The Nuggs are still legit, neither Nuggs nor Spurs can withstand several seasons of 82 games.......like the Thunder though. No knock on them, it is just depth building.
Phoenix has never won a ring, so I think their expectations are slightly less than Chips. And Barkley was in his Prime, one of my favorites, an MVP dude that just got beat by Jordan. Nash and Stoudamire were extremely fun as well. Beat by Tim Duncan. Phoenix deserved to have Flagg and Wemby......a decent organisation.
Donovan Mitchell: We're not playing like a playoff team right now Dec. 24, 2025, 2:09 PM GMT+1 Donovan Mitchell: Mentally, we’ve got to find it. We’re 29 games in. You know, we’re not a playoff team right now — we’re not playing like it. We have the talent, we have the group, but we’re not playing like it. And that’s on the fifteen of us. We have to find it collectively. It’s not on just one individual. YouTube
Denver is quietly better than ever. They used to get obliterated every year during the non-Jokic minutes. Now those are hovering around neutral. And the Jokic minutes are the most dominant they've ever been. Trading MPJ in order to get multiple quality guys for their bench depth really helped them out.
Completely agree. The Nuggets problem is with Cam Johnson's recent knee injury, they now have 3 starters out and Jokic will have to carry an even heavier burden the next few weeks to keep them top 4 in the WC.
Great start to Christmas 2025 for the NBA. Cavs are gonna be a very tough matchup for the Rockets on Saturday.
When Victor came in, OKC led 28-24. It was 41-36 Spurs at the end of Q1 with him on the floor. It's really simple: Victor's effect on defense is beyond insane. There is no word to describe it. OKC's offense is great at generating good shots but Victor completely nullifies that.
