Amidst the absolute chaos of today, interesting parallel to think about.
When Clint Hurdle was the manager of the Colorado Rockies (2002-9), the team got to the World Series in ‘07 after having its best season win total, winning their last 14/15 regular season games to get-
Anthony Edwards has been frustrated since Karl-Anthony Towns was traded, per @WindhorstESPN@BannedMacMahon: “The NBA vultures are swirling around Ant in anticipation of him potentially becoming the next superstar who's available in the trade market” 👀
(h/t @TheNBABase)
As we reflect on Victor Wembanyama's first real run at "best in the world" status, it's worth remembering that...
Nikola Jokić averaged 30.0 points, 13.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.0 blocks against Rudy Gobert, Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo in a playoff run that ended with a championship...
and that since then, he's averaged 27.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.8 blocks in 246 regular and postseason games.
Breaking: Longtime Nuggets play-by-play man Chris Marlowe and color analyst Scott Hastings will no longer call games for Altitude TV next season as the Kroenke-owned Denver RSN shakes up the broadcast, sources familiar with the decision tell @DenverPost: https://t.co/B0JJ8IfnSh
Bill Simmons on the Nuggets:
“Why do they have to trade anybody to sign Peyton Watson? You have Jokic in your team, pay everyone, F*** off. Kroenke has a gazillion dollars, just keep everybody AND pay Peyton Watson. Your owner is super rich what are we doing?”
(via @BillSimmons, @ZackLowe_NBA)
I am skeptical that trading CB is feasible at the moment, but trading MPJ and CB at their lowest value (both had injuries that factored into their season output at certain points in the year) would be a misuse of tradable draft capital
4 things I’d rather do than be a thunder fan:
1. Play hide and go seek w/ Jeffery Dahmer in an abandoned Chucky Cheese
2. Be a Temu parachute tester
3 Stick my D&@k In a blender
4.Lick a port-o-potty toilet seat at Coachella
Yall are some Losers
The Nuggets’ top offseason priority will be retaining restricted free agent Peyton Watson, sources say.
More on the complications that will stand in Denver’s path to keeping him: https://t.co/GNxENGFddu
Nikola Jokic: “We just lost in the first round. I think we are far away.”
Changes needed?
“That’s not my decision. Definitely, if we were in Serbia, we would all be fired.”
Timberwolves giving their players as much rest as possible. Good thing we could never gain the lead so they’ve been able to save their timeouts. Called one, waited a possession, called another immediately.
Good strategy allowed by the poor play of Denver.