Heating Up Some Nuggets To Go With My 'Big-Face Coffee'! | Official Miami HEAT (#8) vs. Denver Nuggets (#1) | 2023 NBA Finals Thread

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The biggest thing that Jokic improved since I saw him as a rookie is athleticism. He always had a acceleration/decceleration ability. Bro used to be so slow and other bigs who were really fast for their size would just get up and down the court much faster and would run him off the floor.

He really worked on his foot speed and even his explosiveness a ton. Sure, he will never be someone who can jump but can get off the court and knows when to do it. Before the used to know when to do it but he was too fat to do it. He's not fast now but he can play at a nice pace, especially in Denver where he is flat out lethal and wears a defense down. I remember playing him last year and being like, oh oh. This nikka is different different. It reminded me of Steph in Mark Jackson's last year.

Everyone remembers 15 and 16. But 14 was when if your team played Steph, you were like oh my. I think 15 is when the rest of the team was finally ready to join Steph.
 

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This is like the 4th time in last 2 weeks i just seen Jimmy flat out quit in a playoff game. Disgusting.

Instead of putting a patent on himmy buckets, patent a jump shot, or a go to move, or a post move. Be more aggressive on offense, stop relying on nikkas who couldnt even get drafted to save your ass. This should have been a 40 burger last night for Jimmy, instead he settles 2 much for mediocrity and "making the right play". Fukk all that. Wheres your #MambaMentality
 

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People are saying Miami just missed shots but are ignoring how the nuggets size and their ability to wear on the heat’s players bodies and legs impact their ability to shoot those threes.
They were getting a bunch of wide open looks throughout the whole game, including the 1st quarter. That has nothing to do with size wearing on them.

It’s more likely regression to the mean. If they’re able to get hot again and make shots, this will be a series. If not, it’ll be a short one
 

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Spo is gonna try to shut down the Jokers passing in game 2 and he’s gonna drop like 40
Thats good. He has to either score a bunch with limited assist or limited assist and not score 20+. Denver thrives of his passing soet him score 40+ and focus the defense on Jamal and dont give the others looks from 3
 

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The biggest thing that Jokic improved since I saw him as a rookie is athleticism. He always had a acceleration/decceleration ability. Bro used to be so slow and other bigs who were really fast for their size would just get up and down the court much faster and would run him off the floor.

He really worked on his foot speed and even his explosiveness a ton. Sure, he will never be someone who can jump but can get off the court and knows when to do it. Before the used to know when to do it but he was too fat to do it. He's not fast now but he can play at a nice pace, especially in Denver where he is flat out lethal and wears a defense down. I remember playing him last year and being like, oh oh. This nikka is different different. It reminded me of Steph in Mark Jackson's last year.

Everyone remembers 15 and 16. But 14 was when if your team played Steph, you were like oh my. I think 15 is when the rest of the team was finally ready to join Steph.


He's lost some weight too
 
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This is like the 4th time in last 2 weeks i just seen Jimmy flat out quit in a playoff game. Disgusting.

Instead of putting a patent on himmy buckets, patent a jump shot, or a go to move, or a post move. Be more aggressive on offense, stop relying on nikkas who couldnt even get drafted to save your ass. This should have been a 40 burger last night for Jimmy, instead he settles 2 much for mediocrity and "making the right play". Fukk all that. Wheres your #MambaMentality
This is who Jimmy is.

I don't know why y'all continue to ignore this.

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