Derek

Mostly just here for the Nuggets… And for what’s right when needed

[Derek @HumanDerek]

Greatest Full NBA Seasons🧵Of All Time

1. 91Jordan 819Reg🏆Post961
2. 23Jokić* 771🏀877
3. 12LeBron 772🏆821
4. 13LeBron 800🏆776
5. 67Wilt 774🏆732

71Kareem 771🏆695
09LeBron 862❌1130
96Jordan 754🏆773
93Jordan 749🏆817
62Wilt 839❌809
76Dr. J^ABA 739🏆947
68Hawkins^ 737🏆814

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@AndrewDBailey Correct

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@BlitzMal 👍

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@hoopordie7777 👍

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@spencer_hayes16 https://t.co/BTC7r7S6FW

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The team *used* to never give up.
And it didn’t in the home opener comeback led by Bubble Murray revisited—infused by the youthful spring of the Forward it never developed, always needed (guised by MPJ’s size I guess), & never cared enough about (guised by AG’s presence I guess).

Jokic was telling something true the other night; there was no intention to convey anything false.
And of course his hurt at what was being told—not to him individually, but to his collective—was genuine; rightly so.

But the team did give up tonight.
Immediately after the conveyance of those words/the idea should have precluded its possibility.

Gordon didn’t stick around for it.
Adelman didn’t even change his facial expression about it.
Jamal and Nikola tried, I guess, without forcing the issue Jamal led on two nights prior.
But their inability with the other pieces to be a team and a hustler like Brazil, as a collective, showed through tonight.

Whether it practically had through the preceding 4 quarters excepting the final one of the last game, or not.

And it did last playoffs as soon as it knew AG wasn’t full.
Whether it practically had already in consecutive years, by failing to play the hand it was dealt those two & three years prior, the way it would’ve learned it had to (winning in 6, not risking 7 for reasons beyond one series), or not.

At this point, I’d not be surprised if Nikola, Jamal, and Aaron all just know the game too well, and understand they’re going to be the heel in it, with the exceptions of permitted nights like Saturday, unless they risk overextending and thereby physically ensuring their run really is done and buried.

I fear the funeral really was Game 2 against Minnesota. We just didn’t know it at the time.

As much hope as Brazil (and I believe Whitmore could) finally brings, I fear, thanks to rotations, politics, and age, it may just be too little too late.
What a life it was.
Would’ve been nice & more helpful to know when it was happening rather than after the fact. But maybe that’s just not within the rules of how the game is played.

What a sad feeling this latest game leaves.
It’s hard to describe how deep it goes.

[Derek @HumanDerek]

The team *used* to never give up.
And it didn’t in the home opener comeback led by Bubble Murray revisited—infused by the youthful spring of the Forward it never developed, always needed (guised by MPJ’s size I guess), & never cared enough about (guised by AG’s presence I guess).

Jokic was telling something true the other night; there was no intention to convey anything false.
And of course his hurt at what was being told—not to him individually, but to his collective—was genuine; rightly so.

But the team did give up tonight.
Immediately after the conveyance of those words/the idea should have precluded its possibility.

Gordon didn’t stick around for it.
Adelman didn’t even change his facial expression about it.
Jamal and Nikola tried, I guess, without forcing the issue Jamal led on two nights prior.
But their inability with the other pieces to be a team and a hustler like Brazil, as a collective, showed through tonight.

Whether it practically had through the preceding 4 quarters excepting the final one of the last game, or not.

And it did last playoffs as soon as it knew AG wasn’t full.
Whether it practically had already in consecutive years, by failing to play the hand it was dealt those two & three years prior, the way it would’ve learned it had to (winning in 6, not risking 7 for reasons beyond one series), or not.

At this point, I’d not be surprised if Nikola, Jamal, and Aaron all just know the game too well, and understand they’re going to be the heel in it, with the exceptions of permitted nights like Saturday, unless they risk overextending and thereby physically ensuring their run really is done and buried.

I fear the funeral really was Game 2 against Minnesota. We just didn’t know it at the time.

As much hope as Brazil (and I believe Whitmore could) finally brings, I fear, thanks to rotations, politics, and age, it may just be too little too late.
What a life it was.
Would’ve been nice & more helpful to know when it was happening rather than after the fact. But maybe that’s just not within the rules of how the game is played.

What a sad feeling this latest game leaves.
It’s hard to describe how deep it goes.

[Derek @HumanDerek]

Jokic lied
Raineth the boos

[Jokic Burner @MikesMajorTakes]

I think it might be a LONG season for the Nuggets. We are totally going to be seller at the deadline to get under the apron. No chance the Kroenkes are going to pay a massive luxary tax bill for this.

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@TheZodiacGM Nuggets need a junior Porter.
We haven’t been the same without one.

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0. Flight!

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@katywinge I know it’s already been decided, but these are my own personal favorites I could come up with today, just because I love this kind of game. Thanks for the idea prompt Katy! Hope you picked a good one.

1. Pele
2. The Fifth Element
3. Wax

[SleeperRockies @SleeperRockies]

SENZA IS PITCHING IN THE #WORLDSERIES 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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@Hero_OfThe_Day Jokic does.
Common denominator?

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@Swolletariat

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@ESPNNBA Heat really love that 8 seed

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@spencer_hayes16 He has one already

[Hopeful Pac-12 Enthusiest @a_j_hilzman]

@JeSuisLaNicole @katywinge Fixed it for you, have fun at the game

[Spencer Hayes @spencer_hayes16]

BRAZILE YOU ARE GETTING A STATUE

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@MSD2K @ProphetXLA

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@Jacobtheclipper https://t.co/L3vY9zBFQu

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@MSD2K @ProphetXLA 🪞

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@JeSuisLaNicole @a_j_hilzman @katywinge https://t.co/eXKW0Pe6OR

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@katywinge I know it’s already been decided, but these are my own personal favorites I could come up with today, just because I love this kind of game. Thanks for the idea prompt Katy! Hope you picked a good one.

1. Pele
2. The Fifth Element
3. Wax