Struggling To Keep The Window Open: 2024-25 Denver Nuggets Thread

[Mastamimd]

 

[nightwing2016]

He absolutely needs to be on the hot seat if the bench is all of his recent guys and it still sucks.

I like booth in general but I think he’s putting way too much stock into his own ability to find guys in the 20s and 30s. It might end up being his downfall.

Yeah, I feel the same way and the zeke contract whoever’s idea that was should be called on the carpet because he never deserved that contract. Dude never gets a damn rebound

 

[nightwing2016]

Ok, Reggie actually has some value to Charolette. I guess we are drafting tonight

 

[nightwing2016]

Ok, Reggie actually has some value to Charolette. I guess we are drafting tonight

Never mind, the tweet was wrong, the nuggets trade Reggie with three seconds for cash. Cap move for KCP I’m all for it

 

[Flex Grossman]

Disastrous offseason so far. We’ll see what happens with the TPMLE and maybe a Zeke trade, but I could see going into next years playoffs with only 5 guys you can trust.

 

[nightwing2016]

Disastrous offseason so far. We’ll see what happens with the TPMLE and maybe a Zeke trade, but I could see going into next years playoffs with only 5 guys you can trust.

Yeah, booth may need to go after this season

 

[ECA]

Braun's a good defender but the shooting has to improve if they're gonna have him in the starting lineup

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Braun's a good defender but the shooting has to improve if they're gonna have him in the starting lineup

His decision making and vision need to improve as well as he still plays erratic and looks completely lost out there at times.

 

[Flex Grossman]

I think Braun will be fine as a 5th starter. He’ll be asked to do even less than he was, and is a decent cutter, so he should be enough of a threat that the defense can’t just ignore him.

This bench has a shot at being historically trash tho. They’re relying on 5 of these recent late picks to be regular season playable, and at least 3 to be playoff playable. The odds of that happening are so low.

Calvin bet a year of jokic’s prime on his talent evaluation and if that bet doesn’t hit, he’s gotta go.

 

[BigTyme Records]

Roster even thinner than last year. Not good

 

[nightwing2016]

KCP is gone. If this doesn’t work Booth has to go. You can’t waste two years of Jokic prime on your vision when the team is built to win now.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

Bring back Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf!

 

[T.he I.nformant]

I ain’t trippin just yet.

There seems to be a philosophical disconnect between Malone and Booth. I hope they bridge that and get on the same page so that another year isn’t wasted.

Booth is leaning toward playing the young guys to round out the rest of the rotation after the core four of Jokic, Murray, AG, and MPJ.

Malone seems to rely more on the veteran guys.

Problem with Malone’s approach is he doesn’t always trust the vets on top of having a short leash for the young guys. It works when the personnel is a KCP, Brucie B, or Jeff Green but falters when it’s Reggie Jackson, Zeke, or Justin Holliday. This year showed that he leans too much on his stars when the personnel isn’t just right which gasses them and makes us worse overall come playoff time.

It’ll be interesting to see if they go after a Westbrook. If they do, it tells me Malone isn’t completely bought in to the youth movement. If they don’t, maybe it’s a sign Malone will be more committed to playing the young guys.

Really hoping Watson, Strawther, and Holmes get some consistent opportunities. Praying Braun working on J so he can shoot it with some confidence.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

MAHMOUD ABDUL RAUF

CARMELO KYAM ANTHONY

SLAIMON KHAN SHAH

 

[nightwing2016]

Calvin Booth is a bad gm. This bench is terrible. Denver needs to move on from him. Backup center and guard was always an issue and he is trying to push a youth movement in the middle of Jokic’s window.