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@Will_d_jones My stance is that it’s a waste of time and mental thought complaining about “billionaire can spend money”. No owner is paying that tax. The league collectively decided the 2nd apron is a hard cap so best to wonder how the team can be its best under those constraints

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@RFreemyer I think he’ll overall be more efficient and less chaotic in his role than Westbrook was. He might not get triple doubles but also won’t turn the ball over every other minute

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@Mile_High_Z Peyton Watson is not a good on ball defender lmao. Yall did not watch Peyton Watson. You created a mythical idea of Peyton Watson and are running with it

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@SamQuinnCBS The nuggets had arguably the best team for 3 consecutive years but got derailed by injuries man wtf are we doing?? Watson was a BENCH player and we’re acting like the nuggets just traded an mvp candidate

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@SamQuinnCBS He should? And go where? Which front office is this haven that’s waiting to just spoil a superstar with a surplus of talent costs be damned?

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@rxmart2 @HPbasketball The only help from youth they got on that team was Jordan Poole and given how his career has played out that was a lucky run by him. Everyone else were seasoned vets. Pickett is ass and Peyton Watson is not the X factor between first round exit and championship team.

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@ColoradoDonkeys @StrawtherFC @EthicalHoopz @nuggets Welcome to era of parity homie. The last superstars to win multiple rings in the same decade were Curry Warriors and LeBron heat. Two of the best TEAMS in nba history. Not so easy to repeat under this CBA

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@StrawtherFC @EthicalHoopz Entirely possible if they play OKC or SA. But I’m willing to bet they’re definitely better than the rest of the west

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@rxmart2 @HPbasketball And to answer your question yes. Fans like myself included would much rather ride Jokic and play competitive ball into the sunset rather than blow it up in the hopes that hey maybe one of those draft picks turns into Jokic.

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@rxmart2 @HPbasketball Murray & Jokic are literally in their primes. We just came off a season of winning 50 games. No one in the west got better. Besides SA and OKC who do you fear this much?? Curry was 34 when they won another title. Stop being such a pessimist just because we lost a bench player

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@Bmiles237 @JoelRushNBA 2022-2024 were great teams that got derailed by injuries. Murray ACL, MPJ back, Murray calf, AG hamstring. Post AG trade and KCP signing the only team you could argue was more talented than us was maybe the Celtics. New CBA then broke that up and has made team building harder

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@Isle_of_dog @MikesMajorTakes @JoelRushNBA Its delusional to expect any owner to pay a $200M tax though. You can’t name a single owner in the nba who would do that. Especially to retain Peyton Watson. We’re not talking about paying for the dynasty warriors here… we’re talking about a team that just lost in round 1

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@SebMsr @JoelRushNBA Don’t care. I don’t expect him or any other owner in the nba the pay the largest tax bill in history to retain Peyton Watson. If this were the dynasty warriors then maybe it’d be a conversation

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@Isle_of_dog @MikesMajorTakes @JoelRushNBA The front office has made mistakes but rings culture has warped yalls perception of what wasting a players prime is. They have the second most wins this decade and last playoffs was only the second time they’ve lost in the first round. Injuries have cost them more than cheapness

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@rxmart2 @HPbasketball You’ve lost the plot and need to log off if you’re really out here saying it’s in the best interest of anyone to trade Jokic. Like what are you even talking about

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@nbatradecenter1 Team that finished 3rd in the west last year even with their whole team being out due to injuries is suddenly not gonna compete in the West because they didn’t sign the guy who played good for one month. I’m sure

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@name2common4ths @JoelRushNBA They’re currently the only team in the 2nd apron still. I truly doubt keeping Watson is gonna be the thing that makes Jokic do a full heel turn and want to leave Denver. Hes a lot more rational about the nba business than the average fan

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@andy__mick @JoelRushNBA Yea I’m not sure why people think the Kroenkes just have 200M in cash sitting around in the bank and think they’re ready to just blow it on one season of a basketball team. Net worth ≠ liquid cash is economics 101 that a lot of people don’t seem to understand.

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@MikesMajorTakes @JoelRushNBA My point is it’s a waste of energy to complain about ownership when they’ve all collectively decided the 2nd apron is a hard cap (even if it technically isn’t). You all are just yelling into the void getting angry that a team won’t pay a historic tax bill for a basketball team