Ant is having knee surgery.

Cason Wallace and Jalen Williams are out for the year for the OKC Thunder.

The door in our division is wide open and the Conference could be a crap shoot (non-Spurs situations).

And we look like complete and utter ass. This is so frustrating.

I think DaRon Holmes could pull it off for sure.

Jokic was asked about his comments again after saying fans who booed the Nuggets in the home opener weren’t welcome anymore, and he definitely isn’t walking them back.

He said he’s played in all kinds of environments, including Europe, but isn’t used to fans booing their own team.

When asked if that’s the difference with European crowds, where most of the hostility is directed at the opponent, he basically doubled down again: “I think they are not real fans.”

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/10/27/nikola-jokic-booing-nuggets-fans-nba-europe/

This was taken with about three minutes left in the game.

I am unfortunately pessimistic about this team. Although Derozan is a great addition.

A rare Gordon ejection, lackadaisical effort and lack of care for basketball from Murray and Jokic. Plays no longer being ran through Jokic, and once again a 9 man rotation where few of the people we brought in during the off season get to play. Adelman managing to look like a random man instead of a team’s head coach even more than usual, alongside Demar’s depressing tweet. What managed to kill the vibes amongst this team so rapidly?

Like most of yall, big nuggets fan. What’s perplexing to me is this teams attitude towards the media, fan, and world sentiment. Do they not know how bad they look? Do they know snd not care? Do they thinking tell us they look good will change something. How can they be so confused about how they look and double down on it.

This is just bad

why is offense not running through Jokic like last 10 years

what is the plan?

Im just so confused

its really really hard to watch this Denver team

With Jokic & Jamal in there, we typically have 1 shooter, 1 dunker-spot, and 1 cutter, and preferably a mix of players who can do 2 or more of those.

Derozan does none of those particularly well. He just clogs up the space. There were so many instances where he got the ball wide open in the corner and just... dribble inside to shoot a less efficient fadeaway 2. Any advantage we created was immediately negated.

Derozan should only be on the floor when we don't have Jokic / Jamal in there, through whom we can reliably create offensive advantage.

Not saying Derozan doesn't have a place on the team. He should be used with the bench units when we don't have other means of creating an advantage on the half court.

On the defensive end, we need other plus defenders with Jokic & Jamal. There was one particular play where Derozan hedged against Steph (like the greatest shooter of all time???) while Jamal was stuck behind a screen.

Adelman isn't using his players well and putting them in a position to succeed.

I see a lot of comments and posts wanting to fire Adelman. I agree that he doesn’t seem up to the job. But letting him go without a realistic option to replace him would be self defeating.

My personal opinion is the Nuggets need a more vocal, visible leader at coach because Jokic and Jamal are not the types to fire up the team and hold people accountable. Hey also need a guy who can use offensive rotations more effectively and cultivate the younger talent.

But who is out there right now that could help this team return to playoff contender status?

Jamal Murray during the post game interview, when asked why didn’t they have the same urgency, he said “they just played harder”

Joerger was the mastermind behind the grit and grind grizzlies. Those teams were never more talented than the teams they faced in the playoffs but they were tough as hell and every team hated playing against them in a 7 game series. If he can come in and change the mentality of this team, it'll be worth it.

We are a soft team. Honestly, we showed our softness after Jaden McDaniels punked the entire team last playoffs. We are suffering from a mentality standpoint

We just aren't as talented as the other top teams, we need an edge.

We need a grit and grind mentality. If Joerger can take over and instill it in any way and bring toughness to the team, then we should make the change, and maybe salvage the season.

He was warming up great, included some contact in his warm up, but ultimately was ruled out. In the video he shook his head as he exited after warm-up

When Adelman was elevated to head coach and had his first post game presser my wife walked by the tv and asked “who’s the guy that sounds and looks like Flick Duck from PB&J Otter?” (Millennials might be the only ones who know that show?)

Any time she would watch a game since then she’d say something on the lines of “he’s just not it.”

I defended him at the time but it’s getting hard to. I need this guy to pull this team together before I have to tell my wife she was right all along.

I for one do get some bad vibes from Adelman as coach. I don't know what it is but it never seemed like the right choice and its hard to see him as a championship-winning coach. However, one thing that its far too early to worry about is how Jokic is playing. Last year, Jokic played five games in October against relatively easy opponents (Warriors, Suns, Wolves, Pelicans, Blazers).

his averages:

20.4/14.4/10.8 on 59/24/86 shooting

After that he put together one of the best stretches in basketball history.

So yes, there are some obvious flaws early in the season that need to be addressed for this team to even make a little noise in the playoffs. However, I am not at all worried about Jokic at this point.

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His plus minus is atrocious. He can’t lead a team through the playoffs. Blah blah blah. This man is a bullet proof getter of buckets and his endurance….

We have to start DeMar. Let the offense run through his selfish iso work and when it works it works. When it doesn’t, he can pass. Jokic will elevate every player he works with and as a second option he and Murray thrive. Feed DeMar. Make him shoot a crap ton of shots. I’ll take DeMar shooting any shot over these other clowns.

Brazaile and our rotating group can defend. I don’t care. If we can have 10 games where DeMar is our leading scorer it forces everyone else to wake up. I recognize this is only an early regular season solution but we need wins now.

Obviously our guys did not bring their best the start this season and many of us are disappointed, not just in the results but in the effort and focus they seem to be playing with. Defensive rotations are off, and our shot selection seems... haphazard? I'm generally an optimistic fan and am ride or die Denver, but even I think the criticism is fair at this point that it needs to better.

That being said, it's only 3 games. 82 is a loooooong year, and they all know they got months more basketball to play. Concern at this point is fair, but can we chill on the hate and trade talks and "washed" comments? Criticism? Yes! But like, straight up just dooming? We suck, blow it up, Joker/Jamal/Gordon old? Already tired of seeing it.

Things can turn around fast as a game, and everyone pretends they didn't talk shit when shit was bad. Don't be a fair weather fan. Have a touch of patience please.

Go Nuggets

edit. If/when it comes time... Adelman is my core concern. The team culture, vibe, whatever you want to call it is what seems off more than anything.

I also feel like we're all just forgetting we had like 4 players sit out tonight, who would have made a big difference.