I was thinking about the best lineups to optimize Russ’s skillset— I would not be opposed to experimenting with a Russ led offense with Murray and Porter being designated off ball creators. Plus if Russ can drive into the paint he could in theory get Jokic wide open for his patented floater. I hope Malone experiments a bit and I'd also hope Murray would be willing to lessen his ball-handling duties for the potential benefit of Russ and the team as a whole. He was absolutely decimated by the Wolves' perimeter defense as the primary ball-handler, and additionally, Jokic and Gordon were extremely limited simply due to the size of the Wolves’ in the paint. I think lineups like theirs present lots of problems for our traditional starting 5, and experimenting w/ Westbrook’s strengths could be a major benefit in taking them down.
I of course think it makes sense for Russ to operate our bench and give it an identity. But I think there's potential if he were to act as our starting PG — especially when facing a team like Minnesota, Dallas, or OKC. What are your thoughts?
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Better than what? Reggie Jackson? Obviously. Is there anyone, anywhere, who has for a single second thought that
Reggie Jackson makes any team better than Rusell Westbrook?
Whatever makes Joker happy makes team better
We haven’t seen a single competitive game with Russ in the Nuggets jersey as the season hasn’t even started yet, sooo….pointless question.
If Braun improves his offense, we’re better than last year
Let’s put it this way, this season will go a long way to answering the question of whether Calvin Booth is a genius or a fraud.
It doesn’t matter Malone is going to over play his starters and they will be gassed come 1st round play off
I’ll let you know after about 20 games.