zero rings wrote:ball_takes23 wrote:zero rings wrote:
And? They're 11-1 with a +14 net rating, despite dealing with all sorts of injuries.
This is the most talented team in the league and it's not close
Saying that the team that took them to 7 last year and has a +13 net rating is not close is just plain false
My Nuggets have a chance, we have the Joker, but we are not on OKC's level in terms of overall talent.
Our defense in particular is a bit fugazi at this point (see: this game). We've faced a couple of good teams without their offensive stars, and that has inflated our defensive rating by quite a bit. I think our defense will trend towards average as the season goes on, and the Thunder will separate themselves from the rest of the West.
OKC is clearly the best team in the league but Nuggets have a playoff gear they can hit and the best player in the world, imo. The problem I've seen in the past two playoffs is that they are banged up and it looks like they run out steam, especially Jokic who puts the team on his back.
I think the depth they've added that's keeping everyone's minutes down will do wonders for them in the playoff and I'm hoping for the rematch with a fresher, deeper Nuggets team.
That being said, OKC will now have more experience as well. Either way, I see it being a close series again as well as the real Finals if things stay the way they are.