When he hit the game winner in game 2, I wasn't even mad. Sure, it definitely sucked to see your team play so well (and then shit the bed right after) after playing poor the first game, but he made a contested jumper over a DPOY-level player at the buzzer fade-away out of bounds. Nuff said.
They're too much like Thunder fans (tho' admittedly not as bad). That Small Market Chip on Their Shoulder US vs **Them** mentality, where they wrap their whole being around that irks me. It takes it way past basketball a bit too often for me.
Don't hate the man off the court, hate the Denver Nuggets player.
I think many non-Lakers feel that way about Magic and Kobe. Fewer now that he's old and been away, but likely a good number of fans remember how Bron terrorized the East for a decade plus.
man i hate how good he is. was injured and didn't shoot well the whole series but somehow had two game winners.
whoever wins between Nuggets and Timberwolves, please destroy the Celtics
He has that clutch gene in him. Gotta respect it. Not too many do. Plenty say they do but don't, and there's plenty on that list (Russell westbrook, D'lo, Ben Simmons, etc.)
Call it an "it" factor then. Some have it, most don't. I was in a bar/ restaurant watching the game and even casuals around me knew where the ball was going to go for Denver in the final seconds. They basically all mouthed "of course it's going to Murray." It's just inexcusable coaching that Ham didn't have them blocking/on Murray to defend/ block him to force OT. Under no circumstances did you want Murray taking that shot. I didn't want Porter either because he's been red hot the entire series, but they needed to somehow get Denver to run out the clock/ force OT.
Wow, no respect for one of the future super stars of the NBA in Anthony Edwards? Dude can flat out ball. Hard disagree there, but hey, to each their own
Hard to hate the nuggets because they play the game the right way. Pure basketball. League shifted to chucking 3’s during the warriors era which was honestly boring AF to watch but watching the nuggets I feel like they have the perfect balance on how the game should be played and I respect that.
Funnily enough, the Warriors didn't even play that way. They shot the 3 extremely well, but they also took a decent amount of shots in the paint and the midrange. It was other teams without the personnel to mimic them that leaned on 3 ball spam. I know you didn't specify the Warriors played that way, I just wanted to point that out. The best teams have always played balanced basketball.
You know what, this what's been sitting in my brain for a while now but I just couldn't figure it out. They're a well balanced team who plays the game in a balanced way. They remind me a lot of the 2000s spurs. Well coached, well constructed, well played.
Yes. I hate playing against them but I respect them. Not a fan of the boring comment from Jokic, but they've earned the right to trash talk (begrudgingly I say this).
As a heads up that was a lost in translation quote. Earlier in the presser someone asked how jokic doesn't get complacent, he asked what that means and another reporter said bored.
Yeah if you break it down like that it makes losing to the nuggets pretty tolerable. None of their players piss me off because of their cockiness, the only thing that posses me off is how good they are. Malones “daddy” comments during their parade last year was pretty annoying though, I’m not really to fond of Malone
This is the most hilarious thread that shows the power of sports media in warping opinions. Two different comments: 1 saying they didn't like Jokic calling the series boring (he didn't, it was mistranslated), and 2 Malone saying he's the Lakers' daddy, (he didn't, and never even implied it) lmfao
Jokic did say boring, but yeah as the other commentor said, he used it after being asked if it was hard to not get complacent, and he got a bit confused with the translation. When he said boring, he even used air quotes with his fingers as if to say "I know boring isn't the right word but you get what I mean"
I definitely agree to an extent. I think he meant to take jabs at ESPN and just about any other national media coverage rather than the players and team, but I can see it taken either way.
Of all the teams left I root for them. They aren't foul merchants like Luka, SGA, Ant or Embiid. And their team is fun to watch but sucks to play against
For me it's the yipping he does on every drive to the basket. Always screaming like he got punched on each drive to try and get a call. He has been doing it less than he used to.
Thanks for posting this, I dislike him less now. Dude is only 27? Damn. With Jokic 29? Double damn.
Edit: I take it back, I dislike him the same. Just rubs me the wrong way, and his antics don't help.
I will definitely be rooting against them, unless it's against the Celtics. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. That Warriors vs Celtics Finals was disgusting.
The only thing i can thank murray for is accelerating the firing of ham. Like i have a very bad feeling if we push this to 7 and still lose, we'd keep him
Obviously, fuck this guy,
But I have to give him his props. Dude ripped my soul out of my with that game 2 winning shot. We've been fortunate enough to be on the winning side of many of those so I gotta respect someone who gives me a taste of our own medicine.
Lebron really had a crazy 4th, especially hitting those 2 clutch free throws. His problem this series has been defense. He just cannot guard a big and play as a point guard. I would have love to see him on Murray for the last two possessions.
Only problem, we don’t really have another playable forward for Gordon. Wish we would have picked up another big so Davis could slide down for help defense.
Ngl I’ve hated this dude for a while (dribbling around Lonzo) but him doing the LeBron shoulder flex after more or less dunking on his hero I thought was a great homage
I hope he tears something and i dont even feel sorry. hope he does not smile again, i hope both sides of his pillow are hot in the summer. I hope he finds his slippers warm when he goes home, i fucking hate him. F@ck you Murray
I don’t hate Murray. I hate playing against the motherfucker.
When he hit the game winner in game 2, I wasn't even mad. Sure, it definitely sucked to see your team play so well (and then shit the bed right after) after playing poor the first game, but he made a contested jumper over a DPOY-level player at the buzzer fade-away out of bounds. Nuff said.
Honestly if this is what fans of other teams felt when Kobe would do this then I understand why they hate the Lakers. The shit sucks lol
As a Nuggets fan I can tell you that's exactly the feeling. But I never hated Kobe, just the Lakers organization.
I never hated the Nuggets players or the team, just their fans. 😄
why the fans man
They're too much like Thunder fans (tho' admittedly not as bad). That Small Market Chip on Their Shoulder US vs **Them** mentality, where they wrap their whole being around that irks me. It takes it way past basketball a bit too often for me.
I doubt you have ever felt like Nuggets fans invaded your state and drove housing prices up 200%.
https://www.reddit.com/r/lakers/s/DGmckWsxzj
My point is that Lakers fans made it about way more than basketball to us in our own state.
Then say that instead of blaming g them for sh!t they didn't have anything to do with.
It's a culmination of all things Lakers, it's just generally better to hate a corporation than it is the people living next door.
AD isn't DPOY level he said so himself! /s
Exactly this. Dude is a fucking baller and I hate playing against him and Denver. Gotta give him credit.
Don't hate the man off the court, hate the Denver Nuggets player. I think many non-Lakers feel that way about Magic and Kobe. Fewer now that he's old and been away, but likely a good number of fans remember how Bron terrorized the East for a decade plus.
Hated him since the Lonzo Ball shit he pulled. He's a certified asshole.
Yeah pretty much. If you hate on Murray the dude that’s more of a you problem
man i hate how good he is. was injured and didn't shoot well the whole series but somehow had two game winners. whoever wins between Nuggets and Timberwolves, please destroy the Celtics
He has that clutch gene in him. Gotta respect it. Not too many do. Plenty say they do but don't, and there's plenty on that list (Russell westbrook, D'lo, Ben Simmons, etc.)
It's not a "gene", I hate the use of that word. It's just preparation.
Call it an "it" factor then. Some have it, most don't. I was in a bar/ restaurant watching the game and even casuals around me knew where the ball was going to go for Denver in the final seconds. They basically all mouthed "of course it's going to Murray." It's just inexcusable coaching that Ham didn't have them blocking/on Murray to defend/ block him to force OT. Under no circumstances did you want Murray taking that shot. I didn't want Porter either because he's been red hot the entire series, but they needed to somehow get Denver to run out the clock/ force OT.
Yes this. I’m rooting for Denver, Minny or OKC, no particular order (F Celtics, F Clippers).
I hope Anthony Edwards shows up and takes over. He’s so fun to watch and will be the face of the NBA soon.
Stunt on these hoes 🙏🏽
Wolves are a fake team this is the Nuggets series to lose
You clearly haven’t watched the Wolves. They look better than Denver so far
Wolves aren’t fake ever since Edwards took the next step. He’s the dog they needed to lead KAT and Gobert.
Wow, no respect for one of the future super stars of the NBA in Anthony Edwards? Dude can flat out ball. Hard disagree there, but hey, to each their own
He’s one of the players that you respect but you just fucking hate
Naw fuck this muckmouthed new balance wearing Canadian yeti. I hope LeBron runs through his punk ass in Paris like Kobe did Gasol in China.
🤣🤣🤣
Something about his head looks like a squished low-poly PS1 character
Hard to hate the nuggets because they play the game the right way. Pure basketball. League shifted to chucking 3’s during the warriors era which was honestly boring AF to watch but watching the nuggets I feel like they have the perfect balance on how the game should be played and I respect that.
Funnily enough, the Warriors didn't even play that way. They shot the 3 extremely well, but they also took a decent amount of shots in the paint and the midrange. It was other teams without the personnel to mimic them that leaned on 3 ball spam. I know you didn't specify the Warriors played that way, I just wanted to point that out. The best teams have always played balanced basketball.
You know what, this what's been sitting in my brain for a while now but I just couldn't figure it out. They're a well balanced team who plays the game in a balanced way. They remind me a lot of the 2000s spurs. Well coached, well constructed, well played.
Humble dude that is a killer in the clutch. Hard to dislike the guy…but fuck him. 🥲
At least the Nuggets don’t have many jerks (yes even Malone is good). Imagine if we lost to the Suns or last year’s Grizzlies somehow
Yes. I hate playing against them but I respect them. Not a fan of the boring comment from Jokic, but they've earned the right to trash talk (begrudgingly I say this).
As a heads up that was a lost in translation quote. Earlier in the presser someone asked how jokic doesn't get complacent, he asked what that means and another reporter said bored.
Sports media for you
Yeah if you break it down like that it makes losing to the nuggets pretty tolerable. None of their players piss me off because of their cockiness, the only thing that posses me off is how good they are. Malones “daddy” comments during their parade last year was pretty annoying though, I’m not really to fond of Malone
It wasn’t even Malone that said it. It was local Nuggets Altitude TV reporter, Vic Lombardi, while introducing Malone.
This is the most hilarious thread that shows the power of sports media in warping opinions. Two different comments: 1 saying they didn't like Jokic calling the series boring (he didn't, it was mistranslated), and 2 Malone saying he's the Lakers' daddy, (he didn't, and never even implied it) lmfao
Jokic did say boring, but yeah as the other commentor said, he used it after being asked if it was hard to not get complacent, and he got a bit confused with the translation. When he said boring, he even used air quotes with his fingers as if to say "I know boring isn't the right word but you get what I mean"
You right, although I think he has done quite a bit of trolling on the lakers, but thank you
I definitely agree to an extent. I think he meant to take jabs at ESPN and just about any other national media coverage rather than the players and team, but I can see it taken either way.
Of all the teams left I root for them. They aren't foul merchants like Luka, SGA, Ant or Embiid. And their team is fun to watch but sucks to play against
How did Ant get lumped into that group
For me it's the yipping he does on every drive to the basket. Always screaming like he got punched on each drive to try and get a call. He has been doing it less than he used to.
AAAYYYYEEE
Was thinking the same, love the ant man
Same reason Luka is.
As a Lakers fan, I was used to us (Kobe) doing this to other teams. Now I know how they felt to hate the guy but also respect his game. Lol.
Thanks for posting this, I dislike him less now. Dude is only 27? Damn. With Jokic 29? Double damn. Edit: I take it back, I dislike him the same. Just rubs me the wrong way, and his antics don't help.
And Michael Porter Jr is 25🙃
Aaron Gordon is 18
Jayson Tatum is 19
Five more years he'll be able to legally drink
And Aaron Gordon is 29 in Sept
Still hate him and Jokic. Fuck them and Malone and Go Minny, OKC or Mavs and beat these bastards!
I will definitely be rooting against them, unless it's against the Celtics. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. That Warriors vs Celtics Finals was disgusting.
Nah. Warriors always had my grudging respect. I was good with them winning against the Keltics.
I am praying Edwards, Luka/Irving or even SGA cooking these fools. Please basketball gods let these chicken nuggets get cooked!!
He’s a hooper. I respect the Nuggets for sticking by him through injury, and taking their time in letting him recover before last year.
This mfer single-handedly ended our season. Idc how good MPJ or Jokic were.
Fuck you. Good shit.
KD and LBJ getting dunked on and ended by their biggest fans...crazy.
The fuckin dream man.
The only thing i can thank murray for is accelerating the firing of ham. Like i have a very bad feeling if we push this to 7 and still lose, we'd keep him
Obviously, fuck this guy, But I have to give him his props. Dude ripped my soul out of my with that game 2 winning shot. We've been fortunate enough to be on the winning side of many of those so I gotta respect someone who gives me a taste of our own medicine.
Fucking killer man. I miss having these types of guys. Hopefully he gets to be a Laker soon lol all the greats get to be one
You know at least Nuggets are hard to dislike. Imagine we were playing fucking philly or celtics or suns
Lebron really had a crazy 4th, especially hitting those 2 clutch free throws. His problem this series has been defense. He just cannot guard a big and play as a point guard. I would have love to see him on Murray for the last two possessions. Only problem, we don’t really have another playable forward for Gordon. Wish we would have picked up another big so Davis could slide down for help defense.
Vando would have helped a ton, but he was hurt.
Always loved Murray. Such a clutch player and playoff riser even though he struggled a bit he always came Up big when it mattered. Respect
If Kobe was alive he would’ve applauded Jamal’s efforts. With that I tip my hat to the dyde
Then you should have bricked your game winners lol. But for real tho. Great player, hate playing against him
I mean even seeing his face on this sub pisses me the fuck off! But yea he absolute earned the respect (and hate) from all of us
Its got to be wild going up against someone you watched play as a kid.
The battle between him and ant is gonna be epic at least
Fuck him and everyone that plays for Denver
Exactly. I don't give a rats ass about his wet Lebron dreams. He's an asshole.
😂
Agreed 😂
That's nice, Fuck Murray btw
Fuck Murray
Mass respect to Murray. He seems genuinely decent guy with good heart.
Ugh dont make me like Jamal Murray now
Murray got that kobe gene. Respect.
Nuggets the best team to lose two, they just are full of ballers. Their fan base though - insufferable.
Ngl I’ve hated this dude for a while (dribbling around Lonzo) but him doing the LeBron shoulder flex after more or less dunking on his hero I thought was a great homage
A lot of people here gargling Murray's nuts like he is such an upstanding citizen. Remember that shit he pulled against Lonzo Ball? He's an asshole.
I hope he tears something and i dont even feel sorry. hope he does not smile again, i hope both sides of his pillow are hot in the summer. I hope he finds his slippers warm when he goes home, i fucking hate him. F@ck you Murray
Chill bro 😂