Nuggets

[Crow]

Stuff to research. Maybe I'll get to it as missing players return.

Anybody else have comments on them?

[Crow]

#1 offense, 20th defense with what they've had. Things get better later both ways? 24th on SOS to date.

Just 22nd on 3pta rate but 1st on 3pt fg%. 2nd on 2pt fg%, 3rd on ft%.

Pace fell from 8th last season to 20th. Efficiency ranks are both mildly better. Shooting ranks by level are slightly better in 2 cases and the same from 2pt range.

Big picture, a slower version of the same team.

[Crow]

Jokic at career best +16.6 BPM and Murray at tied for career best +4.1. Jokic at career high usage (29.8), Murray just slightly below (27.5) helps the BPM.

Jokic at almost 72% ts%. Murray also at career best 63%. Both at career high ft rates. Jokuc also at career high 3pt rate. Jokic at career best finishing at rim (79%), Murray 2nd best. Jokic amazing from mid-range, Murray good.

Quite the performing duo.

Best team +/- on the court of career for both. And Gordon and Braun far exceeded them with dramatically greater, career best +/-.

Nuggets look special but getting little talk.


NBA stops counting heave attempts, Jokic stops taking them, after his only 2 career makes last season. Murray makes his first heave.

[Mike G]

Heaves are now called 1/2 Court at b-r.com and apparently aligned with the new rule. I am sure Jokic heaved one at the end of regulation (score tied) vs the Wolves on xmas; almost certain he had at least one made before last season.
So they are freebies at the end of quarters 1-3 only; not when potential game-changers.

[Crow]

Jokic injury...

[Mike G]

Jokic went down on Dec. 27, and the Nuggets are 3-4 in the meantime. Six road games followed by a meltdown at home vs Atl.
Players have stepped up, including some who had hardly played in their first 31 games. In order of BPM increase in these last 7, compared to with-Jokic:

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Hunter Tyson
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
11   43  .318  17.0   7.0   1.0    .0     .0   19.0    74  108  -9.0
3    52  .626   9.1  19.0   1.0   1.9   12.6   21.1   111  121  -0.7

Zeke Nnaji
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
19  152  .579  10.1   3.4   1.3   1.4   18.0   10.8   100  118  -4.9
5   120  .724  10.6   3.8   2.6   4.8   10.5   18.5   133  117   2.9

Jalen Pickett
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
16  180  .539   8.2  18.2    .8   1.0   18.9   13.8   111  114  -2.5
7   162  .644   8.6  23.7    .9    .5   10.3   16.5   128  122   0.8

Jamal Murray
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
30 1054  .626   7.0  28.6   1.4    .7   10.2   27.7   126  120   3.6
4   154  .543   9.6  52.7    .7   1.2    8.6   30.7   121  122   5.9

Spencer Jones
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
27  535  .639   7.7   5.9   2.1   1.4   13.1   11.0   123  121  -2.0
6   186  .751   6.8   4.4   2.1   2.1   10.7    9.0   135  123  -1.2

Peyton Watson  
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
29  784  .620   9.7   7.0   1.7   3.5   12.9   15.7   116  116  -1.2
7   252  .599   9.5  12.1   1.8   2.6   13.2   27.5   105  120  -1.5

Tim Hardaway
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
31  822  .637   4.8   6.9    .9    .3    3.6   17.3   128  122  -0.7
6   172  .592   5.1   6.4    .3    .5    2.6   20.4   116  129  -2.6

Bruce Brown
Gm  min   TS%  TRb%  Ast%   Stl%  Blk%   TO%   Usg%   ORt  DRt   BPM
31  763  .539   9.7  10.5   2.0   1.0   13.4   13.4   112  117  -2.9
7   175  .507   9.5  11.9   2.6    .0   15.7   14.9   100  121  -5.0

The two old guys have not responded like the under-29 have.

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change    TS%  TRb  Ast  Stl  Blk  TO  Usg  ORt  DRt  BPM
Better     4    4    6    4    5    5   7    4    7    5
Worse      4    4    2    2    3    3   1    4    0    3

[Crow]

Nuggets beat Spurs.

Gordon and Watson not yet back.

[Crow]

Gordon back on & off.

Watson back.



1st of offensive rating, 22nd on defense.

Playoffs could see widely different outcomes.

[Mike G]

Nuggets with and without Gordon in 5 1/2 years:

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yr    W    L   with    W   L   w/out
21   19    6   .760   28   19   .596
22   46   29   .613    2    5   .286
23   45   23   .662    8    6   .571
24   49   24   .671    8    1   .889
25   33   18   .647   17   14   .548
26   22    9   .710   24   19   .558
tot 214  109   .663   87   64   .576

Difference of .087 Win% = 7 W/82 G