Nuggets Respond: Game 7 Sunday

Andrew: "29 teams are calling about JDub tomorrow"
Five minutes later:
"His value would be so low after a bad game 7."
Can't be surprised. According to Andrew Wiggins and Joe were untouchable at the deadline. Wonder how Cam Johnson's shooting would be looking in this series? I'm glad we have an infinite timeline and will always have this injury luck. Let's just hoard the picks, a generational superstar like Giannis is always gonna be available.

I've had enemas that were more enjoyable than watching last night's game.

My daughter and I will be in the building!! It'll be her first playoff game, and her 3 time seeing the Nuggets in the last two seasons. We went to the last two home season openers against Denver

Just to give some perspective, since we have 2 days now to wonder what if and whatnot…

The Thunder won 68 games this year, finished the year with 10+ wins more than everyone except Cleveland. Historically great defense, historic net rating. All this without Chet for most of the season. But believe it or not they’re fully healthy now!! SGA will be the likely MVP. JDub made an all star team. The Thunder passed every test all season, and beat tough teams all throughout the season.

The NBA has had a weird year. My opinion is that this is a transitional period in the NBA. New players becoming the focus of the league and the older players are getting closer to retirement. The Thunder had far and away the best roster built to handle this time period, and their franchise model has stood as a positive example for the rest of the league to follow.

In other words, the teams around the league are pretty weak in competition compared to what they have been in the past.

The Mavs traded Luka and took themselves out of contention.
The Lakers had the media bloating their roster up, and they were never really going anywhere.
Denver fired Mike Malone like 2 weeks before the playoffs! We should have gentleman swept them…
The playoff bracket has broke the perfect way for the Thunder. The east is weak and their best teams are defeated or about to be.

All this comment is trying to point out is this. If the Thunder don’t win a championship this year, I don’t think they get a more clear window of opportunity than this. I understand they’re young! But they are cheap right now! Their roster is pretty much maxed out because these are all the players Sam Presti decided to cultivate for this very moment. These guys will get big contracts no matter what happens from here on out. This could very well be the defining moment of Sam Presti’s career in OKC.

They have to win game 7.

As Count Leo Tolstoy once wrote:

"Okies'll be Okies."

I just want this series to be over. I'm so glad I got my heart medication refilled. This series has been so stressful for me. The anxiety from everything has been killing me. Anxiety has been through the roof during this series, and my mental health is shot.

I'm going to say this, and I really don't care how it's taken, but JDub bringing his phone to post-game interviews is very telling. It's immature to begin with, and it's disrespectful. It reminds me of when my kids were teenagers and had that "whatever" attitude.

Game 7 is on my birthday this is either about to be one of the best or one of the worst birthday presents I’ve ever gotten!

I’m done with Dub. Trade his bum ass

My take on this is the Thunder need Chet to be the 2nd option. He has the higher ceiling than Dub. Dub is a great all around player. But he has proven to me that he can’t consistently be relied on to be the 2nd scoring option. And if Chet wouldn’t have went down to start the season with how Chet started the year I think we might of seen that happen this year. And Chet would have been the all star.

Picking the Nuggets on Sunday........................................................TO LOSE

Cam Johnson sure would be nice right now

Let’s not forget just how young this team still is. JDub and Chet are still not done growing into who they’ll eventually be.

Can somebody tell mark it’s postseason? Dude is saving his timeouts and letting opponent runs get to 10-15 points for no reason. Also, Carlisle was able to figure out Cleveland’s zone after 1 game, Mark can’t figure out Denver’s after 6? He hasn’t got us to come out hot after half once, and Denver has looked like the aggressors all series. Took shai out the whole 3rd yesterday and that’s when the game slipped, in addition to his other massive coaching mistakes this series. Not sure why this stuff isn’t being brought up more

Our players press conferences have been pathetic. “Oh it just didn’t go our way, it’s all stuff we’ve seen before, we’re getting the shots we want”. You clearly haven’t seen this stuff before or you wouldn’t be playing so bad. You’re clearly not getting the shots you want because you’re 3-16. Take some responsibility

I’ll say it again. If the thunder want to be perineal contenders they HAVE to find a real #2. And it isn’t Chet

Lot of coping going around saying how young the team is… Guys the age of the players will not matter in 5 years when they have 0 rings. We as thunder fans already went through this. Have to win now!

Cant hit 3s, cant hit their FT, cant hit layups. This team is going cold and they acting like it’s “just another game”

Mark also needs blame, he got out coached. He coaches on pins and needles

this is the most "sweepable" 7 game series I've ever seen. all 3 games we lost should have been Thunder wins

J dud lol

I get this is still a young team but these guys have to be more assertive

GUTS theme song making me feel old 😂

Bro they look so stressed lmfao. Me too guys, me too

Next year Chet is the number 2 option.
J Dub doesn’t have it.
I love the guy, but he’s had one good playoff game in 2 years.
They’re just too young,
And unfortunately regular season means nothing.

Let’s see if Mark plays his starters 6-7 minutes less than their Denver counterparts in a win or go home game…
His performance this playoffs has been totally underwhelming

Just think. If Denver wins then next season literally means nothing, the whole regular season means absolutely nothing they can win 75 games doesn’t mean a damn thing, the season will start when the playoffs starts. We will have a whole year of who gives a shit, show us is it’s real. I doubt I’ll even waste mine time watching until the.

And it’s crazy these guy think there is nothing wrong with this team! You have to have guys that put the ball in the basket to win!! But shit, Sam will just go out and get more defensive specialist this off season because his a “genius” manager.

We are far too inconsistent to win it all its actually scary. One game we are the best shooters in the world the next we are the worst there isnt an in between its frustrating. If we shoot decently every game we could really win it all

My wife has NEVER watched basketball but this series has got her so INTO it haha I LOVE it! She’s rooting for the Thunder of course!

@tayshawn hear me out, cut the squash in like 1 inch rounds, boil the squash till fork tendy, drain the water, throw a fat slab of butter in there and salt n pep. Can’t beat it

But these aren't the champs from 2 years ago, they have 6 guys, 3 are injured, and no head coach

I’m already accepting of our season ending tomorrow. Jokic was a nightmare matchup. Our best defenders are our guards. The Nuggets force our worst defenders to guard. Hartenstein and Holmgren are solid help defenders. But they both lack something against a traditional center.