As Nuggets fans, Adam is our therapist. Also, I hope Matt is doing ok. He seemed a little down last episode.

@lylaeloise3948

20 күн бұрын

Even as a Wolves fan, I love listening to Adam Mares. He's very thorough, intelligent and measured in his takes. Not a full blown homer. His All-NBA podcast with Legler is so good, one of favorite podcasts in sports tbh. Their observations and analysis is so good, I learn so much from Mares!

bro this dude is in every podcast

Thank you for going through pain of rewatching that game :)

Man I’ve been watching this channel, DNVR, and ALL-CITY and Adam mares rocks. Such great insight, not a FULL homer but has great knowledge abt the game. Love it

Murray not getting ball back to Joker often enough in two man game. Murray being so slow getting upcourt and overdribbling. Murray taking more shots than Jokic should never happen.

@bjensen

20 күн бұрын

💯 Absolutely

@samantharay6098

20 күн бұрын

Murray is such trash, we HAVE to get rid of him

@71SanClare

20 күн бұрын

@@samantharay6098 or at least Malone needs to be empowered to coach him.

@samantharay6098

20 күн бұрын

@@71SanClare how has he not been empowered to coach??? malone has mishandled and spoiled murray and thats just what it is.

@71SanClare

20 күн бұрын

@@samantharay6098 you might be right. Then we have a bigger problem. So sad how much of Jokic's prime has been wasted carrying these mediocrities

Now that is basketball analysis! Awesome job, Adam. You’re the best.

Wolves fan here, so not familiar with the channel, but i think your analysis is great. Your take on the officiating is spot on. Those early touch fouls have been taking the teeth out of our defense off and on all year. Like Ant said to KAT, "you foul, we lose"

@jackwilkie1470

20 күн бұрын

Adam is one of the best in the business. Check him and Legler out on All NBA for non-Nuggets analysis.

@jjmcg9688

20 күн бұрын

Good insight. The Foster and Brothers crews will have controversy. Wolves are simple. If they turn it over they lose, they get emotional and make bad decisions. Denver has a higher floor but MN has a higher ceiling if they don’t turn it over.

@goldmo2427

20 күн бұрын

TBH a lot of fouls refs call are trash .. nba refs have so much power that it kills watching game alot of the times and it’s funny because free throw rate and foul call rate is massively down compared to so called other eras people hype .. basically it’s always been ruled by refs and now it’s technically less but still bad a lot of these calls should be no calls and they should only call legit fouls not just touches or these fake blocking fouls that’s just offensive player running into guy .. and refs are super inconsistent so idk wish they would actually try to change this stuff

@fredharvey2720

20 күн бұрын

The "touch fouls" your refer to see personal fouls which are clear violations in the NBA rules book. Marc Davis likes prison ball so he refuses to enforce standing rules thus giving your illegal thuggish style of play a red carpet.

@aaronkrause7595

20 күн бұрын

@@jackwilkie1470 definitely my favorite nba podcast

I'm not really worried. We have so many things pointing in our favour. We have been there, so we have the experience. We already went all the way last year. We are the ones getting to make the last adjustments. 84% of teams win the series aftee being up 3-2. One big reason for that is getting to make the last move, to adjust to last game. We have a 3 day rest. We know what happened in game 3. We have home court. We have a great record in game 7's. And last of all, we have Jokic.

Adam maybe the 2nd or 3rd LON I’ve watched and you’re absolutely incredible at this man. Huge props.

Your analysis are spot on u always say it as is 👌🏾

Coming from a Spurs fan, Great show 🤙🏾

I think we need to know Murray’s year round physical regimen. He starts every season slow and tired, then he gets injured. Jokic’s workout ethic is well known, and it’s why the dude can play 42 minutes, and still sprint the floor. No dynasty functions with 5/8 of a point guard. Regardless of what happens this season, Booth and ownership are responsible for for giving Jokic a legit line up. Point guard deficiencies were obvious to casual observers since October, so they’ve had time to make a plan, haven’t they?🙃

Yeah all season Murray has not been dependable and injury prone. He has been very disappointing. I think he needs to work on his conditioning and mind on this off season.

@UraStr

20 күн бұрын

His biggest problem is his arrogance. getting carried by Jokic and thinking he's the shit...it's okay for media to make up that stuff about him dominating in the PO, it's not okay for him to be thinking he can just turn it on...every year whole league improves...you improve in the summer, but mostly during the regular season, the fact he talked multiple times about how reporters shouldn't worry, that only PO are important, was a HUGE red flag...I predicted that this will happen, didn't think it would cost Nuggets this season...maybe they can regroup and still win this year and Murray will learn his lesson, that would be the best case scenario

@samantharay6098

20 күн бұрын

Trade Murray or never contend again.

@nounicorns1087

20 күн бұрын

He had his best regular season but he is very injury prone

@Doctor-xn4ec

20 күн бұрын

Let’s be real , Nuggets need to trade Murray and get a real super star . Jokić is in his prime.

Totally right about the momentum thing. Every stop that leads to a score feels like a huge swing. Wild series

This was actually pretty helpful / clarifying. My bball jargon isn't quite up to your explanation, but what you described in 1st Q was def what I saw.

@erizabeta

21 күн бұрын

ps absolutely agree about attention to detail

3 days rest is a huge advantage for Denver

Whoever wins this game 7 will win the championship

@cjp1599

20 күн бұрын

I doubt it. Healthy celtics beating either of these two teams. Wouldn't be surprised to see thunder or mavs beat both theses teams... Everyone is overvaluing the nuggets.

@DB-tk7yy

20 күн бұрын

​@cjp1599 agree and disagree. I agree in the sense that whichever team in the West that makes it to the final would be banged up and tired after playing more games than the Celtics and games that are tougher. Celtics will be well rested and in better health. That is their biggest advantage. I disagree about the other take. Denver, at their best, is the best in the west and has beaten Boston twice this year including in Boston. The question is will they be able to play their best. They haven't yet. Boston is great when they have a big lead, however if the game is close they fumble.

@greenrighthand

20 күн бұрын

@@cjp1599Celtics suck

@ljutko7

20 күн бұрын

No f way

@samantharay6098

20 күн бұрын

I no longer have faith in these Nuggets even if they win.

Good analyses.

The reason he stood....his disappointment with Murray and MPJ for losing the game for the TEAM yet again....even nice guys have limits and this has been brewing for awhile.

@brashadcarr6759

20 күн бұрын

Choosing to make the staring situation negative is pretty weird

Jokic continues to come into each season out of shape which highlights his immaturity. It's the same cycle with him, come in out of shape, ramp up, play back to backs, get hurt. Restart cycle again

The truth is Dwnver is 1 game awah from playing in the confidence championship and have done ao with MPJ being a no show for this series and Murray sucking ass fhis entire post season.

@Sean.Cordes

20 күн бұрын

MPJ had 20 in game 1 and 21 in game 3. The Wolves are doing what any great defensive team would do - they're staying attached to him and they're never helping off of him.

@Munnnn8

20 күн бұрын

@@Sean.Cordesstop defending Mpj he’s being hunted on defence his 20pts mean nothing when he’s giving up 40pts on the other end cuz of his bad defence & his decision making like Adam said at the start off game I don’t know if him not passing KCP the ball in the corner for the wide open 3 is him just not wanting 2 pass or his IQ is just really that low & he doesn’t know what’s going on the floor

Jokic was 11-28 vs gobert before game 5 so I wouldn’t say he struggled but I assume a lot of it was connected to double teams as well

your good man ....

You were def right about hitting the under (201.5) when you said “If I were predicting a final score I would predict 101-95 or 95-89.” 98-90 right inbetween that. Still can’t believe how invisible AG/MPJ/KCP were. 21 points in 150 mins outside of Jokic Murray 69 points on horrific shooting I didn’t see coming. 3-20 from 3 after Murray 3 to put them up 20 in the 3rd was was death. Even if that’s a still bad to mid 6-20 or 7-20 they win easy. Honestly the biggest difference in 2024 nuggets was Jokic/Murray before this year were BOTH 40+% from 3 in playoffs for their career and this year were both a BAD 26.4% Jok & 31.5% Murray. You can argue they were due for bad 3P% run law of averages wise, but that was a big part of why they found themselves down in so many games this year. They were down 9-22 points in 5/5 playoff games vs Lakers and fortunate that series didn’t go 6 or 7 (lakers shot 28% from 3 outside of LeBron 39% and many of those were wide open 3s). They def missed Bruce Brown’s toughness, energy, ball handling, zero F’s given attitude off the bench too.

Nice work Adam!.....quick question...does Murray leverage access journalism, I have noticed signs of it since he snapped at Ryan during a postgame a couple months back. I understand this may be difficult to answer so feel free to skip.

This game could go either way more of a hockey but enjoying this series, I think the game will be close give the nod to the home team but being from Minnesota like to see the wolves. This is not a homer he does a good job

It seems like Murry root of lot of problem... It is hard to understand Murry the way he plays. He has problem mentally

I didn't see the first quarter, but I wonder whether Denver called any time outs during Minnesota's early run.

If i am Jokic i would not sit down with these Looers on my own Bench, and i would say to Mr Kroenke you better have these Lossers out by the Start of the next Season

There is something lacking with this team. How can you be mad/upset if we lose? Losing by 45 would have been unacceptable even if Jokic, Murray, and Gordon didn't play.

@fredharvey2720

20 күн бұрын

That something lacking has been obvious for over a month.

@youknow2715

20 күн бұрын

@@fredharvey2720the thing that’s lacking is murray is hurt and this team can’t go full effort every game. Its a tired team but they’re fighting theiugh

@Internet_Gangsta

20 күн бұрын

@@fredharvey2720 goes way back. I remember that dismantling by Knicks team. I remember some soulless blowouts. That comeback that was allowed to Spurs might actually be the cause for not winning it all this year. Just many things happened that should not happen to a championship team. This crew and season would have worked if Murray and MPJ improved. Murray regressed and MPJ is still very inconsistent.

@KClouisville

20 күн бұрын

@@Internet_Gangsta This. Because they won the championship last year it caused A LOT of people to highly overrate the whole roster. Maybe it's the "Jokic Effect"....he has the ability to make people look better than they actually are. And the Murray/MPJ issues are at the top of the list of issues. With the NBA's salary cap structure having two guys basically on max contracts that are as inconsistent as they are is a disaster waiting to happen.

@AbcDino843

19 күн бұрын

@@youknow2715 The team being tired is the testament to the weak bench. It got better but I was really hoping that Reggie Jackson would grow over the season and take Murray's place for the most part. Murray shouldn't be a starter anymore imho.

Hope yall win. Dallas will be waiting 😎

Murray always jogging around....he gets tired and starts grabbing his shorts 5 min into game.

MPJ lack of IQ is killing this team

MPJ just soft...he has a 30% chance of getting a 50/50 ball.

@Munnnn8

20 күн бұрын

I remember last time we played the clippers I saw him lose a jump ball 2 James harden twice 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Why don’t you show any video of the game while you were talking about it?

Win or lose a championship consider trading Jamal (and MPJ) or making him a banch player and trade for an all star lvl player like Luka or Brunson to help a team..This kid is 25 and he plays like he is 35 injury prone delusional selfish egocentric he have a heart but he is stuck in his head that he is a batman when he is just bench player on other teams..

@DB-tk7yy

20 күн бұрын

With cost cap they are limited in who they can bring without trading too much. Def. can't keep Jamal and bring in someone better and Jamal would never stay as a bench player

@UraStr

20 күн бұрын

disagree with the trade stuff, relationships are sometimes more important than basketball, agree with everything else

@zettour.

20 күн бұрын

You don't give up on a piece like Murray over one post-season much less one series. He probably shouldn't have played though if injuries impacted him that badly.

@tomojevdenic996

20 күн бұрын

Denver should go for Nikola Jovic that for sure

@tomojevdenic996

20 күн бұрын

@@user-tx2vi4le7s please Brother write 45 more comments

I'm going over on mpj points.

That was an a$$ whooping

I thought Denver came out cold, and despite that, kept settling for way too many 3s.

Just go win the freaking game 7. F the x and o’s. Do you want it or not. Got damn!

jamal vs Bruce Brown Jr. :D

Ahhhhhhhhhhh Im so f'ing nervous 😖😖😖

Nuggets in 7

You can't recover instantly from a 45 point-loss. A 10-point loss, you can probably identify certain things you need to adjust. But 45? You're talking about an overhaul. Time for the Nuggets to get a well-deserved to Cancun.

This team has to be blown up and rebuilt.

Murray doesn't have good selections of shot

Game 6 Jokic stopped setting screens for Murray. Game 6 Nuggets stopped cutting to basket when Jokic was double teamed. Murray had 10 points. Jokic shoot 4 3's (to many). Fix all that and the Nuggets win game 7.

There is one thing you are absolutely, 100% wrong about and I think you know it given how detailed and accurate your breakdown was. Jokic does not have a shot at doing to KAT what he does to Gobert. This isn't DND, he's not going to magically gain a +10 strength buff in 2 days. The only person who is going to beat KAT is KAT. After the 1st round, Ant said he told KAT to stop fouling. After Game 6 Ant said in his press conference he yet again told KAT to stop fouling. During Game 6, it could be heard from the sideline coaches yelling "HANDS HANDS HANDS" whenever KAT was guarding Jokic in the post. The reffing in this series has been beyond inconsistent, but the one constant has been that if you either reach in on Jokic or bump him back, you will be called for a foul. KAT still screwed up in Game 6 and bumped back at Jokic under the basket - foul. You could tell he knew. This is why KAT is the only one who will decide if Jokic can work his "unstoppable" magic or not. I think KAT has learned. I think Wolves win Game 7

I’ve had major issues with the Nuggets killer instinct this year. For instance, they go down to San Antonio to end the regular season, which if they win that game against one of the lowest rung teams in the Association, they claim first place. They sucked. It showed me everything I didn’t want to see in their constitution. No way they repeat this year.

Murray is being the most selfish player in this team,he just care about himself,it make me disgusting.

It’s not just this year I’ve always disliked Murray for Jokics running mate. He plays selfishly and seems to bog down the offense. And his defense has been pathetic his whole career. I was pleasantly surprised during last years run but Murray just isn’t gonna help Jokic long term. And It seems like he’s always hurt so idk. I’m a Kentucky fan so I was pumped when we drafted him but I pray that we don’t max him out

Supporting cast not good enough to cut or make the shots. Murray has a calf issue. Basketball is a team sport and Jokić can’t score 100 by himself. Or can he? Marc Davis lets extra physical play go, so that’s another significant factor As Calvin booth did not improve the bench Murray’s injuries swing momentum significantly. With Bruce Brown swings would not be as pronounced The fish stinks from the head though, owners didn’t keep Connelly and may pay the price

Throw in the towel along with your heat pack next time. Can’t believe this dude was even allowed to play. Was rooting for nuggets before this incident too. SMH…

Yeah, it's not complicated. Murray and MPJ have to stop playing like shit.

Can a championship team lose by 45 points? Can a championship team melt down in that crucial SA game in the season? That's my concern. Well we shall see in game 7.

@ryanmahon1

21 күн бұрын

If we win this game, we can win the championship. It comes down to this

@ranisalman9650

21 күн бұрын

@@ryanmahon1 Agreed....but u just don't see champions do these things....let's hope for the best

@dannybiggs9736

21 күн бұрын

People forget the 22 warriors lost game 5 to the grizzlies by 40 😂

@je5406

20 күн бұрын

The 18 Warriors almost lost to the Harden Rockets.

@DB-tk7yy

20 күн бұрын

​@@ryanmahon1I don't know. If they had won game 6, they would have had a long rest before CF. Now they won't. Celtics already advanced and are resting while waiting for Knicks/Pacers. The Celtics are in good health expect for Porazingas. Nuggets are banged up. I believe the nuggets can win but it's not going to be easy and we better not be in the state of mind that winning this and the rest is easy, cause we saw how that state of mind gets the Nuggets in trouble.

Trade murray

@anthonyhodgson2934

19 күн бұрын

This is evil

What do you mean all games have been blowouts? Game 1 has been the best game and it was close contest. Game 4 also was close contest. Thats not right to say all 6 has been blowouts.

@ranisalman9650

21 күн бұрын

No games went down to the wire and all were won convincingly

@WaveRider1989

21 күн бұрын

@ranisalman9650 game 1 was back and forth close. Yea there was no buzzer beater but close is within 10 points these days.

@Sean.Cordes

20 күн бұрын

Game 4 wasnt near as close as the final score would indicate. The game was never in doubt and the Nuggets controlled it the entire second half. Wolves made a little run because the Nuggets for the last 4 minutes of the game essentially just played prevent offense to just kill the clock but didnt really execute any actions, knowing the game was over.

Murray can't win anything by himself or help his teammates because he is selfish and unintelligent

I think the nuggets are in trouble. Jamal has been pathetic, it's time to think about re-upping this team. Mpj sucks, put him in pressure and he can't hit the broad side of a barn and his D is still worthless. Jamal is always injured, and this year has been 💩 in the playoffs, it's time to move on... Mpj and Jamal for Luka should be proposed... that's assuming the mavs fall short again.

@DB-tk7yy

20 күн бұрын

Why would they agree to give up a star like Luka for those two?? Have to add more and I'm not sure they have a lot to offer

@cjp1599

20 күн бұрын

@@DB-tk7yy Luka would need to demand out like the rumors were back before the trade deadline... he vacations in aspen all the time so he has love for CO, and we know the jokic Luka love... I am just being hopeful. I honestly believe jokic will be back in Serbia in 3 years. Uncle Jeff sure makes it sound like the nba is a job to jokic. How long would you work if you had 15o mil in the bank. And own horses which can make you another 150mil...

@DB-tk7yy

20 күн бұрын

@cjp1599 I agree. I also don't think Jokic will stay beyond maybe 5 years. Luka and him together will be amazing and I know they want to play together, but I doubt any team can afford two players in that caliber and if they do the rotation will be severely compromised cause they won't be able to pay anyone else, lol

@cjp1599

19 күн бұрын

@@DB-tk7yy so it would be the current nuggets but the money would be going to Luka instead of an injured Jamal and worthless mpj... Kcp and AG would sign again at leagu3 minimum to play with those two. But now the mavs have gotten further than the nuggets likely will this year... It was a fun chip. Never thought denver would even get one so 🙂.

Just figured out how the nuggets win game 7 they out score the timber wolves

Nuggets fans are nervous...Twolves fans are confident

@j.p.7309

20 күн бұрын

Nah, not even a bit.

@Neofilmcritic

20 күн бұрын

lol wrong 😭

@je5406

20 күн бұрын

History tells us the proven championship team beats the young upstart in a game 7.

@969omo

20 күн бұрын

😂 we have the MVP😂 we good

@Brose3240

20 күн бұрын

Haha Not even a little bit. As a representative of T-Wolves nation, I can confidently tell you that we as a fan base are collectively sweating bullets and shitting bricks. 🥵💩🧱 But as always we remain desperately hopeful. 🙏

I said before the Nuggets-TWolves series started, that the TWolves will win the NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. They are loaded. They are the best defensive team in the league. We saw what the defense did to Denver yesterday. They have 4 time and current DPOY in Gobert. They have current 6 man of the year in Naz Reid. They have 2 current allstars in KAT and ANT, and to top it off, they have veteran and former allstar Conley at the point. It's a wrap. CONGRATULATIONS TWOLVES ON YOUR FIRST NBA CHAMPIONSHIP !👏👏👏👏👏

@stefasaurus2476

21 күн бұрын

Wow you are super cringe

@TD23682

21 күн бұрын

Relax lol I bet u we’re saying wolves in 4 as well😂

@gnomechomsky2524

21 күн бұрын

How dumb will you feel if Minnesota loses?

@messagekeenenivorywayansvo3011

21 күн бұрын

You just shot yourself in the foot! I’m not saying who gonna win the chip. But the basketball gods don’t like that. Yall might beat the nuggets or not. But that is to bold. KOD!

@briankoonce7593

20 күн бұрын

That's cute

Very simple, Murray was awful and needs to play at least well.

Nuggets fans are talking about the Wolves like they’re the greatest team of all time 😂. Going to laugh my ass when they beat yall and lose in the next round. Crazy what happens when you don’t play 45 win play-in teams the whole playoffs. Easiest ring of all time.

@ChiefOttoSo

21 күн бұрын

Clown the wolves the best team in the nba

@Thomasfrommygirl

21 күн бұрын

@@ChiefOttoSo okay. Didn’t say they weren’t. Also didn’t say they were. Just clowning on the Nugs for acting like the 96 bulls all season my guy

@briankoonce7593

20 күн бұрын

Why do morons always talk the most?

@Neofilmcritic

20 күн бұрын

You have no clue what you are even talking about. 🤣🤣

@briankoonce7593

20 күн бұрын

🫏🤡

Denver is going to win this game on Sunday by 12 points 💰💰💰💰💰💰🌍✅✅✅🔥🕯️🧢🆗⌚🧲💵

That's where you're wrong playoffs are not all about matchups I'll say that again they're not all about matchups you are incorrect because you could win your matchup all series long and yet your team would lose the series or you could lose the matchup all serious long and your team wins the series that think it's overflowing when people say matchups no it's not about matchup because you got to beat the team that's in front of you not to match up the team you have to find ways to win that series the last team standing so therefore regardless regardless which team is in front of you you have to find ways as a team to beat that team the better team always wins the best of 7 the better team wins the best of 7 not the better matchup

@alexisrobbins1736

21 күн бұрын

lol