*Serious Question* Would Denver be lottery in the regular season...

[tpols]

Without Jokic?

Jamal Murray only played 59 games and he half asses the regular season at 20 ppg.

The Warriors went 46-36 including losing a ton of close games and they were the 10 seed.

Would the Nuggets even make the play-in without Yolk?

[BarberSchool]

Lottery no doubt.

And you know Porter vegan, slow-healing a$$ would have missed significant amount of games, if he had to carry a higher usage rate.

[elementally morale]

They have absolutely no inside presence. Zeke Naji is hardly NBA caliber and DeAndre can't play effectively for too long. They would also lack playmaking. Murray and Jackson aren't very good at that. Their rookie, Gilespie is probably the best choice. So below 40 wins is very probable.

[jayfan]

Of course. Even with Jokic but without Murray, they're an early exit. The roster is not good.


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[tpols]

They have absolutely no inside presence. Zeke Naji is hardly NBA caliber and DeAndre can't play effectively for too long. They would also lack playmaking. Murray and Jackson aren't very good at that. Their rookie, Gilespie is probably the best choice. So below 40 wins is very probable.

Bro I'm thinking like... below 20 wins. Murray plays half the season and they have no big men?

They might be the worst team in the league.

[tpols]

Of course. Even with Jokic but without Murray, they're an early exit. The roster is not good.


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Eh... with the way Murray's been shooting this year he's totally replaceable. Last year in the playoffs he was a beast. But he can only do that for short spurts, not a 100 game season.

[elementally morale]

Bro I'm thinking like... below 20 wins. Murray plays half the season and they have no big men?

They might be the worst team in the league.

Some nights they can catch fire against mediocre defenses and teams without good bigs. 20 sounds low to me. I think they'd be in the 30s. Atlanta, Brooklyn, Utah level.

[j3lademaster]

Reg season is smallball dominant, so they can run small ball with AG at the 5. They’re missing a gamemanager and playmaker, though; and all their scorers are inconsistent af. Thinking low 30 wins.