NBA TODAY | “Nikola Jokic is an alien” – Perk goes crazy Nuggets come back to win against Warriors

NBA TODAY | “Nikola Jokic is an alien” – Perk goes crazy Nuggets come back to win against Warriors

Presented by ESPN bet Kendrick Perkins Malika Andrews the Golden State Warriors perk they had a 99.6% chance to win this thing with just under seven minutes left what happened well I had a 99.6 chance actually winning my pick cuz I picked the golden Warriors that’s right but in the great

Words of Rudy T the legendary coach of the Houston Rockets when they won a championship never underestimate the heart of a champion and that’s what the Nuggets show games all come down to the wire it feels like for us this year and um we’ve we’ve probably lost four or

Five that we should have won maybe we’ve won one or two that we uh shouldn’t have but um yeah these are these are gut punches for sure when you lose hope like we’re not there um when you lose hope in yourself as a team that’s when the conversation changes we’re not there

It’s just it’s frustrating because you do play the what if game and oh we could be 21 and 13 right now even with the record we are now we know we can compete senior NBA Insider Adrien wowski is here with us alongside our senior writers

Brian wior and Zack low there is so much to sift through here I was wondering I is this is this the worst Golden State loss of the season is what I was asking myself they have blown four 18o leads this season Brian what what what are your impressions what are your takeaways

From watching this well I was taken back by the nuggets in this game because this was this was a team that you know they could have given up on this game it it wouldn’t have been a big deal but they’ve been playing really good basketball they haven’t gotten a lot of

Attention because they don’t ask for a lot of attention this is like a walk-off win like you know hear that you see that in baseball that’s what this was they had to walk off the court and and they were celebrating at like home PL and

They’ve now won six in a row on the road 11 of 13 overall and what impressed me about this they gave up a huge third quarter run they got out scored by 20 points in the third quarter how many times have the Warriors done that to teams over the last decade knocked them

Out this team doesn’t get knocked out and that was what I took away from this game the nuggets are are still as strong as they’ve ever been you know what we have a lot of conversations about alltime greats MVPs what coaches ranks and we put Steve Cur

And this all time great for as a coach right because of the Dynasty and the run and things to that nature but I’m hesitant and reluctant to say that he’s not an alltime great and he’s been showing that time and time again okay yes he has won championships but he has

Kevin Durant he has Steph Curry we arguably two of the greatest players to ever touch the damn basketball Steve Curry record without Steph Curry is like 64 and3 which is terrible but last night what I saw outside of Murray and joic cooking the uh the Golden State Warriors

I saw Aaron Gordon go for 30 and majority of those points were in the paint why am I looking at Aaron Gordon because you bench your young guy in Jonathan kaminga 19 minutes he had 16 four and four was playing great basketball you got to match athleticism

With athleticism and what Steve cerr has is he has a uh what’s the word a abandonment problem yeah abandonment issues that’s what he has he’s he abandons his young players from growing like you have to let them grow Greg papovich then then went through the process of letting young players grow

And letting them turn out to be great players and even even if they was in other situations uh Deonte Murray Derek white right like you got to develop these young players and Steve ker from time and time again continuously to go away from the process of these young players

And that’s what cost them last night Zach do you think that’s what cost them well first of all did we just get a an impromptu perk word of the day there that was very that was very exciting second of all you got it perk he is

Playing Brandon pky quite a bit but look the longer this goes on the more surprising it is that the Warriors even got to the second round of the playoffs last year because this team has known almost nothing but turmoil since the moment Draymond Green punched Jordan

Pool in a practice and the video got out and to perk’s point I’m just watching Aaron Gordon I don’t know if it was Daddy ball or Big Brother ball or older cousin Ball but he was doing something hurtful to the Warriors G play after play after play in the fourth quarter

And you know me Malika Tim legler and I want the t-shirts made we’re Jonathan Kinga fans I’m sitting there saying to myself where is Jonathan kaminga and at some point the turmoil just becomes too much the roster turmoil the ins and outs the suspensions the guys going in and

Out of the rotation being frustrated about it it just kind of overtakes your team and here’s where we are with the Warriors James wisman gone Jonathan kaminga bench Moses Moody out of the rotation the two timelines thing just say is not materialized at all and their current season is on the brink of

Getting a little bit out of their control and then falling too far behind this is a very volatile situation right now and I don’t know how they’re going to dig their way out of it and by the way we haven’t even talked about they’ve got a guy coming back who’s been a

Starter there for almost 10 years yeah well let’s talk a little bit more about that guy coming back because W you reported yesterday that Draymond Green reinforcements could be on the way as he is nearing his return what more can you tell us there yeah he’s been away from

The Warriors since the suspension he’ll have missed his 12th game tonight since the suspension started mid December but I’m told he’s expected to return to the teams facility here in the coming days imminently and then he’ll start his ramp up to get back in game shape uh and then

Ultimately he’s got to get a final okay from Adam Silver uh to be restored into the league and play again but it is not far off and you know if you the Warriors you’re hoping and Steph Curry said it we don’t have an identity right now that

Draymond Green helps you get that back and that he brings order to this team not more chaos because it was chaotic the suspensions um going back to last year what’s happened this year and so that is some hope for the Warriors but again it’s got to be a Draymond Green

Who comes back and starts to help put uh this group and this season back together right because I I think that Zach laid it out kind of perfectly it does feel like there is something that is hanging in the balance for Golden State right now and then when Draymond Green comes

Back where does that leave Golden State well they need his defense because this team they weren’t a great defensive team when he got suspended they’ve been a frankly a poor defensive team in this last 11 games they’ve ranked 24th in the league in defense these last 11 games

They need his difference making at the defensive end I think what’s frustrating for Steve cerr is he actually thought like they got some traction you know they started using psky they started using Trace Jackson Davis Jonathan Ming was playing a bigger role they got on that winning streak they’ve even like

Gotten Klay Thompson a little bit out of his slump he’s still not home but he’s playing a little bit better and this losing streak right here has lost all of that momentum and has really now got them as a position where they’re are a team on a losing run when draymond’s

Coming back instead of what they were hoping for why are you why are you shaking your head and sighing because we we as in the world want this team to be back to that Championship caliber team so bad and it don’t matter if Draymond is coming back it don’t matter if they

Decide to bring Bob Myers back G Jesus Christ cannot save what’s going on with the Golden State dirt on a dast too soon I will I didn’t already put I didn’t already I didn’t already put flowers on it because it’s too it’s too much going on right internally when you have guys

Like Jonathan kaminga that are speaking out publicly report speaking out publicly who by the way that’s lack of professionalism on his part because he hasn’t done a damn thing to be speaking out on anything right handle those behind closed doors but when you have guys like you know Klay Thompson is

Dealing with he what he’s dealing with with the front office Draymond Green now you expecting Draymond Green to come back and be somewhat of a savior no that’s not going to happen this team this dynasty has ran his course and we just have to face the facts they’re

Right here in front of us but it’s a long season and these guys got a pedigree I would rather be late than early on a situation like this clay Klay Thompson is playing much better and people were writing Klay Thompson off early this season he’s playing much

Better as Brian said when drayman green played he’s played really well and Steph Curry is still Steph Curry this is a team listen there’s chaos sometimes very out in public with organizations sometimes it’s very private generally it’s everywhere in the NBA sometimes you’re hearing about it sometimes you’re

Not these things can turn this is still a group that has a chance to make uh to get it right now are they as good as the very best in the west I don’t think they are but the idea that this is going to just dissolve into um a team that falls

Out of the playoffs I’m not buying that especially with the play in tournament the invention of that’s four teams this you got Golden State doing something this year yes or no just it’s a simple yes or no what is doing I’m saying is that the only but that’s that’s the

Only thing that you think about when you think about the go to State Warriors when it comes down to Clay Ste and Draymond Green simple yes or no do you have them doing it if the if the definition of doing things is Championship then right now no that that

Would not what about you wi yes or no just yes or no no I don’t think but I think yes just yes or no yes or no there’s it’s not the only Judgment of whether a team a season has success it’s not a dis yes or

No uh no I’m just going to say no perk and by the way I think they would I’ve said before I think they would have lost in the first round last year if dearon Fox didn’t break his finger in the middle of the series and that’s no shame

The kings are good look this team won the title two years ago just two years ago and with every passing day that becomes more and more of a magical and remarkable achievement because the minute that series ended they just haven’t been able to recapture from than

Five 10 15 games what got them there and a couple of things have happened they’ve gotten older and they’ve OB obviously experienced a lot of internal Touro starting with the Draymond Jordan pool thing and the West has gotten better all around them starring the team that beat

Them last night that was riddled with injuries for two straight playoff runs one of which ended in a Warriors title that’s a great Championship it was a magical moment it was a crowning achievement for Steph Curry and since that game ended that game six and B Austin this team just hasn’t been the

Same that’s just a fact yeah absolutely and and they had a different Andrew Wiggins two years ago than you’ve seen yes and Andrew Wiggins and we were talking about whether or not he would get any votes for finals MVP that’s sell your stocks I’ll buy it there you go all

Right we we had to we need to go to break like that boat behind Zack low is just tugging along there so still to come on NBA today they’re both International foree talks with his By enemy kill An ally has been defeated [Applause] an enemy has been defeated come on guys I’m getting out [Applause] here you have defeated an [Applause] enemy enemy ultimate [Applause] who do I have to smash for air of sweet Kicks let’s go that [Applause] annihilation WR Ally has been defeated shut down enemy K enemy triple woke up and I’m already [Applause] angry enemy double kill tower has beeny our base is under attack shut down Wow have defeated an enemy

NBA TODAY | “Nikola Jokic is an alien” – Perk goes crazy Nuggets come back to win against Warriors