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I'll be most interested in watching how the Nuggets plan to play Doncic. In my opinion, the best Nuggets to play against him would be - in no particular order: Craig, Grant, Porter, Bates-Diop (although I will say Bates-Diop might seem like the best fit from my view).

Despite our bad shape and this is a road game, I don't think Dallas should be the real favorite to win playing without KP.

Still, they lead +7 at halftime. Jokic takes only 4 shots (0 FT) while Doncic takes 11 shots (5xFT) and that difference in superstars aggressiveness makes difference.

Marjanovic looked like an All-Star with 31 pts & 17 rebounds --- that's on our centers.

Doncic seemed able to do what ever he wanted.

Our poor defense couldn't be blamed on Porter's 5 minutes.

Sport does not matter right now, but the timing for the suspension could not be better.

It is a pain to watch the Nuggets at the moment. The team is completely broken. Actually I would not care if the season is already over

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Why is Jokic on the floor when he sucks on the offense, hes scared to take shots , living mascot was toying with him, Malone have zero backbone.

Mickey8 wrote:Why is Jokic on the floor when he sucks on the offense, hes scared to take shots , living mascot was toying with him, Malone have zero backbone.

I'm beginning to believe that Jokic needs an alpha scorer (or two). Let him have the ball and let him pass and rebound and occasionally score. Can that be Murray? He'd need to change his mind-set and focus on scoring. Porter looks like he has that mind-set, or did until Malone's mind games seem to have made him lose his confidence. Do we need to trade for or sign an elite scorer?

He needs a good psychiatrist , we know he can be an elite scorer when he wants to be that, his moodiness is visible every time , when he goes to those periods not looking at the basket at all, somethings up , either something he doesn't like with his teammates or the personal issues ,also he would benefit if he had the real general on the floor from the PG position , like Chris Paul. Jokic is the most frustrating player to follow, he could be an all time great at his position but his on court personality sucks a lot of times.

Mickey8 wrote:Why is Jokic on the floor when he sucks on the offense, hes scared to take shots , living mascot was toying with him, Malone have zero backbone.

Look, we have enough damage from Malone "punishing" Nurkic, Faried, Lyles, Juancho, Beasley in the near past. His last scapegoat offender is Michael Porter Jr, and he answered very well on his punishment - MPJ's TS% suddenly dropped from 60% to 29% in Nuggets last 5 games.

So, the last thing we need at the moment is MALONE "to fix" Jokic. I agree that Jokic was scandalously passive in this game with taking only 10 shots (without single FTA) in 34 minutes. But he still produced near triple-double all-star performance (or close) with 7-10FG and 14-13-8, with +5 in +/- column, while Plumlee playing just 14 minutes managed to have -19 in +/-!

I don't think Jokic needs a better sports psychiatrist nor fewer minutes on the floor, more likely Joker needs a better coach (and mentor)!

And talking about our bench +/- in Dallas it is not an alone accident. Thanks to Malone we lost lately our best bench shooter Beasley, we lost our key player for the team's good chemistry Juancho, and our bench player with the highest potential Porter was finally broken by coach mobbing.

Except in Gary Harris case, which offense finally showed some signs of recovery (but unfortunately he drops the level of his defense), and Will Barton case, for which Malone created perfect conditions, this team is bleeding in March, and lost his soul (not only Jokic which case is most obvious)!