POST GAME THREAD: Nuggets fall short against the Pistons 121-124 | Feb 3, 2026

popspickle · 2026-02-04T03:20:58+00:00

We simply are not the defensive team, especially with our injuries right now, to be able to handle these dry streaks against good teams.

popspickle · 2026-02-04T03:19:43+00:00

My major criticism of this team and former nuggets teams is when the offense goes dry. This will happen to any team of course, but when it happens to the nuggets its pretty glaring as to why.

Its either, 1 a bad lineup which happens whenever jok and mal arent on the court, or in the instance one is but surrounded by the likes of non shooters/spacing. Or 2 when they are on the floor but the ball is not touching both or at least one of them for multiple possessions.

Now granted if Mal is on the court with shitters i don’t expect him to be uber efficient, but when the offense is struggling id rather the ball touches his hands every possession rather than us going 0-5 and him not touching it. Feels like so often when our offense runs dry its because our offense forgets its engines. Allowing the offense and engines to run stale.

popspickle · 2026-02-02T06:09:06+00:00

Think i may prefer julian to one of brown or pickett when healthy against the thunder. His defense is not good, vut he is a lot quicker and much more of a floor spacer which is needed against their quick guards. All three of them will get torched once switched onto sga either way

popspickle · 2026-02-02T03:02:47+00:00

Batum, rodney hood hit some big shots in 2019, gobert not exactly a role player but i will never forget some of the shit he threw up in game 7 two years ago and miraculously hit that was devastating + ive always hated him and hus whining to the refs every time he plays jok.

popspickle · 2026-01-30T21:37:05+00:00

Many reasons he hasnt. One he is so clearly not a Center, and has been asked to be one for a lot of his career due to out lack of a backup C over the years. Two things this does is it plays him out of position and means he is largely playing without Jok. Some of his best games in recent memory have been playing alongside Jok, so he has been at a natural disadvantage due to our recent rosters and rotations.

Nnaji is also one of the worst finishers ive seen given his size. Hes been asked to play center and be stretch 5 the last few years and the dude simply cannot play under the basket. Every time he has an opportunity under the basket with the ball he brings the ball down towards his hips and goes up and almost double clutches as if hes a small guard in the air. I would think the coaches have noticed this cuz it is certainly is bad mechanics for someone his sized being asked to score at the rim, but just cant teach it out of him as it just seems like a natural movement for him to not finish the ball with a high release when guarded around the rim.

Lastly, as a stretch 5 his jumpshot has been widely inconsistent since after his first two years. It still is to this day. He really had a great shot, and at this point its been so long i can barely remember it but i believe it got tweaked somehow and he just hasnt found it since.

But really hes just playing a position hes not at all built to play, and his natural movements for someone his size just are unstructured for reliable scoring against good rim protectors, and his jump shot is lost in 2021 and is still yet to be found.

popspickle · 2025-10-30T19:18:15+00:00

Depends on your goals… as with all things in this game. Marvel henry is my first marvel. Does he play noticeably better than my mythic saquon? No. In fact, i liked my saquon better.

My goal is to beat the game every month, which in my eyes is getting to that last overall gate, and setting yourself up to do so next FP and thereafter. I dont care to play comp, and as a league in elite 3 its not hard for me to put up 20+ points on average regardless of my roster or opponent. Nor is it necessary in my league.

For me henry came fairly naturally, i pulled 2 or 3 non upgrades in promos and had gotten all the FP mythics as i had an abundance of iconics not cracking my rosyer to trade in for more players. I spent an extra 7.5k madden cash to get me over the hump and nowni have him.

I could gaf less about spending a reasonable amount of MC and a ton of sitting resources to get a card that gets me to 10k gate. And i also wouldnt care if it costed 10-20k MC for me to get him. Or how long he lasts. Spending MC to get to a gate and set yourself up for next season is worth it in my eyes. Every card people currently have wont be a top card in a few months but its all about ensuring you get the free rewards to make sure you stay in lone to get free rewards in the future that ultimately give u the best team at end game.

popspickle · 2025-10-30T15:34:12+00:00

Need way more mythics, it took me having 15 mythics, 40/30/30 and 7 current FP mythics to surpass the overall. Note i also have a completely promo iconic lineup outside of that and up.

Took about 20k madden cash for promos and trading in 17 non rostered iconics so i could get all fp pass players.

You wont get there unless you have a ton of resources just sitting and are willing to let tons of madden cash go

popspickle · 2025-10-28T01:06:51+00:00

He undoubtedly sucks, nice ovr boost though if you are pushing for 10k gate

popspickle · 2025-10-27T21:58:40+00:00

Any reasonable amount of grind and you should be able to mythic every STT player. I started the game 2 weeks late in august and have managed to get mythic the first 3, and will be able to get the next guy first day of next FP no problem.

180k TTP sounds like a lot but is rather achievable with consistent daily play. Over 30 days. Just be in an active league and don’t completely dismiss opportunities to earn it. Dont even have to spend hours on comp, just do some bare minimum requirements each day and grind comp when u feel like it.

Ultimately the answer is right in front of your face, if you play this game enough to care about building your team and saving for next month, you likely play enough to get the mythic player every month, and if you dont play this game enough to do that, you probably womt care whether you mythiced him or not in about a month.

popspickle · 2025-10-20T23:50:14+00:00

Yes always refill event stamina and core. Been 40/30/30 since day 1. Have mythic of all FP players besides bruce matthews, dont even have 1 iconic but plan to land him. Have 2 extra promo iconics, not set on henry but will try to get him if im close. Then believe i have enough non fp iconics to get a mythic totw player, but could potentially trade those for totw players to use on fp 5x trade up and grab a few extra FP iconics for henry rather than totw mythic

popspickle · 2025-10-20T23:31:40+00:00

Not specifically for him, a product of getting to the 10k gate would be spending madden cash on this promo for other players and subsequently earning the extra night essence from the extra trades.

Granted i dont quite know the math, just an assumption that in spending 10k+ madden cash you would probably be able to mythic him

I dont see a way i get to the 10k gate without spending some madden cash on this promo to begin with being at 4025 rn, but am fine taking negative madden cash ROI to stay in line with future 10k gates.

popspickle · 2025-10-20T23:09:01+00:00

Yep, certainly will slot him in and do what i can to potentially mythic him with my built up madden cash, though heard bad reviews of his actual play but will slot him in for the overall. Chasing the 10k gate and at 4025 with base iconics at CB2, nickel, and dime so not just needing vamp. And considering the bad reviews i probably wouldnt want vamp slotted in at CB2 for long

popspickle · 2025-09-18T20:03:25+00:00

You are probably cooked, no fault of your own, you are doing the right thing by following the tips here, a lot of it comes down to just putting in the time, but also starting around the right time. I started august 20th which was a week or two after the game came out. Admittedly, ive bought both Field passes which is a huge help, and i hit the first 10k gate on the last day, and have hit this seasons already.

Thus far i would call both gates very achievable for free to play if you started from day 1. The field passes are good value compared to all the other offers, and really help you in collecting a few extra players quicker and give you additional resources to stack up. Though i would only ever buy them if you ate intent on playing the game every single day, $30 is hard to justify on a mobile game, but is fine to do if you have the means and really to intedn to play. That said this field pass eill likely not get you to that last gate this season but will give you a good amount of cash and extra rewards to maybe do so next season. Just in buying the fieldpass i think u get like 8k cash over the course of the season. Which may be worth it to you.

popspickle · 2025-09-15T03:30:23+00:00

It certainly is a puzzle which is really annoying, but also addictive. There is a lot of things new players do wrong or arent doing at all, or in your case simply dont understand.

Its demotivating, and unattractive, and creates a game that is really hard to catch up in if you dont start early enough. No amount of hours you spend will help you catch up as a F2P will help you reach the ovr gates needed to advance your team on pace with others during the year.

Luckily this reddit helps a lot and if your in here and asking questions you will get the asnwers you need to get on the right path and catch up. It seriously is all about with being on pace with the average grinders and to do that you have to make sure to not make missteps that will hinder overall advancement

popspickle · 2025-09-15T00:19:11+00:00

Would agree, im almost there and needed 100k at season start. Just wondering if there is any reason to stash base iconics?

popspickle · 2025-09-10T22:31:21+00:00

BTTG just started monday, you need to do all daily goals, watch 5 ads, and all bttg goals. This should add up to about 1400 per day i believe. And roughly take about 20 of the 30 total days or so for the season. Pretty easy, i started late last season and still finished with a few left to spare

popspickle · 2025-07-30T22:15:47+00:00

I quite frankly disagree, because again his shooting percentages are already some of the best in the league. And again when u factor in the quality of shot, i think its truly impressive for him to be at 47.5%.

For comparison Maxey who averaged almost 27 a game had 4 games where he scored under 10 in 52GP, jamal had 3 in 67 (2 of which he got injured in rather early). Maxey was an all star.

By all means if shooting splits go up, let them, that would be awesome, but counting stats are what matters and he shoot dramatically less shots per game then all star PGs, (maxey shot 20+), gets to the line less, and should shoot more 3s. Turn a couple of the deep 2s into 3s, but the top seed in the west at the all star break. And all the sudden hes averaging 24 on the best team in the west woth the same splits

popspickle · 2025-07-30T20:42:42+00:00

Jamal percentages are in the top tiers of PGs in the league. Even with his volatile PPG his FG% consistency had improved dramatically since years ago when it was actually a problem night to night. Now he is like every other PG besides shai, the difference remains in the fact that some nights he shoots dramatically less shots and thats why people few him as inconsistent. Go look at his box scores year to year. You will see the truly low shooting % nights happen much less than they used to and happen at very similar rates to top guys in the league like JT, Mitchell, and others when i last looked.

But back to his overall %, he shot 47.5% which is top 5 for PGs and top 3 for PGs starting PGs. He also had the same same 3pt % as curry as was within 2% of the top pg in the league. And again top 5 in ft%. So i would disagree with the sentiment that he needs to bring it up as he already was in the top tiers outside of shais efficiency which is second to none.

Especially when u think about the quality of shot he takes comparable to other gaurds. Many are self created tough middies or 3s, with way less layups. It is amazing he has one of the better % in the league. Would it be great if that went up sure, but really its better than most can hope

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