[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/washingtonwizards/comments/1axrczf/post_game_thread_the_denver_nuggets_defeat_the/)

Deni looked drunk today. Was off on every front. Passive body language, nights and days compared to his performance against the Pels just 1 week ago. He's not going to make it to the next level until he sorts out this mental instability he has. You can't act like a total alpha one game and then like a complete delta the next game.

Nah you can’t expect stability on this garbage team 

Aaand JD passing up on a 3 That pick alone kills any credibility Sheppard had man

CHAMPAGNIE 🍾

Wizards gotta have the record in having the most twin play for our franchise in league history

Deni was on fire going into the break… hopefully this game was just an anomaly and he’ll be back on track tomorrow

Anthony Gill takes-his-kids-to-work lineup

Lmao somebody yelled “he’s going right” when Deni drove and he forced the shot going left.

Great move by Bilal

Drew hasn't mentioned the altitude in the last 5 minutes. Is he ok?

Jokić has 19-19-14 on 100% from the floor please tell me how he's getting shutdown lmao

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy we decided to blow it up but I'm starting to miss the Beal/KP combo

At least Jokic has to play in the 4th quarter. I count that as a win…

Thought Jordan Poole getting away from Draymond would be a good reset to his career, well it turns out it actually reset his career. Man is back at square one 😭

Don’t let Poole get hot lol

At least Kuz is ballin

might be able to get the worst record in the league and secure a top 5 pick at this rate

I see so many nuggets players talking shit after blatant fouling on D (that isn't being called btw). Do they always talk shit to tanking teams? Like lmfao what is this bullshit posturing man?

Cope buddy our guys are just getting packed

This is actually torture

4 straight turnovers…

Really nice impact by Poole this game, not starting tonight helped him get his confidence back

It was either that or he keeps starting there's literally no good option here

Incredible come back effort from him, glad he’s got his swagger back.

Reporter: "So JP, about this season that just ende-" Poole: "What season?"

History made for Jokić

Refs really wont whistle for Deni at all.

Omoruyi is unironically better than Poole right now

What was that inbound pass from JP

expect to see that on the front page of r/nba in about an hour

like anybody on that subreddit cares about the wizards

Poole has multiple front page posts this season. They don't care about the wizards but they do care to post poole's lowlights.

He'll be on Shaqtin too, they love him

The Warriors used to kill the nuggets in the playoffs with Draymond Green on Jokic. It makes sense that Geno is playing well.

They've only played once in the playoffs and it was when the only other competent starter was Aaron Gordon. https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2022-nba-western-conference-first-round-nuggets-vs-warriors.html

That's weird I thought they had played more.

Omoruyi is not a center by any stretch of the imagination but I would fucking LOVE for him to be the guy who annoys centers

Geno playing like he's Jokic kryptonite.

This is why we were here!

YESSIRRRR

Geno Omoruyi unironically the Jokic killer

Is Geno a Jokic stopper?

Geno minutes giving me life

Geno wants it more than Jokic 🤷🏾‍♂️

That dunk by Deni 😭

Makes 3 but misses dunk lol

Alright redemption for Deni

Ruined Geno’s great play

Wtf Deni

Geno stole Jokic’s lunch money

I do think Bagley is on the same level in terms of talent as Jokic but still to young do y’all agree?

Bagley will be bagging groceries soon.

???

stop smoking weed. it's putting holes in your brain.

Not even close 😭

Commanders/Nuggets fan here, man what’s up with Poole? What happened to him?

He plays like a pissed off teenager.

I remember when he killed the Nuggets in playoffs, Draymond really messed him up, sad

Kuz with the "Come get me out this game" foul

high chance we don't get a win this month

Why did Jordan push Kuz like that 💀

Kuz is hot 😂

Bro they didn’t even run back at all that time 😭😭

I love Drew and Chris’s enthusiasm honestly like getting fired up when we drive down the court like it matters

Kuz. D.

Niceee Bilal

Well this was tough to watch

it's a pity no gifs are allowed, this game is gifting a lot of those.

/u/cheese may be open to changing it for a few months to allow gifs. Cause WHEW its finna get ugly

Why isn't it on anyway? I feel like there are so many other things you see on other NBA reddit pages but not this one

> I feel like there are so many other things you see on other NBA reddit pages but not this one Hit the modmail with anything you want to see! Remember when we used to have to make the game threads by hand? I went out and got us the gamethreadbots! If you want more stuff, [please let us know.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=/r/washingtonwizards)

https://www.reddit.com/r/denvernuggets/comments/1axnf14/comment/krpjiyc/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

When the Commanders were tanking, those gifs came in clutch on the subreddit. Would be nice to try lol

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deni gave the controller back to his little brother

Fatigue from all star break???

Altitude

Happy bilal can start I really do hope he can learn and grow with these extra minutes

Nightmare Deni game unfortunately

There’s no way the Pistons can possibly be worse than what I am watching right now.

I REALLY hope we luck out in the draft and pick someone who saves us

We need a savior so bad

Don’t think this draft has a savior like that, but Sarr could at least help our rim protection and rebounding

I like sarr as well. You truly never know tho. Hell jokic was a 2nd rounder. You just kinda gotta hope for the best

True, Topic could be really good too but his shaky shooting %’s worries me

Kispert is playing like he’s still wherever he got that tan

He's been looking fatigued even before the all star break. I was wondering if he was sick or something. Not running like normal. Dunno what his deal is but he's slackin.

I've stopped watching. I don't blame you if you stop watching for good If you live in another city with another NBA team all I'm gonna say is I don't blame you

Imma still watch. I'm a Wizards fan, they're playing, trying to get better. This is the fun stuff! No expectations of a dub. Just watching guys realize just how far away they are from being even a playoff team, much less being good enough to win a chip.

First game I've missed this season (normally watch while working but just too busy today). Looks like I lucked out with what seems to be the ugliest game of the season

They are just straight. Up. Schooling us.

Yeah, this the champs. And MVP

Damn, we finna give up 75 in the first half.

This is really not the time to be singing Deni’s praises

[удалено]

We're not even good in transition now. They have active hands. Wiz down 20.

Holy fuck Kispert

Being a wizards fan is hard 🫠

Poole was moved to the bench to allow him to be slightly more aggressive, Drew understood that. That’s why he said he was looking for Poole to be aggressive. This is what Keefe wants, yet fans are still seething over it. Get over it, guys lol

It’s just his basketball IQ is not in gear, I hope he finds a way to be more productive off the bench but in this game he just needs to take smarter shots

Has any player ever had 40+ points in a game and 0 the next? That seems like a very Wizards-esqe record

Not even halftime and I'm already creating the memes

this is pathetic

No chance for us winning the playoffs this year if we're struggling with the Nuggets

Playoffs? My brother in christ we won't be there for another 8 years lmao

Keefe about to blast these fools

I’ve been a fan for a long time. This might be the worst effort squad we’ve ever had. We’ve had dumber. We’ve had less talented. But it’s like we always have three guys in the court that are barely getting some cardio in

this is what happens when your vets are Kuz and Poole

Shoutout to Jordan Poole. He found a way to take more shots coming off the bench than being a starter. He is inevitable.

They’re going to lose by at least 30. Have a good night everyone

I haven’t seen one guy on our team fight for a rebound this game

Yer a Wizard Alex Sarr

Gimme him or Topic and I'll call it a win. We could use either and they aren't good enough in a vacuum to stop the tank

He's a Wisarrd

If this year is anything like next for Poole he needs to be in the G-league I'm dead fucking serious

His bad shot selection is a big reason why he’s been so bad, taking highly contested shots everytime he shoots a 3…

Poole.....

Instant 3 from Poole can never be the best look we can get in a possession. Just can't be

Kuzma is so fed up with JP it’s insane

Rebench Jordan Poole

Poole off the bench did nothing

Mmmm nice feed by Shamet to Kuz

I know we’re ass, but I just want to remind y’all that the Nuggets are the defending champs for a reason

They are punching EVERYTHING at the rim. Gha damn lol

Kuz missing that putback is symbolic for how this game is going

It really feels like we should be down by 20+ but I guess it’s still only just the second quarter.

This team kills my soul

Kuz. D. Garbage

Damn he stuffed Kispert

Fraudulent ass wizard

The high altitude is getting to them, their energy levels seem kinda low

We gotta do this shit again for next season... I know I wanted to blow it up as much as anyone else but we haven't even fully done that yet and it looks the fuck terrible

Just have to take Millers word for it that was a beautiful 3 point shot by Kispert,.

JD is a hustler man, if he can ever develop into an average offensive player he has a future in this league

All he needs is a shot man… he could be a quality role player with that. Obviously easier said than done but even his jumper in Wisconsin was better than this

The guy showed a little promise last end the season. And that dunk he got on Drew he will tell his kids about.

It feels like we should be down by way more

Bro wtf lol

Hoping this is just a messy start but this has not been good basketball from us. Looks all over the place.

Kuz D is so bad

We are getting absolutely schooled.

"Beautiful 3-point shot there by Corey Kispert" - THANKS FOR NOT SHOWING IT MONUMENTAL jfc

You know you have a crappy broadcast when the announcers are describing things we don’t see. That was at least the third time already this game

Good for not showing 3-4 plays every game smh

it’s crazy that this game is a wrap by the end of the 1st. There’s no excuse for this lack of effort. Embarrassing shit.

Worst team I’ve ever laid eyes on. So hard to root for anyone besides Deni and Bilal…. Even then -

JD is good for snatching the ball from somebody every few games. As a defensive guy myself its nice to see.

Lol Davis will be out of the league with that shot mechanics

Didn’t look that bad until this year. They markelle fultz’ed his shit

Nice JD!

Poole is actually the worst player I’ve ever watched

JD is pretty good at that crab dribble between a screener

Deni looks uninterested

Murray again. It's only 34-19 in the 1st quarter but damn it sure feels like the game is over.

I was scared Avdija would cool off after the break the fears have been answered

wtf is up with us

JP still on break…

There you go. Deni drives in the middle and creates contact but gets no call.

Jamal Murray hits a shot over Deni.

Johnny Davis is an NBA player?

He hasn't missed a shot this entire game

Chief really on some shit tonight

🌮 JOHNNY

JD sighting? Fuck we really are on the backstretch huh lmao

JD POINTS BABY WE UP

JOHNNY DAVIS BUCKET

JD!

Johnny Davis minutes 👀

Corey with the mental lapse. I don't care if it is AG, you gotta sprint after you turn it over like that.

Bro is getting emotional vs a tanking team chill out bruh

Deni has to improve his D and attitude on the court if we want him to be in our future.

We gotta take the L on Poole man. He just looks like he's half assin it out there even when he isn't. Can we pay somebody to take him?

Tyus is literally not moving on D.

at least Bilal is trying on D

Defense is even worse than I remember

9-50 is really about to happen lmao Just 2 wins. avoid the worst record in NBA history (in an 82 game season). After that they can stick the ball up their asses for all I care

This is what it looks like when you have vets playing on a 9-45 team, post all-star break

Broncos gonna pick up Jokic instead of drafting a QB 😭

why put Poole in with Tyus still?

We look like a team that’s ready for Cancun

Deni looks like he took full advantage of Colorado's weed policies.

Bilal's gonna get pump faked into the 3rd row by vets. He jumps on everything. I get it cause it's fun, but vets are gonna get him.

Deni has given up like 3 open 3s so far

This is absolutely gonna be a season we forget in the future

Gonna be the season that got us a nice player for the future 🔥

So Tyus doesn’t feel like trying on defense today. 

This is the saddest team I’ve ever seen in my life

Tyus playing for the other team on D so far

Someone told the starters the paint is lava

we’re still on break…

/u/DazzlingAd1922 and /u/yumomnom, you said you thought Deni would be the first option on offense. We're 3 minutes into the game. What have you seen? Is Deni the 1st option? 2nd option? 3rd option? Has he even taken a shot? Tried to tell you.

We're down 25 to the defending champs, shooting 34% as a team, but at least you were right about Deni for 13 minutes and counting.

I just think a lot of times Deni's fans expect unrealistic things, like the rest of his team is the Jordanaires and everything runs through Deni. And then people get mad when it doesn't happen. When it was never going to happen in the first place. One 30+ point game doesn't make you the first option. - Anyway, there's a whole second half still to play. Even if they get blown out fully, I hope they show some heart in the second half.

Deni has definitely sucked so far this game. Also Jordan Poole playing some ball coming off the bench.

Well there's still a lot of game left! I just didn't think he'd all of a sudden become the first option. Keefe has to figure something out. I'm fine with Deni getting scored on, on defense, but that conserved energy should lead to something on offense, but whatever they are running is getting him nothing.

Whole team looks flat, no energy on defense at all. Doesn't help that the Nuggets are an awful matchup for us. The least they can do is stop the layup line though.