Three games on the left. Two people fired. A new start.
The Nuggets want you to believe through a battery of original stories that they had no choice but to dismiss the coach Michael Malone and the general manager Calvin Booth. It was apparently the biggest nba quarrel since Shaq and Kobe. Apparently, I missed the Diss de Malone track.
Even if the timing was brutal, the kroenkes had their reasons for making them after looking at a joy -free season to dissolve since the break of the stars. But we also see the control of the damage wrapped in a shameful denial by the players.
We cannot let them take down. They were not satisfied with the criticisms of Malone, his cries, his rotations, his preferential treatment of Russell Westbrook (ok, my back on it).
Is this license to accelerate? To play defense as if they were in a star match?
The athletes control effort, attitude and conditioning. This is what made this disappointing season this season.
Jamal Murray came out of shape after signing a maximum extension of $ 208 million over four years. He was able to tie the first 21 games before finally being in good shape. But even it turned out to be short -lived. He missed eight of the last 12 games entering on Friday with an injury to the hamstrings.
Michael Porter Jr. continued to show us everything he really is: a medical wonder that is extremely inconsistent from one game to another, from one neighborhood to another and from possession to possession. When it is not 3, its value is practically nonexistent.
Nikola Jokic, who has a historic offensive season, has lost all interest to defend at the top of the key and has stopped engaging in his role in the screen.
Aaron Gordon could not shake a calf injury that has siphoned half of his games this season.
Westbrook has played at a speed, and his tired act of Porsche-in-A-School has deployed airbags several times in the past two weeks, which clearly makes Jalen Pickett should take his minutes in the clutch.
There are many examples of the reason why Malone and Booth deserved to be canned. But let’s not forgive the performance of the players. Just because the war factions existed behind the scenes, that does not excuse the lack of effort and communication.
For the Nuggets to take place on a magic race in the playoff series, it starts with those in uniform which shoot in the same direction, not the plans of the interim coach David Adelman.
Young and agitated: The Voltigator of the Rockies Zac Veen approaches baseball with childish enthusiasm. No need to take the Wag out of the tail of the puppy, but it is important because it sails on its call to rely on veterans like Ryan McMahon and Kyle Freeland. He has the talent to do it. But he must adopt routines to simplify everything.
Carmelo request: The temple of basketball renown Carmelo Anthony wants the Nuggets and the Knicks to retire his jersey. No problem. But Denver comes with a warning. His n ° 15 enters the rafters after Jokic is a sign of respect for the greatest player in the franchise.
Sheder’s Spot: Regarding Cleveland, can we believe them? The Browns adding Joe Flacco, 40 and stranded, Kenny Pickett, suggest that they will transmit Shedeur Sanders with the second overall choice. There is a growing buzz that they will take Travis Hunter from Cu. If this is the case, the saints would be silly not to take Sanders at No. 9, forming an ideal adjustment with the new coach Kellen Moore.
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