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Nuggets
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 1:37 pm
by Crow
Stuff to research. Maybe I'll get to it as missing players return.
Anybody else have comments on them?
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 5:51 pm
by 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.
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2025 6:08 pm
by 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.
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2025 2:30 pm
by 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.
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:09 am
by Crow
Jokic injury...
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 4:30 pm
by 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
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2026 7:34 am
by Crow
Nuggets beat Spurs.
Gordon and Watson not yet back.
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:28 pm
by Crow
Gordon back on & off.
Watson back.
1st of offensive rating, 22nd on defense.
Playoffs could see widely different outcomes.
Re: Nuggets
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2026 12:29 am
by 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