Plenty of proud vets on this team that cannot be amused with the negative click-bait summer. We’ll be fine….perhaps much better than fine.

Nikola Jokic played Serbia’s previous 2 games while sick!!

Building around Nikola Jokic should be the easiest job in the world. The Nuggets are making it look impossible.

Daily Listening: Chuck Berry - Berry Is On Top (1959) | Recommended by u/HeadHoncho204

So thinking back on past Nuggets moves, other than marginal squeezing of free agents, it seems like the 2023 NBA Draft (and to a lesser extent 2024) is maybe the turning point that has led the roster to where it is, and more damningly, the playoff underperformance of the last few years.

Those two drafts led to the Nuggets spending 2 1st and 3 2nds for players that so far have led to a (very hype!) G6 2nd round win over OKC and not much else.

I'm wondering if there were moves, actual plausible moves under salary cap rules/players were available that they could have made particularly in 2023 that would have brought back Veteran players to replace BB/Jeff Green in particular.

There's other moves they burned picks on for no real benefit (Thomas Bryant, Javale McGee), and others they burned picks on for real benefit (Jerami Grant, Aaron Gordon) but those draft moves seemed like the most clearly harmful.

The other damaging moves seem to be too early free agent signings: MPJ Jamal CB whispers AG being maybe the main damaging ones. In total I'm not sure they cost us more than the 2031 1st + Peyton. There's also not a lot of non-Houston Rockets teams that really play hardball with their own players (See the Jaylen Brown + Joel Embiid extensions, among others).

Anyway, Locked on Nuggets, Pickaxe and Roll, DNVR, whoever is out there, what was the missing move that gives Denver the 2024 championship?

There should be the orange Denver Rockets 🚀 jersey this year also if rumors are correct🏔️🏀

Calling on any Average Joes alumni out there - what's your experience been like? What was the audition process like? Would/did you do it again?

I'm thinking about auditioning! It's outside my comfort zone but I think I would enjoy it.