The Nuggets biggest rival is still its scariest playoff opponent
On the latest episode of Pickaxe and Roll, Ryan Blackburn continues the 20Q series with a breakdown of the opponent the Denver Nuggets lost to in the playoffs last season. Are the Minnesota Timberwolves still a dangerous threat? Have the changes the Nuggets made done enough to oust the T’Wolves? Ryan goes over changes for both teams and how it would impact a possible playoff series, then discusses the building rivalry between Denver and Minnesota.
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Jokic could go for 60 a game, and Murray would likely struggle with McDaniels and NAW.
18:06 come on man, thats just disingenuous. Russ came into last years playoffs hurt, & still had a good game one. & the year before that he averaged 25 on decent enough efficiency for 5 straight playoff games. Yall have got to actually look deeper at what russ brought to the clippers , even his stint in the playoffs this last yr was far in away better then anything reggie provided. Hustle, defense, playmaking, ball handling, are all things that are about of basketball besides scoring, & all things russ did better then Reggie last year. Come on
20:20 and u wanted reggie to be there instead? Come on dude, you just aren’t being realistic if u think russ is not helping us in those spots over reggie. Aside from shoot the basketball, russ does everything better then reggie at this stage of their careers. Reggie cannot pass well, cannot playmaker, cannot screen, was not a good offball player, didn’t cut well , & couldn’t grab an offensive board. Russ does all that while offering vertical spacing, in what world does that not help us more then reggie being relegated to a spot up guy when playing with the starters
20:36 not even a russ fan, i’m a nuggets fan & have been one since 2020. You’re just being pretty misleading about who russ is as a player man
I think it is disingenuous that a lot of purported pundits utilize the previous seasons with Russ as a way to be an accurate predictor of this season, when the expectation is to use Russ as a backup point guard, which has been stifled in the previous years. The inability to establish a clear role and maintain a rhythm hinders the capacity for basketball players especially Russ to excel, which is demonstrated time and time again.
I want to see Ayo Dosumnu on the nuggets. He’s dynamic enough to play back up SG, PG or SF. He’s more Bruce Brown than Russ and we need someone that is proven 3 point shooting, cuz Julian/Christian and Peyton are still questionable
20:35😂😂 they should come after you as dallas fan don't do that man like that
20:47😂 also he's not going to be the primary guy what are talking about