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Originally Posted by Seadood228
I was in the same boat Geoff, I thought last year him finishing 9th in RPM, high in other categories, and leading all centers was a fluke because I was burned by a former top 10 asset. If you look back I was skeptical that he'd improve from his historical rookie year (per minute), then he not only improved, but at a pace that's beyond the greats.
He has game-breaking skill on offense--if you remove the top10asset+Jokic disaster lineups the team scores 120.3PPP when he's on, that's higher than Steph and Durant, and those guys play with other all-stars. And this is just one guy with some of the worst PG play last year.
I've stopped capping my expectations, which probably means I'll be disappointed next year.
I guess I just don't think the Nuggets are that bad. I think Murray/Harris are solid young guys we should expect improvement from, Faried/Chandler decent veteran role players, and Millsap is very good. If Jokic is, or close to, the player you are making him out to be they should be, at the least, favorites to playoff. And I'm not even sure they are are they?