not a center. By pushing people into what they are not, they will even loose what they had. 2y back Zeke had a jumper, now he tries to build muscle and ends up anywhere.
Huff sucked, but man ya'll sound like haters. It's a fucking pre season game not post all star break. And if ya'll are gonna say the nuggets bench is a disaster then I'm allowed to say Julian is a solid Bruce replacement, don't care if he's a rookie.
overreaction lol
I hope Strawther will be on the second unit.
if you think it's year of Murray you can't say the bench is gonna be bad, because non-Jokic minutes is where Jamal either stays the same = -10 per 100 or improves and becomes an all-star (in the literal sense of the word)
Drummond once got 29 rebounds in a game, has 88 20+ rebound games, a career average of 12.7 rebounds in 28 minutes, and last year had 6.6 in 12 minutes. It’s just what he does and your not gonna stop him. Can’t blame Zeke. That being said…Zeke def could have been better but he had his good moments too.
Brendan, I think you are awesome and always have great insights but I’m shocked to hear you say Colin “just looks so small out there”. Tonight he looked like a true tiny king waiting for his crown to me. We’ve got big guys. We desperately need a capable, smart true point guard who can also defend decently. So far he’s the only one showing us that. Reggie has some great moments but his defense and mistakes are going to drive Malone insane if don’t improve quickly. Colin should have a real contract not a two way IMO
Braxton key frustrates me soooooo much. A couple great shots. Obviously nailed it in the clutch, but his non stop iso was ridiculous. I think he made one or two passes and they were forced. His two way should have gone to Simms. I liked Simms game in summer league and we need more options for back up big. Key has got to start playing as part of a team or he has no business being on the court in the regular season.
reggie, justin, braun and deandre are our initial bench
I can definitely see Hunter have great season! The only thing is that he play on 3 spot not on 4! He have all tools for him to be good.I think him missing shoots is all confidence… when he see few of them goes in it will be different story!He play good defence,can steel ball, block shot's,know to pass the ball… with 3p going in…i see him play. If they force him to play 4…it will be slower progress for sure.
I forgot how it feels to lose this is painful preseason or not
Let them cook, it's pre-season, Malone gonna shake them up, Denver want to repeat so I'd say it's good to have those kind of games in pre-season where the coaching staff and players can identify what should be improve in the bench.
Get a few new vet players in January, things will change. Look what the LA team did, a few good moves boom.
All the Nuggets are bad ;).
The only thing that can derail the season is overpaying the starters. Straw man is a revelation but they have to find a backup pg and c. And soon.