Rachel Nichols takes a deep dive into the new landscape of the Western Conference and questions why teams like the Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets are off to such rocky starts after showing such promise of improvement last season. Nick Friedell and Paul Pierce believe teams like the Nuggets aren’t sneaking up on people anymore and everyone is more prepared to play them.
Breana Whitlock
November 2, 2019 at 1:45 am
The Nuggets
Marc Arnold
November 2, 2019 at 1:49 am
This is why I don’t listen to the media.
Ra Tredeuce
November 2, 2019 at 1:58 am
Smfh they stay disrespecting the Spurs. Bullshit
Jared Thomas
November 2, 2019 at 2:06 am
This is obvious seeing as how people like Wilbon are picking them to win the West lol
Myth Buster
November 2, 2019 at 3:05 am
Trade Murray. His contract is wrong and his role is wrong. He is not that good and will never be. He made Nuggets offense so slow and he is below average defender.
Ricky Gilbert
November 2, 2019 at 4:08 am
Collin has been over hyping this Nuggets team so much to the point of being a number seed. I just don’t see it at all. They don’t have a guy who can take over when necessary. No defense and their best player is slow and overweight. Idk it’s still too early and a lot can change from now and later. I just have a gut feeling this team isn’t going over 45 wins. Even Denver coach stated they haven’t put the effort in either.
Gregor Slana
November 2, 2019 at 4:34 am
srbin ko srbin, isti je djokovic. When things are going well, he acts all tough, when things are going bad, they get visually frustrated, and obvisouly its never their fault
efraim manases
November 2, 2019 at 4:39 am
nuggets . made a big mistake to give murray a very big overprice contract.
Alan Brooks
November 2, 2019 at 4:52 am
Maurry Stinks. Never liked him in College. Over achiever. All he do is shoot
Rapha Alpha 12
November 2, 2019 at 5:03 am
Paul Pierce: Nuggets needs a leader that will be their focal voice
Paul Millsap: *Am I a joke to you?*
Tbh, in my opinion, I think the Nuggets are bad (so far) this season is because the people and media gave them too much hype because they had a breakout year last year. Like bruh, they are so young.
River
November 2, 2019 at 5:31 am
Hey Pawlie , the Nuggets are going to sneak up again come the end of the season bcuz they Yung and strong and talented and top five in the West. Ijs
Lorenzo Bontorin
November 2, 2019 at 5:38 am
And as i expected the Nuggets aren’t doing well. I suppose they need people to talk like that to have some kind of motivation and play hard. If is that the case? This would be so silly. Find the guts from yourself, not from other sources of energy
Noah Cool5
November 2, 2019 at 6:37 am
Paul Pierce looks like my uncle
mstwntd69
November 2, 2019 at 6:38 am
I love how whenever anyone talks about the west they never even mention the blazers. This chick goes off on all these teams that were in the playoffs last year but conveniently forgets the other half of the western conference finals
Dejch
November 2, 2019 at 7:17 am
how can you suprise teams in 82 games?
Vladimir Milosevic
November 2, 2019 at 7:31 am
Jokic has had a busy summer with Serbian National Team. He was put into some other roles there, as well as the team eventually disappointed after having huge expectations and after Nikola not really been the leader of that team. Furthermore, he (his brother) has some serious problems with law (NIkola’s brother has indeed been his full time dedicated support. He is probably bit tired and physically not yet in full shape (some say he is overweight even though the reports say he is actually few pounds lighter). Nikola is not taking enough shots and he is indeed being to passive. All together they are playing indeed without a leader on the floor. One thing that is indeed positive is that the statistics from the last games show 9 players scoring almost double figures which means that there are many players there who indeed contribute which is ok when it comes to playing 82 games. All together, not a very good start for Nuggets but also just a game behind last year’s 4-1 start. I really do not expect NIkola to play so good as he played last year, as it all might have been a bit too much for such a person he is. He has been in the spotlight last six months and he just does not feel very comfortable with that. One trivia, which is very indicative indeed; After he confirmed playing for Serbian NT, following huge pressure from the press and fans to do so, NIkola has indeed been a part of the very good Serbian NT and spent next 6 weeks with the team, playing it tough, putting himself really into the spirit in times. However, for unknown reasons, during these 6 weeks, he has not given a single statement in front of any journalist or has not appeared in any press conference after 15+ games he played for the team. It was clear he wants his peace.. Anyhow, I still look forward to what Nikola can offer to the NBA as he is indeed a special player and coach Malone indeed needs to be patient and wait for Nikola to start improving the players around him as that is what he actually does the best.
EaST CoAsT MaCHete
November 2, 2019 at 8:32 am
Over 70 games left ..
Pump the brakes
DayShawnrShow
November 2, 2019 at 8:44 am
MPJ got this eventually
Calvin Payne
November 2, 2019 at 8:48 am
This chick is bad to me. I love redheads!🤗🤗🤗
Greg
November 2, 2019 at 9:14 am
The Warriors won’t even win 15 games this season. They definitely getting a top 3 pick in the draft next summer
Dirty30 #TheMarathonContinues
November 2, 2019 at 9:36 am
This prolly the smartest thing pp ever said
Jason Spades
November 2, 2019 at 9:58 am
Lakers lose. They will figure it out
Everybody else loses its all over.
Gotta love espn
Tobin Moffatt
November 2, 2019 at 10:11 am
plumbus
Terry Smith
November 2, 2019 at 10:27 am
Go Nuggets!
airon cruz
November 2, 2019 at 10:46 am
bruh it’s not even 10 games