Well he is also one of the players with the most games played this season and his averages are insanely high rn, especially since there are a lot of times he needs to have those Thanos “Fine i will do it myself” moments.

If Jamal was healthy, youd see him take less shots and get less points. But witht the bench commiting basketball terrorism and his fellow starters not being able to score, he then just does it himself.

Also id take Chet at 2. The man just looks so great rn as a rookie. Give him a couple of years and him and Wemby are gonna dominate the NBA.

The reason i believe the Thunder are gonna be big in a couple of years isnt just that they are a great team. Its that they have what are in my opinion 2 future mvp candidates on their team that work well together.

Yes, but at thecsam time the Nuggets feel more fragile. Not just because of injury issues, but because they relly so much on their number 1 and 2

Honestly that still depends. The amount of assets they traded for him means that its a win now situation.

Like in the long run if they dont win a championship, then its a failure no matter how well they perform.

But in the short term, just getting past the first round and having a good record in the regular season is more than enough for it to be worth it for now.

But still with these stars you are trading away your teams future to win it all.

If you dont win or at least dont get back like half the assets you traded for them if you trade them away, then its just a failure.

The Nets superteam may have failed, but they did get a ton of assets after trading their superstars away.

But Gobert in my eyes is still way too much. Like he is amazing, but they could have negotiated a much lower deal for him. The man isnt even a superstar, yet they traded for him like he was Jokic or Embid.

Bams a great defender…but Bam is kinda lacking in size. If he was just a bit taller, hed probably be the best in the league

Where do you think MPJ learned that from

Yeah i was honestly deeply disturbed when i saw his assists.

Nakes sense why he didnt have doubke digit points.

Can we all just talk about how MPJ has 3 assists

I meant compared to themselves. Jokic is averaging more points than ever in the regular season and Embid more assists compared to his past self.

Yeah i have been hearing good things about Nick Nurse lately.

And with Jokic its probably just not having Jamal and him taking over scoring duties when his teammates strugle to score.

But it is intresting how the 76ers offense is now a lot more dynamic and Maxey is becoming a true star caliber player.

I remember hearing a lot of praise about his potential a while back, but without Harden he is showing it of quite nicely.

Ok what is it with this year.

Embid is avwraging more assists and Jokic is averaging more points. Shits weird man lol

Dam,

Embid really watched a ton of Jokic videos and said to himself that he could do it.

Could this be the year Embid gets passed the 2nd round in the playoffs.

I remember people saying that Jordan is just a vet who is there for the vibes. Well aparently the man can hoop too. And Reggie Jackson is more of a beast than i have been giving him credit.

I think the Nuggets could really use these 2 in great ways this season. Dam how the hell was a game that was supposed to be a complete blowout become the game that gave me a lot of hoppe for our bench is beyond me.

Yeah, but they are also having some games that feel way closer than they have any right to be and the defense has become questionable.

Still a favorite in my eyes, but i can see why people might not see it like that.

Well we are the defending champs lol. Before this, the Nuggets didnt have the playoff success that the Celtics and Bucks had, but now they are the defending champs and havent lost a game at home and only lost 1 in total before the Jamal injury

It is a power ranking. I do believe that its based on expected performances in the playoffs.

Personally though i think the Timberwolves should get more respect. At the very least id put them above the 76ers and Lakers.

Look its both early in the season and the Magic dont have the track record that the Warriors have.

Remeber that the Warriors sucked last year in the regular season and still managed to get to the semis in the playoffs at the end.

I wouldnt count out the Warriors even if they are having a bad start.

Many teams have had a great start to the regular season before falling of or just lossing in the first round to what was a worse team in the regular season.

Well thats an instant +10 points per game lol

I think the issue is his offense. On the defensive end he is insane. But in terms of offense, its kinda just alright.

Decent, but when you compare his to Chet…well he makes Wemby look worse than he actually is.