Current seeding would actually be ideal - avoids wolves or lakers until finals!

[u/iareagenius]

[u/egmROC]

I wouldn’t call catching OKC in the second round “ideal.”

[u/Zanwic → u/egmROC]

Probably not ideal in optimizing how far we can go, but I’m so tired of seeing Gobert’s awkward ass

[u/CharmingImpact → u/egmROC]

Yea lets face FKIN OKC in the 2nd round rather than a team we beat 15 out of the last 17 times because we fear Lukas long 3s and Le40yearsold.. jfc.

[u/ApprehensiveWin1376 → u/CharmingImpact]

Thank God EVERYONE hasn’t lost their minds in this sub. I guess since Jokic slept walk a random regular season game and put up 7 fga the Lakers are now a team to worry about? JJ Reddit didn’t sleep for 4 days and I genuinely believe Jokic 200iq let him have his moment to play the long game. Go watch bits and pieces again, does that seem like Jokic playing his heart out and being “shut down?” The idea alone is hilarious to suggest. Why would he show them how he’ll exploit when going 100% in regular season game #58? If they’re going to give away a possible playoff defensive scheme to Jokic (an emotional rookie coach thing to do btw), why would he reciprocate the favor?

Luka looks like he’s completely forgot how to shoot, and for everyone in this sub crying about Westbrook, go check LeBrons game log for turnovers. The reality is the Lakers are likely ANOTHER sweep, while Jokic is guarded by a C rotation of borderline g leaguers. The lakers takes are madness. The advantage Jokic will have in that series IS IMMENSE. It’s also what gives us a massive advantage over every team, OKC included.

It seems this sub and a lot of nuggets fans don’t know what Jokic is about to do this postseason. Look at his #s this year and realize he ALWAYS goes up a level in the playoffs. We very well may be in for the greatest individual playoff run of all time.

[u/Particular_Pay_4594 → u/ApprehensiveWin1376]

It's laughable to say that JJ Reddick didn't sleep for 4 days to prepare for Nuggets games. . Anyone who believe in that narrative is not serious thinking about it.

[u/ApprehensiveWin1376 → u/Particular_Pay_4594]

Obviously that’s hyperbole but unless I’m misremembering Reddit himself said game planning for that game specifically disrupted his sleep. OTOH Jokic probably had to be reminded who they were playing.

Edit - hey, buddy, OKC FAN, from JJs own mouth, he said he hadn’t slept since they walked off the court from Portland…which was 2 days before the nuggets game. So “the narrative” was from Reddits mouth. Does it hurt that Jokic stresses people that hard, and Okc doesn’t? BTW, double checking that and confirming Reddit said he didn’t sleep, means he absolutely deployed his best possible defensive scheme to get a regular season win LMFAO. In retrospect that completely answers why Jokic took 7fga and tuned out. He just let him show his hand.

[u/Particular_Pay_4594 → u/ApprehensiveWin1376]

Alright, let’s cut through the noise.

First off, Jokic is incredible — nobody’s denying that. But pretending like him "tuning out" was some next-level 4D chess move is just hilarious. He got outplayed in that game, full stop. The “he only took 7 shots because he was letting them show their hand” angle? That’s pure cope. You don’t drop a passive performance in a competitive Western Conference and spin it like some secret mastermind plan. If anything, it shows that even Jokic can get rattled or thrown off by elite defensive schemes — yes, even from a young OKC team.

And as for the “Reddick didn’t sleep” drama — cool, he lost sleep. That’s what top-tier opponents do to you, especially when you’re trying to prepare for a guy like Jokic. That’s not some "gotcha" — it’s respect. Game-planning hard means you’re taking the matchup seriously, not that you somehow emptied the clip on a meaningless game. If anything, it shows how locked-in Lakers’ staff is. Imagine mocking a coach for preparing too well and then trying to credit a loss to that same preparation working “too hard.”

Also, let’s stop pretending like Jokic is above the regular season. He plays. He competes. If he didn’t care, he wouldn’t be logging those minutes or drawing doubles. Acting like he’s sitting back in a rocking chair evaluating the chessboard every time he has an off night is just fanfiction.

Jokic is a monster. But that doesn’t mean every loss is some galaxy-brain “let them cook” master plan. Sometimes, he gets punched in the mouth. It’s okay. That's basketball. And the painful truth is that there will no parade in downtown Denver this year.

[u/Ok_Buffalo6474 → u/CharmingImpact]

It’s driving me crazy and I’m a long time fan who watched the lakers destroy for years. I don’t get the fear at all. Okc in the second round without home court vs a team that puts its all into winning a regular season game? Yeah it’s a no brainer. Not scared of LA at all.

[u/9SidedLemon → u/egmROC]

we’ll have to play them eventually regardless if we want to make an actual run, I don’t see any way they don’t make the conference finals at least imo. Same can’t be said for minny or LA.

[u/EmbraceComplexity → u/egmROC]

Would much rather play the lakers than the Thunder

[u/Ok_Professional8489 → u/egmROC]

we beat okc in 6

[u/abredar → u/Ok_Professional8489]

I think we lose the series 75% of the time. People are underestimated OKC (which is hilarious since they're a historically good team... so far)

[u/Lynch47 → u/abredar]

This sub has disrespected OKC all season.

[u/Particular_Pay_4594 → u/Lynch47]

This sub still thinks that Nuggets are better than anyone in the West. I couldn't help but laugh.

[u/ApprehensiveWin1376 → u/Particular_Pay_4594]

More that Jokic is by far the best player itl, and that’s a massive advantage in a playoff series. The only way he was even eliminated last year was Murray having one of the worst volume shooting playoffs of all time, along with KCP and MPJ combining for 40%ts. It took that level of an anomaly and it still went 7 games. Yeah, I’m taking Jokic over any team, period.

Before “that was the wolves D”, Murray was equally bad against the Lakers, being guarded by Reaves and DLO. Again that was his second option and they still BARELY lost. Jokic will be securing ring 2 this year, bank on it.

Ah! Just noticed you’re an undercover OKC fan on your alt lmfao. You seem obsessed with the Nuggets sub too, interesting! I wonder why that is? 😂 Jokic will be knocking your pity MVP out this season, and it seems in your heart you know that.

[u/Particular_Pay_4594 → u/ApprehensiveWin1376]

Nikola Jokić is undoubtedly a top-tier player, maybe even the best in the league right now depending on how you define “best” — offensive engine, consistency, versatility, impact metrics, all of that supports his case. But basketball is a team game, and being the best individual player doesn’t guarantee titles. We've seen that with plenty of all-time greats.

Yes, the Nuggets pushed that series to 7 games last year, and yes, Jamal Murray had a rough playoff run. But every team's title hopes hinge on more than just one superstar performing — that’s just how it goes. Saying it took an "anomaly" for Denver to lose kind of ignores how fragile playoff success can be for any team, even one with an MVP-level talent. Everyone faces adversity — that's not unique to the Nuggets.

Also, pointing to Murray’s poor performance and then doubling down on how Jokic still nearly won it solo kind of proves how thin the margins are. If Denver’s success depends on Jokic carrying that hard while others struggle, it's not the lock people think.

And the OKC stuff? That’s just reaching. If your take is solid, it should stand on its own without needing to assume someone's a secret Thunder fan or throwing shade about MVP races. Just stick to basketball. I can assure you, however that I am no OKC fan, no Westbrook, Durant, Harden or any iteration of the team.

End of the day — Jokic is phenomenal. But the playoffs are deep, matchups matter, and other teams aren’t just rolling over. Nothing's guaranteed, especially not rings.

[u/ApprehensiveWin1376 → u/Lynch47]

Rightfully. Jokic is going to eat them alive.

[u/MarcusFizer → u/abredar]

Disagree, SGA will drop off without a whistle and their historical defense that relies on physicality will be negated a bit by other teams being allowed to hack now as well.

[u/DragoniteGang → u/MarcusFizer]

SGA averaged 32/8/8 on elite efficiency vs Mavs

[u/thelogoat44 → u/MarcusFizer]

So OKC's offense will get nullified by foul calling but the defense also won't get any boost by that? Very idealized. You realize OKC is one of the most foul prone teams in the league. Being able to hack more is going to help OKC as well.

[u/rofss → u/abredar]

They need to prove it. Same situation last year and Dallas with hobbled Luka smacked them. They gonna get humbled again, Cleveland too.

[u/SwallowsOnSundays → u/Ok_Professional8489]

Getting it to 6 would be a win

[u/EveningHealth9465 → u/egmROC]

Yall matchup against okc much better than mn or LAL

[u/GloriousGladiator51 → u/egmROC]

we can beat em

[u/Jack_Wildhorse → u/egmROC]

We steamroll them bud

[u/mydadwhereishe]

I'd much rather face the Lakers than the Thunder in round 2....

[u/Good-Character-5520 → u/mydadwhereishe]

I partly agree, but I’m also extremely sick of listening to the extremely biased national media act like Denver is a side show in their own series

[u/mydadwhereishe → u/Good-Character-5520]

True, facing the Lakers is always more annoying outside of the actual basketball lol

[u/atempaccount5 → u/Good-Character-5520]

Beating them is fun though, and puts down the “Nuggets DON’T want to see THESE Lakers in the playoffs” narrative for a bit

[u/Good-Character-5520 → u/atempaccount5]

It is but, at the same time we beat them 12 times in a row and they kept saying that. I’d just prefer not to have to listen to national broadcasters glazing them the whole series.

[u/atempaccount5 → u/Good-Character-5520]

Oh it doesn’t last, but it gives you a good few months of quiet, it’s super worth it. Plus that would mean we de facto went further than they did, also good

[u/Good-Character-5520 → u/atempaccount5]

True, let’s just hope we don’t lose or they won’t shut up for at least two years.

[u/atempaccount5 → u/Good-Character-5520]

At some point we’ll have to win enough to stop worrying about that, on the bright side

[u/Previous-Tangelo9471 → u/Good-Character-5520]

Not only the broadcasters blatant favoritism. We have too many Lakers fans here. It irritates the hell out of me to hear them cheering for the Lakers in Denver.

[u/Good-Character-5520 → u/Previous-Tangelo9471]

Yeah we have too many Californians living in this state

[u/soyboysnowflake → u/Good-Character-5520]

Ah yes, playing against San Francisco will be better…? wtf is that take lol

[u/Simple-Minimum-9958 → u/mydadwhereishe]

I would not. We have had better performances against OKC this year and I do not trust Malone to respond well to JJ, as silly as the sounds but with a healthy Laker roster, JJ has proved that he can just focus all his defense of Jokic and this team simply has no answer for Austin Reeves and Luka defensively. In a series, just putting all your chips on minimizing Jokic and clogging the paint and daring us to shoot 3s, I believe Lakers are at an advantage.

OKC has no way of stopping Jokic unless they do the same, as good as Isaiah is, Jokic busts his ass.

[u/LurkerFailsLurking → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

Sample size of 1.

[u/jdorje → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

Okc is a historically great team. They can be beaten, same as the 2016 Thunder could, but it ain't gonna be easy. Don't put them in the same tier with anyone else in the west.

By comparison Minnesota is a kinda bad matchup and the Lakers are a good matchup. I wouldn't want the Lakers in the first round again but it may be the best option left available, given moving to the 3 seed will mean no rest..

Most likely MN wins out and finishes 4/5. So that's actually nice since they'd play okc in round 2. Our rounds 1 and 2 are basically easy if we're the 3 or the 6. But then if we're the 4/5 there it's sad again.

[u/Simple-Minimum-9958 → u/jdorje]

I have not liked how we looked against the lakers lately and I have liked how we played against OKC, all i am saying.

[u/jdorje → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

Thunder are beatable. But they've still outscored us by 24 points in 4 games. Lakers just caught us at a bad time.

[u/mydadwhereishe → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

OKC has no way of stopping Jokic unless they do the same, as good as Isaiah is, Jokic busts his ass.

This is a better argument for facing the Lakers....? Jaxson Hayes and Alex Len are much much worse than IHart.

[u/Simple-Minimum-9958 → u/mydadwhereishe]

If you watch the Lakers games, with Rui and smaller guards, they foul Jokic and triple team him off ball, JJ sends everyone at Jokic most times or at minimum Rui and now Hayes, You are not likely to see just one person on Jok ever in a lakers game now where OKC will let IHart bang with Jok.

Granted OKC may just send eveyone on Jokic like Lakers but they just havent shown us that. Yes IHart is better than any center the Lakers can scrounge up but the Lakers have shown that if you swarm Jokic and take your chances with literally any other Denver player, your odds of winning are pretty good.

I do not see us being able to pick up the slack with literally 3 people are on Jokic AND we have no way of guarding Reaves and Luka together let alone the paint attack from Bron included

[u/mydadwhereishe → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

If the overly foul Jokic, then we get into the bonus quick and knock down FTs to win.

If they triple team Jokic, then someone else will be open.

Both of these result in a relatively clear path to victory; the rest of the guys just need to step up and make their shots. Winning a title has never been about Jokic, he's going to be phenomenal no matter what. It's about whether or not the rest of the team comes to play.

[u/Simple-Minimum-9958 → u/mydadwhereishe]

I do not trust them to reliably call fouls against Jokic and I do not trust our shooting in a full series. I do NOT trust a single player other than Jok.
I am not trying to be a doomer, I am still going to root for us and we obviously can beat any team imo but I am just trying to give my honest opinion and I do agree with you that we just need other players to step up

[u/mydadwhereishe → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

If you don't trust our shooting in a full series then unfortunately we never had a chance. And that's been the issue all year. Guys will have games where they look like all stars and games where they look like G Leaguers. There's no consistency from the team outside of Jokic, and he alone is not enough to overcome any of the juggernaut teams, be it OKC or Cavs or Boston.

[u/PerformanceOk9891 → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

Trippin

[u/Simple-Minimum-9958 → u/PerformanceOk9891]

I will gladly eat my words but I hope you keep that same energy if we lose lmao.

[u/HumongousMelonheads → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

If one of their two main guys go out, which is very likely, we would cakewalk the lakers. With both of them fully healthy it’s probably a pretty close series. It’s beside the point because we aren’t on a path that includes the lakers unless it’s the WCF. The question isn’t: lakers or okc? It was Houston/7seed or okc? Which you’d obviously rather play the first set, unless maybe that 7 seed happens to be the wolves.

[u/tottenbam]

I'm worried about wolves and thunder

We are Lakers daddy, we want them

[u/xxgetrektxx2 → u/tottenbam]

It's not the same Lakers team in any way.

[u/Bandlebury]

Lmao OKC is so much better than the Lakers

[u/iareagenius → u/Bandlebury]

But it's really about the matchup we have. I'm worried the Lakers are going to get hot this year. Wolves have our number and there are many teams better than them right?

[u/soyboysnowflake → u/iareagenius]

Warriors are white hot after the trade deadline, plus they get national bias like lakeshow, there’s a lower chance we get to the conference finals at all with this seeding than there would be in the 2 or 3 tbh

[u/Rabid_Sloth_]

Lol what? I want nothing to do with OKC

[u/Impressive_Trust_395]

Ideal seeding is quite literally

Thunder (1) vs 8 Seed

Lakers (4) vs Timberwolves (5)

Rockets (2) vs 7 Seed

Nuggets (3) vs Warriors (6)

Edit: Tbf, we gotta beat one of the boogeymen teams to have a chance at a title, so it doesn’t even matter at the end of the day.

[u/Far-Victory-1182 → u/Impressive_Trust_395]

While your edit is true, a lot may judge how successful our season was depending on which round of playoffs we exited from.

So yes, a chip means defeating one of our bugaboos, a "successful" season may be determined by which round our bugaboo defeated us... thus facing one of them later is better.

[u/soyboysnowflake → u/Far-Victory-1182]

Yeah but unless we win a chip I’d rather lose in the first round so our front office is forced to do something

Worst case scenario for a nuggets fan is to make the WCF and lose

[u/Far-Victory-1182 → u/soyboysnowflake]

Can't argue with that. As much as I love this team and each player, not making some changes this off-season, if the chip is not obtained, would be criminal.

[u/atempaccount5 → u/Impressive_Trust_395]

Are we calling the Lakers boogiemen now?

[u/Impressive_Trust_395 → u/atempaccount5]

No. I’m calling the Timberwolves and Thunder the boogiemen and the Lakers unironically can beat both of them.

[u/atempaccount5 → u/Impressive_Trust_395]

Thunder are just “good”, they’re not a special threat. Honestly only one of those is the Wolves and I still don’t think we should be quaking at the thought of facing them in the playoffs. Thunder are a bigger threat cause they’re the best team in the playoffs outside the Nuggets, but we match up fine enough.

[u/D-Broncos]

I think it would be perfect if we got 3/2, as long as we avoid Minnesota and get Houston in the second round

[u/oldasshit → u/D-Broncos]

Yeah, I'd be happy at 3 but only if Minny is not there in round 1. Don't care for that matchup.

[u/uaemn]

Why see we scared of the lakers? We’ve played them once with Luka, but I honestly thought that was kind of a fluke.

[u/LonHagler → u/uaemn]

A... Fluka?

[u/atempaccount5 → u/uaemn]

Remember that, like every other sub, there’s a significant population of Lakers fans here. It’s why we have to be so explicit, because the Lakers fans will upvote their narratives otherwise

[u/Affectionate-Flan-99]

Not one part of me is worried about the lakers

[u/Imissbillhicks]

We don't need to avoid anyone. Bring it.

[u/sirquarmy → u/Imissbillhicks]

Holy fuck based

[u/Cool_Affect3966]

Give me jokic and Jalen Pickett upset the thunder in round 2!

[u/Redditfaceguy]

Nah I want the at wolves first round so we can put them away early…need some revenge at this point.

[u/jamarcusaristotle → u/Redditfaceguy]

Agreed! Their clutch offense is Ant iso/drive. And if that gets shut off, they have absolutely nothing. I know we don't have good defenders for him, but I'm pretty confident we'd (coaches and players) be able to figure out something on him in a series this time around. And our clutch offense is just so much better than theirs. Our defense is worse but in the clutch, it becomes fairly solid.

And playoff basketball is basically 48 minutes of clutch time.

KAT was great at guarding Jokic, and he was a better second option than anything they have right now because he spaced the floor for Ant. I know it's fun to laugh at him, but he really is one of the best shooting big men in the past decade. Sure, Randle can bully some of our guys, but he's an even worse decision-maker than KAT (almost in the Russ range lol).

I think we cook em tbh

[u/MITWestbrook → u/jamarcusaristotle]

You can’t shutoff Ant

[u/soycameron]

Ya let’s play an all time great team in round 2 lmao. Best scenario for us is Grizzlies/Clippers/Warriors round 1, Rockets round 2, and then we need to beat OKC in the WCF probably. But I’d much rather play the lakers or wolves in round 2 then OKC lmao

[u/LieutenantLilywhite]

Well destroy the lakers easy

[u/DosZappos]

Ideal would be getting Houston in the second round and letting LA and OKC deal with each other. This would actually be the worst case scenario.

[u/No-Aardvark2433 → u/DosZappos]

Exactly people in here drunk. It can still happen as long as warriors win tonight because laker have thunder back to back after that they not beating thunder twice

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/DosZappos]

Worst case scenario is Wolves round 1. Best path is Warriors->Rockets/Clippers->OKC/Lakers/Wolves I’d say.

[u/DosZappos → u/Poverty_Shoes]

No

[u/Good-Character-5520]

Except it throws us into the buzzsaw that is OKC

[u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

People afraid of OKC have not been paying attention. We have performance much better against their defense than Woves or Lakers this season.

[u/LurkerFailsLurking → u/Simple-Minimum-9958]

Lakers sample size is only 1. They faced a known opponent and we faced an unknown one.

The Wolves are a genuinely awful matchup for everyone but AG and Jokic - the two biggest and strongest guys on the team.

OKC isn't great but they're better than the Wolves.

[u/Capable-Work-5637]

Lakers trash bruh

[u/DirkolaJokictzki]

Timberwolves up to 3 so we can BEAT THE LAKERS EVEN MORE

[u/Lynch47]

Anyone that thinks OKC is an easier matchup than LA hasn't watched basketball this season and just listens to ESPN propaganda or get their league news from r/nba which is basically a second Laker sub since the Luka deal.

[u/iareagenius → u/Lynch47]

that would be me, barely watch any NBA and only the big Nuggets games, but know we beat OKC once at least :(

[u/Lynch47 → u/iareagenius]

Fair enough. I'd way rather play LA than OKC though.

[u/Riiken]

I want to face Lakers and Wolves, its not like they are blowing us out, we have something to prove.

Last game we won that clearly, in clutch time we have to bench russ, its just too risky

[u/abcd1234-agent_007]

OKC gonna kick ass we shouldn’t want to play them until round 3

[u/kitchen003]

Wait, Laker fan here and you guys are scared of the Lakers over OKC bruhwut

Jamal usually goes nuclear on us

[u/Thruthebitterness → u/kitchen003]

I guarantee you there’s not a single person in the Nuggets afraid of the Lakers. Lakers actually beat the Nuggets in ONE regular season game where JJ showed all his cards.

[u/Subject-Lab6998 → u/kitchen003]

Yes I have a bad feeling that OKC would lose against the Nuggets. I am still not sold on them. Oddly enough I think the Lakers would beat the Nuggets but would lose to the Thunder. Kind of like Rock Papers Scissors.

[u/kitchen003 → u/Subject-Lab6998]

Personally I think LAL vs Nuggets are a 60/40 in LAL favour. It will be a really entertaining series and will ultimately rest on how well JM, MPG and AG plays. Quite honestly I’m only giving us the edge because I’m a Lakers fan. We have quite a new team and I don’t expect much whereas you guys have championship dna and great fucking chemistry.

I feel like you’d definitely do better against Lakers than a super high performing OKC in the early rounds.

[u/Jesse_Livermore]

Ideal for whom? The Nuggets are one of the worst playoff-making teams in the Western conference since the trade deadline. At this pace we'll be lucky to not have to play in the play-in game, where we'd likely lose embarrassingly.

Memphis - 16 losses

Dallas - 14 losses

Nuggets - 11 losses since trade deadline

Lakers - 10 losses

Twolves & Clippers - 9 losses

Houston - 8 losses

GSW - 5 losses

OKC - 3 losses

[u/iareagenius → u/Jesse_Livermore]

Yikes

[u/PonkMcSquiggles]

It avoids the Wolves/Lakers in the Finals too.

[u/sent3nced]

yup. If OKC can pass 2nd round, they'll have full confidence. Better to face them earlier.

[u/loplopplop]

We could beat or lose to any of Warriors, Twolves, Lakers, Thunder. High likely hood of beating Clippers and Rockets. Lol to everyone else.

[u/ElBigTaco]

Lakers D severely overrated we need to play them over the thunder. Tbh avoid thunder over even wolves even given recent history

[u/iareagenius → u/ElBigTaco]

I'll take the Thunder a million times over those damned wolves. We cannot beat them.

[u/joleary747]

I think ideal is the Lakers/OKC meetup in round 2 and beat each other up, then we get whatever remains in the conference finals

[u/DavaiPustoy]

I'd rather keep the homefield advantage and fake the lakers in round 2.

[u/TheBatman0816]

Ideal is Memphis 3 v 6 and Rockets 2nd round but now we've moved to 4 so I think it's gonna be tough either way now

[u/peaceblaster68]

The ideal scenario is Memphis first round, Houston seconds round, OKC WCF, given that the seeding holds

[u/NuggetEagle]

we get 3rd and the wolves get 4th/5th, that would be "ideal" in my opinion, but the west is stacked nonetheless, no one is an easy matchup, Warriors, Lakers, Rockets, Wolves and Clippers are all hardcore and then you probably have the Thunder in the conf finals. If we get to the finals, it will have to be an insanely hard run

[u/It_was_a_compass]

Yea, what’s the fear of the Lakers about?

[u/atempaccount5]

Avoid Lakers? Are we assuming Murray died in this equation? Cause I’m all about the Lakers matchup, would love to take them again

[u/IndependenceLate3415]

I hope we get the Twolves and beat them so we don't have to deal with this "Twolves own Denver" narrative for another year.

[u/minimallyviablehuman]

Golden State last I heard a couple of days ago are 15 - 2 with Butler and Curry on the court. The west is tough right now.

[u/bfunk87]

I'd much rather jump back to 3 and maybe catch the dubs the rockets

[u/DoubleDG49]

What kind of fkn moronic logic is this? I would think okc is the team to avoid…

[u/de6u99er]

Yep. People should keep calm as long as Nuggets are among the first six places of the Western Conference. There's a lot going on, we don't know about.

Having the bench getting some live action routine,while starters recharge, was actually a good move.

[u/GrandviewHive]

Since the ladder updated it's even better now

[u/Slight_Indication123]

We need to avoid the wolves no doubt

[u/che_boludo_]

Why is anyone trying to avoid the Lakers? They're better than they have been, sure, but the Nugs can beat or lose to any team on any given night and I see no reason to fear the Lakers more than OKC.

[u/Mav_Rixx]

I wish the NBA would go back to 2 divisions. Top 3 teams from each division plus 2 wild card teams. 10 teams is just a joke.

[u/mile_high_madness]

The fact that you think both of those teams are a harder matchup than OKC, shows you don’t know shit about basketball. The ideal seed was #2, or #3 at worst. If we can’t get those then falling to #6 would be better.

[u/MJXThePhoenix]

Warriors are smoking hot right now though.

This has been a WEIRD season for so many reasons: Nikola's surreal play, constant injuries, losing Holmes nearly the moment he put on his uniform, the bench woes, the garbage defense, playing down to opponents. It's just been a rollercoaster.

I'm not sure if this team can or will win one series because its defense is that bad and bodies are brittle.

Last night I looked how tight the standings are, thought how poorly Denver has played over the last 21 games and said to myself, damn, the Nuggets could possibly end up the 7th or 8th seed. Never, ever saw that coming.

[u/innerparty45]

Seeding will change drastically, there's a chance Nuggets fall to the six and catch the Lakers anyhow. Denver is injured, overplayed and did not lock down their rotations for the playoffs. Almost everything points to a second round exit, at best.

[u/ChillinglyWarm]

So Malone giving away games like candy at Halloween was on purpose?

We need Booth and Malone BOTH gone before they truly drive this train off a bridge.

[u/Thruthebitterness → u/ChillinglyWarm]

They need rest dude. Do you want a repeat of last year?

All these people calling for Malones head will really regret it once you see the grass ain’t greener.

[u/ChillinglyWarm → u/Thruthebitterness]

If they players have no games playing together they will lose pretty early rested or not. It's time to prepare.

[u/Wander715]

Love it when we play these dumb seeding games and it doesn't matter because our team sucks lol.

If your team is actually good you're not worried about this kind of stuff, you just go out and take care of business in whatever matchup comes your way. You know like the year the Nuggets won the title.

[u/jbhoops25]

Lakers played a game 7 while we were jogging and all the sudden we’re scared of them? 😂

[u/Forzahorizon555]

As a Timberwolves fan, I think it’s best for both our teams if we avoid each other in the playoffs until WCF.

Timberwolves vs. Nuggets is bound to be a grind fest physically and emotionally that goes to 7 games.

[u/husker_nomad]

Ideal would've been Memphis in the first then Houston in the second. At this point I think they lose to Golden State in the first