Nikola Jokic Shuts Down Michael Malone whiny Excuses! Nikola Jokic Anthony Edwards Minnesota Timberwolves VS Denver Nuggets game 7. NBA playoffs, NBA. NBA news. Jamal Murray, Karl Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert. Inside the NBA. NBA on TNT.
That's why Nikola is the man. Even his bad games are usually decent by other's standards. When he wins, he pumps up the coaching staff and teammates. When he loses, he says we or me while explaining the blame. He doesn't team hop; we never hear about him demanding the organization trade for this guy or that. All the stuff we say we want in a player, this guy checks the boxes. Made mistakes in this series, but was still by far, the statistical best player on the court.
As a longtime MN fan, I have the utmost respect for Jokic. He's one of my fav players and the best player in the league for now. MN is the best team. And Ant will likely be the best player in his prime.
One thing that was really disappointing about this season for Denver is it really exposed Malone and Jamal, their performances and behavior was disappointing and embarrassing. Love Jokic and Gordon but Malone and Murray seem like a fucking headache
I lost a lot of respect for Murray during this series. He was a huge bitch throwing tantrums and screwed the Nuggets a few times with his piss-poor play.
Its early to say that. They may buy a Kevin Durant, Paul George or some of those who still want a ring and can help a little and get benefit from Jokic superb IQ.
The Nuggets are, essentially, the greatness of Jokic, surrounded by an average supporting cast. Murray is streaky, and surprisingly proved to be a baby. MPJ is average but hasnt improved, and Gordon is a good, complementary (classy) player. If you lined up players on both teams, and picked them, Jokic would the first pick followed by Edwards, Towns and Gobert. Murray may come next, followed by McDaniels and Reid. The Wolves were a little better.
I was getting so upset watching the 4th quarter of game 7. Jokic had no help. He’d pass it to Gordon or Murray and they would panic and pass it right back to him. It didn’t seem like there were many adjustments from the coaching staff for this either. I felt like everyone left Jokic hanging. He’s great, but it’s a 5 player roster for a reason.
As a longtime MN fan, it reminds me of back in the day when we had Garnett but no one else to help. I feel the pain. It's a frustrating thing to watch when you understand what's happening.
LMAO That comment was so directed at the front office. Why did he have to play his starters so much late into the season? Their bench isn't good enough to lighten the load in-game, nor are they good enough to help them separate from the pack in terms of regular season record. The issue is that Michael Porter Jr. gets paid like an 18-20ppg third option, but he averaged 10.5 in this series (and he struggled in the Miami series last year, due to the physicality). The difference? Bruce Brown, who closed all those games. It's that simple. The issue is that they have no flexibility, short of trading Michael Porter Jr., so he can complain all he wants... it doesn't change the reality of their salary holds.
@@donie-rg4cy Respectfully disagree. He was playing injured all playoffs. Luka Doncic is playing hurt too, but he's a much bigger player than Jamal Murray, so he can make up for his lack of his normal explosiveness through physical strength. Plus, Luka is on another level skill-wise... but Jamal is a fantastic playoff performer. If he wasn't hurt, there's no way Anthony Edwards guards him as well as he did. But again, lack of a bench tired him out all season, and we all know Jamal Murray's injury issues of the past. My two cents.
@@truthbrotha1244 Jamal started the season with hamstring issues and then he got couple of different injuries during the season. He played only 59 games so he definitely didn't carry any load of the short bench, on the contrary he put even more weight on the starters. Denver already wasted two years of Jokic's prime when Jamal didn't play in the playoffs so in order for him to be useful, he has to be consistent when he plays and he's not. And imo he had terrible playoffs this year. You can't go far in playoffs when your number 2 shooting 40% and 31.5% from three on 21 attempts per game. And while most of the good guards find another ways to affect games when shoots don't go in, like great defense, getting to the free throw line, playmaking....Jamal couldn't do any of that. He averaged 2.2 attempts from free throws, playmaking was below average or average at best and he can't guard anybody. That's why I'm saying he's even a bigger problem. Denver has become so dependable on him because when he shoots poorly, he's useless and that's hurting the team tremendously
That was the best defense I have seen in a long time. They got length at every position. Joker said it best the better team won. They had em on the ropes but they changed game plans and came out swinging in the second half. Great series could have gone either way but I do believe the better team won. Great sportmanship from joker not making excuses.
@@chickenteriyakiboyy3628Well he didn't say anything untrue. The only difference is Ant is a good player, and Malone is a delusional coach that can't even form a single decent strat, he only has the luxury of having the best player in the world.
I have a small correction to make on this video. This guy said Murray didn’t show up in any game they lost but he’s wrong, he showed up in game 7. Murray and jokic both combined for 69 of the nuggets 90 points. It wasn’t Murray or jokic who didn’t show up for game 7. Just look at the wolves, Edwards had a terrible game but the rest of the team showed up to win and that’s what they did
Edwards didn't have a terrible game to anyone who understands basketball beyond the 1 dimensional view of simply looking at the scoring stat on the box score.
@@lightbeforethetunnelI agree completely. I was only trying to make a point. His performance just didn’t match his scoring performance for the rest of the playoffs
@@lightbeforethetunnel edwards did in fact have a terrible game... he made 1 field goal out of double digit attempts in the first half and contributed literally nothing defensively lmao, the only reason he wasnt the worst player on the court was because he was pretty good defensively in the second half and hit a couple big shots, but still shot like shit overall
@@Someone-hi1nt "... he made 1 field goal in the first half ..." You're doing what I said - just pointing at the box score scoring stat. So let's just ignore every other aspect of basketball other than shooting, shall we? "... and contributed nothing defensively on the first half." Lol, oh really? Nothing? Proving my point again. If it's not showing up in the scoring stat on the box score, you literally mark it as "contributing nothing." Just because you aren't noticing it doesn't mean he's not contributing on D in the first half. Just admit it. You didn't watch the game. Anyone who did, and understands basketball beyond 1 dimensional scoring, knows this.
They lost Bruce Brown and Jeff Green, and that was the real reason they lost. They were not as good this year. When I saw them get blown out in game six I had a feeling they would lose this game.
@@benbrandes4520 A lot of ppl don't know it. Not much attention was ever brought to it but MN was missing Jaden McDaniels (2nd team all defense this year) and Naz Reid (6th man of the year). Those two players are important af for the Timberwolves
The surrounding cast failed to step up. Murray & Jokic both put up 30+ pts. Everyone else in single digits. Wolves had 3 players in double digits. That was the difference.
Malone is actually a really good coach, but he's a sore loser. With that being said, the Nuggets need a big upgrade in their roster, cause OKC and the Wolves will only get better.
Malone is such a wannabe. Wouldn't be anything if Jokic didn't improve his game at the perfect time. I hate lal but he kept bringing them up about how the world wants lal to beat den last year in the wcf.
"I think mentally, emotionally and physically...blah blah blah"....now you know how Lebron feels playing in 8 straight finals, plus the Olympics, plus the last 3 out of 4 playoffs and played with a big 3 against teams with big 4's (Duncan, Kawhi, Ginobli, Parker. Curry, Durant, Dray, Klay. Garnett, Pierce, Allen and Rondo)
I was actually rooting for the Nuggets in the Finals last year and was genuinely happy for them after they won. However, aside from Jokic, the team became incredibly arrogant, and Denver fans turned into some of the most annoying subhuman filth ever. It's great that you won your first championship, but there's no need to act like you've already built a dynasty. I'm so glad to see Denver fans sad and upset after their team got rightfully humbled 😂
And it’s really a pity because it’s amazing and inspiring for when the underdogs finally win the championship but some unfortunately get arrogant and big headed, that you start to root against them so they can get humbled. A shame tbh.
It's not the team who became arrogant, it's all Jamal who got such an inflated ego that he cost them this series. Malone was his partner in crime, why was Jokic playin 47(?!) mins and WHY were Holiday and Braun not given a bigger role in the 3rd and 4th quarter when they CLEARLY showed us all that they can both defend Edwards and be big in team defense (switch, double team,...)...
@@lazarperic4525 Nah, I’m cool with the attempted gaslighting. I’m just going to stick to the fans because a debate about the arrogance of the team will never be productive. But the fans have definitely become arrogant, and I have plenty of personal anecdotal experience to support that. Denver Nuggets broadcaster Vic Lombardi, who probably shares similar sentiments as the average Nuggets fan, kicked off the whole “Who’s your daddy” thing, and then the fans, of course, started running with it. The whole thing was pretty stupid. And this is coming from someone who dislikes both the Lakers and LeBron. Just win more titles before talking all this mad trash, okay?
Jokic shows the difference between being a basketball player or a celebrity who plays basketball🏀🏀🏀 Denver lost because they didn’t have the energy or desire to rebound when it really mattered in the final game👀👀👀
Malone needs to admit HE is the reason they lost. They went away from their bread and butter: PNR/DHO with Murray/Jokic. No one can guard it. They got stagnant, post ups, isos. That's on HIM!
just give their flowers to Minnesota, congratulate them and think about next season and which players to keep and which to add to roster. Minnesota was simply better team and that is all. And think this way. Minnesota core was more or less same as last year and they almost get swept last year and these playoffs they had big trouble to deal with Denver. Still series IMO was strange because there were blowouts of both teams like Denver blows away Minnesota and vice versa. Seems like everyone wanted 7 game series and couple of games were close wins
Denver beat itself in Game 7. You have a 20 point difference, the only thing you have to do is not to relax, and everyone except Jokic and Murray deserve criticism. Come back from 0-2 and at home playing seventh game with only two players scoring 69/90 points. MPJ played very badly, a player with a max contract who has only one shot for 3 points in his arsenal and that's a great shot...but everything else is a clean 0. Trade MPJ and keep KCP =Denver can easily win another title.
just a question why do you as a person that just sits on a computer all day think you have the right to talk about "theres no excuses for x thing happening" and critiquing the words of professional basketball players and coaches like you know better than them?
I think trading Bruce and the other guy for a couple of rookies, without taking in consideration all the 3's they scored on last ran... well, u take those 3's and u r in this place :P MPJ with 25% on 3's attempts and Jamal with 33% FG isn't what's gonna bring u a chip. You need real role players in those cases, look at Pacers, Dallas, Boston, Twolves... all have role players.
Porter Jr. building 🏫 with all those breaks. Jamal and Coach Malone too much into they're feelings Jokic and Aaron Gordon gonna be in another horse race this summer.
@@lazarperic4525 I watched the whole game. I'm not glazing anybody. I simply disagree with the notion that he didn't show up. I feel like only he and Jokic showed up in that game. The next highest scorer on the team was MPJ with 7 points. Jamal cooled off in scoring but at least he stayed aggressive. MPJ saw that his 3s weren't falling but instead of him to take more drives, he kept trying more 3s. Jokic did the same, tbh. Had like 2/10 from deep, and those 2 were in the 4th quarter. But he was gassed, so I understand his. Don't understand why MPJ played like that.
It’s like that for a lot of Joker lovers. The excuses are so pathetic. They blame their players. It can’t be that the number 1 defensive had something to do with that, nooo, it can’t be that. They blame everything and can’t except that a better team beat them.
And isn’t it something? …. It took the #1 defensive team ( who also had the “next mj”, the 4x DPOY, two all stars & the 6th man player of the year) it took THAT team seven, (yes 7) games to beat the reigning mvp & the rest of his team)…. Think on that….
@@cindycanaga2474 take the loss and stop crying and making excuses why Denver loss. That’s my message. They were beat by a better team that plays defense.
The other team got 14 extra FTs in game 7 alone. That not only gives the Wolves extra free points, gets Denver in foul trouble But even more impacful, it makes Denver's defense soft and weak as they know a foul will be called if you contest their shots too close. In the other hand Wolves could hack Denver every time and nothing was called. You know I am right but your brain won't admit it.
A "ranDu"m thawt 🤔... dang this guy's podcast ended, ever so timely with the coach look'n n sounding crazy with that response. It reminds of Taye Diggs character not b'n able to get with Nia Long's character in Unfinished Business. He looked stupid, too. She was Hot n Ready like Lil Caesars, wait'n to get lifted and Taye was acting like cold p🍕zza b4 it became 1st Take and got that Will Smith, Oscar Slap, sounding like Chris; when he blamed other reasons why they didn't hook up for a grand finale of their own. "I can't believe i just got hit by Will Smith!", similar to all the Nuggets excuses by those who used them, s😢d... 😆 🤣 is Mike Malone gonna do a Netflix special now, to show added frustration?...😂
You are talking out of your ass and do not understand context of why is this being said. You could also noted how "better team" won 3 games in a row, but it does not fits your video narrative. Both Mike Malone and Joker are saying the same thing in different words. Minesota IS better team. But more importantly front office let Bruce and Jeff go, and did nothing in trade deadline. That is why Nuggets had to play starters to the end of the season, that's why their starters are gassed, because they lost bench and have to play Jokic for 47 minutes in the last game.
@@jmrjhulk and what difference does that make? And what worse, a heat pad or a chair that actually hit people? Murray was out of line (in his 7 year career, he’s never done anything like that before) and You never heard any nuggets player blame anybody but themselves for that series loss, unlike another team I can think of (talking lakers here). We’ll see when Mavs win the NBA championship this year
@cindycanaga2474 6 you listened to malone all the time? Taking shots.. boaating and all.. when the time came, he lost he wasnt gracious and even humiliated the reporter. Have you heard the lakers humiliating the reporter? And pls let me remind you about the lakers. Everyone expecting them to win but people forget they are the 7th or 8th seed but they always have high expectations..lol and please move on your denver got eliminated already. T wolves is not my team its DALLAS but WE just want them to beat denver and shut malone up.. lol chair or ice pack it doesnt matter coz during that tim PLayers were jumping and it could have been a major injury if someone step on it.. so pleas stop crying and enjoy your vacation pr if you're going to ride dallas and become dalas nuggets/warriors.. lol have a nice day
@@jmrjhulk like I said, you never heard any nuggets PLAYER as a sore loser…. and coulda, shoulda woulda on heat pack, it didn’t hurt anyone where that chair did but u right that was last year. R u kidding bout Lakers.. just this season, they out blaming refs, their own teammates and then the coach, you must not have watched any of their post game interviews. As far as Dallas, I was hoping for nuggets vs mavericks because of relationship between Luka & Joker. Just like most lakers fans wanted wolves to beat nuggets, believe most nuggets fans rooting for mavericks.
Jokic did not shut down Malone. Sorry, this is stupid interpretation. Malone just took a stab at front office for having a weak bench. You just waited for your "revenge". What are you, Lebron fan, Lakers fan, Wolves fan. SMH
