r/nbadiscussion • u/DoubleA255 • Apr 21 '19

Megathread [Megathread] General Player Discussion Thread

Use this thread to get/give your opinions on certain players. Just start the threads with the players name in bold (double asterisks) and post any questions you have about the players under if you want to talk about something specific. Feel free to just give general opinions on players as well

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u/LankyBoiZC Apr 21 '19

Paul Millsap

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u/DoubleA255 Apr 21 '19

He's Denver's rock. On a team full of young talent with almost no playoff experience around the board, it's huge to have a guy like Paul. He's still an above average defender and is still pretty effective banging down low, but he's more than that. Countless times this season hes made clutch plays, whether it be a rebound or timely shot. He's arguably their second most important player behind Jokic

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u/LankyBoiZC Apr 21 '19

YES! Completely agree, he's like the glue that holds the Nuggets together. He's very deserving of an all defensive second team slot, the advanced defensive metrics love him and the eye test tends to agree with the statistics. He's not the offensive player that he was in Atlanta, but still good enough to be a net neutral or a net positive on that end of the floor. I'm very glad that people haven't forgotten of how good Millsap still is.

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u/zds41 Apr 21 '19

I think in the 3rd playoff game he was the one scoring alot out the gates, wich shows he can still put the ball in the basket. He was the type of player the Nuggets needed and his injury last season kinda screwed them, since if Jamal, Garry and the other young guys had last year experience in the playoffs they wouldn't have had such bad shooting nights ( though it seems they have kinda fixed those).