Denver’s Back-Up Point Guard Crisis And Summer League Takeaways
Is the Jalen Pickett experiment “over?” Matt Moore and Adam Mares bring you the World’s Finest breakdown on Summer League for the Nuggets, and just how much of a crisis the backup point guard spot is. They talk Julian Strawther’s emergence, Trey Alexander’s chances of being a rotation player, why Gary Trent Jr. wasn’t a fit, and break down the dynamics of the standoff with the Clippers over Russell Westbrook.
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It's okay to admit when someone is a bust. Jalen Pickett is not an NBA player. I can't think of anything that he does particularly well. Bad draft pick and even worse to give him a contract.
Front Office isn't panicked just like they weren't panicked last off season…. end result 2nd rd exit, NO CHAMPIONSHIP…. We want championship(S)
What exactly is Booth’s vision because I don’t see it working out the way it does in his head? I also don’t think he doesn’t have reasons or that we might not appreciate it later, but the time is now!
Is it me I think Tyson and Pickett look better last year in the summer league better than this year
Random Bucks fan tuning in since I saw this in my recommendations. Petty gripe: Dame was NOT and is NOT unhappy to go/be to/in Milwaukee. He's already clarified this. He simply thought the Bucks wouldn't have the resources to go get him. He's literally on record stating Giannis was the player he'd want to play with the most. His sadness came from a divorce and separation from his kids, not team or location related. Please stop perpetuating a media fabricated lie 🙏. Ty. Otherwise good show
Jesus! Why doesn't Calvin instantly call Tyus Jones' agent and tell him: "We'll give Tyus a 3 year $40 contract. First year, $5m, second and third year $17.5m a year, with a 2nd year player option. Tyus comes to Denver, plays with Jokic and wins a championship. Then he either opts into a $17m a year contract for 2 years, or he opts out, hits free agency and get paid $22m a year for 3 years. Just like Bruce Brown. Just like KCP. They came here and got paid. So would Tyus." NBA Players are just idiots. I don't know why they aren't lining up to come to Denver for 1 year, play with Jokic and get 3 years $66m the next. And if it doesn't work you get to opt into a player option for $17m which is what he wants anyway. (And Denver just trades him).
A team would have to be utterly insane to want Russell Westbrook if he didn't want to be there. He's incredibly risky even if he DOES want to be here. He could be a total disaster, just like he was for Philly, the Lakers and the Clippers. He's not going to just play nice and accept a trade like Dame Lillard did. The Bucks gambled that Lillard just isn't the type of player to blow up a locket room if he's not happy and he would come in and like the locker room and be OK with the trade. But, Russell Westbrook? When has he just shut up and swallowed his pride just because the team needs him. So, maybe a team accepts him and buys him out as part of a broader deal, but who wants to keep him against his will? This ain't 2015 Russell Westbrook either. He's 36 now, and bare worth the hassle of having him. Throw in an unhappy Westbrook is like adding a live grenade to your locker room!
Its astounding to me that basketball players dont want to play with Jokic.
Are they that dumb.
You have great chance to win a ring. Jokic will inflate your numbers and chances to get a bigger paycheck.
I understand unloading Reggie Jackson less and less