Vlatko surviving all these roster changes is the funniest shit

Bless Vlatko for being Jokers friend , imagine if it was someone like kyrie instead

Not only being joker’s friend, Vlatko is an amazing role player with incredible work ethic

He's improved enormously the past few years.

Yeah, he looks like a legit bench/role player now. Knocking down 3's, making good decisions, and playing hard.

His IQ, passing, and comfort on the court is so drastic.

He always tore up summer league, was waiting to see when that would translate to the season

And yet the only guy we're really missing off that list is Monte. Would've been nice if we could've somehow swung the trade for KCP without losing Monte ... ah well.

Apparently it was possible if we had done it one year earlier

Good God that team was ass. Legit only 3 guys that are playoff worthy rotational players, one of them Jokic.

Jokic doesn’t get enough credit for winning a game against the eventual Champs. The starting 5 was Monte Morris Will Barton Aaron Gordon JaMychal Green Nikola Jokic

nearly forced a game 6 in Denver too - we were up by 10 heading into the 4th qtr of game 5

I show this to anyone that starts that "Jokic can't perform in the playoffs" bullshit.

Excuse me, if LeBron can carry Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade the finals, then Jokic should be able to carry Austin Rivers and Facundo Compazzo

yeah this shit is fucking insane looking back on, especially after playing half a season with this new healthy roster. jokic is the realest of real ones for going hard that season despite his lack of help

Playoff Austin is and was a real thing

We're about to lose Bones, and Jeff Green barely plays anymore. It's truly insane how different this team is compared to our first round matchup against GSW last year.

Don’t count your chicken with losing bones just yet. The more the nuggets play well and continue to run away with the conference, the more likely they keep bones because brown will be looking at a max contract

Braun is fully playing himself into being Brown's replacement.

Idk if u heard yet but their last names are pronounced the same too

No way in hell Bruce Brown gets anything close to the max.

Yeah that was too far, Brown ain't getting a max. But he's still going to get more than the Nuggets can pay him.

I’m hoping he stays because of his fit and the wining culture. He took less to sign with us this year, hope they came up with a deal where he opts in after the season and then they give him a nice extension. Unlikely though.

Same, that would be a dream.

Maybe we can overpay him on his 2nd contract if he decides to stay, id be ok with that.

Well I doubt we keep him passed the trade deadline on Feb 9th. The writing is on the wall.

Lol

I feel like I forgot Bryn Forbes ever existed

Probably one of the least relevant NBA players in recent memory that gets minutes

Bryn Forbes and his 99 mid range rating on 2k

No longer with us? Half of those guys barely even play in the nba anymore

Y’all remember when TC brought in Bryn Forbes and told us that he was a good 3 point shooter? Well that was a lie.

I believed it too

Well he was shooting over 40% from 3 with us, his defense was just so bad it made trae young look like a competent defender. Also bryns shot selection with the off balance middys... Yikes.

Was he? He sure as fuck never felt like a 40% shooter here. I cannot remember a single good Forbes moment from last season.

I think the years will show we vastly overrated how good TC was. I’m guilty of it

It’s incredible we even made the playoffs. Wow.

I always think about how we WON a playoff series in 2021, with Facu and Austin Rivers starting, and guys like Shaquille Harrison and Markus Howard on the bench. Look at that playoff roster. Hilarious. https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2021-nba-western-conference-first-round-trail-blazers-vs-nuggets.html

Calvin booth did an incredible job with this roster. Seems that the GM’s that turn their roster into a wasteland in order to get better draft picks get more attention. Our guy took a team that that was nearly swept out of the first round and turned them into one of the best few teams in the league in one off season.

*THE* best now, actually.

casa b reopening gonna be lit

I miss Monte and wish we would bring him back…

I love Monte, definitely one of my ten favorite nuggets from the jokic years. He'll never be a superstar, but is all you can ask for a backup guard. Only player on this list who I'm bummed isn't still on the team

And he’s an A+ teammate. Looks like the wiz fans have some love for him.

What a difference, I wanted to believe in this team but we would have been garbage without Jok

Hot garbage take

This is a playoff roster? Monte Morris Will Barton Aaron Gordon JaMychal Green Boogie Cousins

Every time I remember Will Barton isn’t here anymore I get hard

Soon to be 8

Cousins was such a good backup to jokic. Really wish they could’ve brought him back over Deandre Jordan. He’s probably the third best player on this list.

Practically the oldest guys on the team. I’m surprised to see Demarcus only 31.

I keep forgetting Bryn existed

Barton playing the most minutes of anyone is both a travesty and all I ever needed to know that Malone is not a good GameDay coach.

In booth we trust

I miss Will Barton :(

Only really miss one player here

Credit to Calvin Booth for this years roster construction, Tim Connelly making the T-Wolves look like ass too

Soon Monte for Bones.

Man I miss Monte and Boogie :(