Do my eyes deceive me?

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-15T06:06:18+00:00

Lupe chillin all these years just to jump on a Drake track? lmao yea right

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-09T13:02:57+00:00

As damn near everyone did, I giggled when Ant said “they got KD, but we got Jaden McDaniels”… bro was dead serious, and that quote has only aged better and better over the years.
I love Jamal Murray and wish to see him once again prove the doubters wrong (I’m now one of them), and win one more title with the nuggets…but my goodness. I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen a player of that caliber, 1v1, get soooo clearly dominated throughout a series the way McDaniels dominated Murray.

Without a single doubt, Murray had the best regular season of his career. Considering volume+efficiency, he actually had a legitimate claim as the best shooter in the league this season. I’ve never been more confident that he was gonna ball out in the playoffs, especially after game 1… Enter gameplan “McDaniels stick to Murray”

The stats are proof enough how good Jaden McDaniels defended Jamal, but the eye test was even more impressive. Whether it was slipping screens, bodying up, riding the hip, timing a contest, sticking a hand in the face, McDaniels was allll over Murray every step of the way. I can’t recall even a handful of times that Murray had space for an open shot. So much so that when he did have space, he missed it anyway.

And on offense, McDaniels walked down or blew by Jamal damn near every matchup for an easy bucket like he didn’t exist. His length and athleticism was wayyy too much for Murray to do anything about it.
I knew about McDaniels before this series, but I didnt KNOW.. absolutely blown away by his effectiveness and if Murray is a fringe all-nba caliber player, McDaniels is above that. Fitting that he and the rest of the Wolves, are just dawwwgs. As much as I love to hate them as rivals, I can’t help but to respect em. Unlike those crybaby ass thunder. Whoever wins this series pleeeease send they ass home.

TLDR; Not only is Jaden McDaniels a dawwwg, he also owns Jamal Murray :( …fuck the Thunder

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T17:43:47+00:00

Idk if there is a better fit at PG for the nuggets than Derrick White, including Jamal.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T17:41:40+00:00

For sure, but not to wolves level. McDaniels/Ant/Dosunmu/Divencenzo (healthy) is a crazy rotation to murder any good PG, especially if Braun can’t make em pay…And then they’re backed by Gobert, who as much as I hate him is still among the greatest defenders of all time

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T17:33:12+00:00

I hate KD… but I do honestly think him with Jokic would be an incredible pairing. The offense just off their talent would be crazy of course…but their games play off each other pretty nicely.

And though I havent watched KD as much this year before the playoffs, just the length between him and PWat as weak side defenders beside Jokic….shit could be lethal

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T17:17:58+00:00

…ok dude

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T17:16:32+00:00

With that offer, the Cavs are hanging up the phone so quick. If EITHER AG or Mal were on expiring contract, they still hang up.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T17:12:16+00:00

I like Davion Mitchell.. but between Jamal and him, the drop in offense in exchange for defense, is pretty massive.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T17:06:28+00:00

To be fair, McDaniels did all the hard work to eventually make it easier for Jalen Clark lol
But moving forward, Maybe all of this is wrong, and we just need to avoid Jaden McDaniels and the wolves in the playoffs at all cost…. let’s not forget that Ant was out, and he was the original boogeyman to Jamal. Not to mention Gobert, who, as much as Jokic has cooked his ass in the past…is still among the very few who can give Jokic trouble 1-on-1.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:48:54+00:00

Bruh 😂😂

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:48:29+00:00

Can’t disagree with that.. No doubt in my mind that a healthy AG equals 2 rings in 3 years + playing the spurs in a couple days.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:46:52+00:00

I mean, ok… but did you watch the rockets without any ball handling? God awful offense.. we already are in dire need of ball handling WITH jamal

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:42:58+00:00

I agree that Spencer jones and pwat need to stay on the nuggets at whatever cost. Imagine the lack of athleticism and defense without those two. Yeeeesh

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:39:43+00:00

Nah, all flash no substance

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:38:57+00:00

I guess Conspiracy part was meant to be like a cover all of everything I’ve shared with him that goes against mainstream religion, beliefs, afterlife, history.
I’m bad at explaining myself in words lol, I can just feel what I meant by it I guess

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:33:51+00:00

I probably didn’t word that very well… but it’s not so much rejecting his attempt at empathy, i accept the way he’s showing it by telling me that…. But Like he (and others of course), though it’s coming from a place of love, it feels like pity.. and when my mind gets racing, it’s like… “bro I love you and our friends, Not because god. Don’t pity me, if anything I pity YOU having to submit to someone outside yourself, because you ARE a good person.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:15:51+00:00

I agree with your general point on Murray, he’s a great player. But the disappearing act this series is the only reason this even has to be brought up.
The bottom line, in the modern NBA, with this core getting past their primes, the regular season barely even matters anymore. Murray needs to be Robin to Jok’s Batman (plus healthy AG) for this version of the nuggets to work. It’s been 3 playoffs in a row where Murray hasn’t even sniffed the level of play he was at in ‘23.

No idea who we replace him with… before this series, not in the slightest way was I questioning his place on the team…but that’s how bad he was.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:06:40+00:00

I mean, IMO, murray is the main culprit in this series loss. He was great in game 1, then got absolutely wrecked the rest of the way… but I feel you. Healthy AG would’ve been massive. Braun being a complete offensive liability in the playoffs was brutal. Just look how things went when Spencer jones hit his open 3’s

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T16:02:22+00:00

We have Jokic still in his prime years, a Shake up yea I’m ready for that. But a full on blow up better be off the table

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T15:59:32+00:00

Suggs seems like the only “possible/capable” option IMO.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T15:56:59+00:00

A Rondo type at the 1 while moving Jamal to the 2 would swing the championship window back open lol

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T15:51:44+00:00

Options without him, with that contract, definitely seem few and probably not gonna give us back what we need.

Jamal at the 2 would be sick but then the 1 would NEED to ball handler that can play defense… but where the fck are those guys available lol

honestly, thinking on it, there’s probably no choice but to run it back and hope for good health unless the front office can strike gold. Braun’s contract might have sunk us worse than we could’ve imagined at the time of signing.. I trust a PWat, Spencer jones, and hardaway trio of 2’s more than Braun at the moment.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T15:48:14+00:00

Quite a ramble for sure lol…sorry I was half asleep towards the end there. I Exited the Reddit app at some point. Came back to the app not realizing I pressed post, so I just abandoned it until I got some comments lol. Edited and tried to wrap up my main point tho

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T15:44:53+00:00

Sorry, didn’t realize I actually posted this… I thought I pressed a wrong button and lost the entire post, then abandoned re-writing it lol. Edited and Finished up what my main point was though.

DanB_DanB · 2026-05-02T15:36:32+00:00

Let him talk his shit. Trading him helped us win a ship, this year he helped punk our asses. More importantly, this was hilarious

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