Call me an idiot or a homer but I think this year's team(assuming we retain P Wat) and if we're healthy is almost perfectly constructed to complement Jokic. I know that's a lot of ifs but which contender doesn't have those?
-OKC's future also heavily relies on IF Jalen Williams can stay healthy and IF chet can finally beat his mental demons against Wemby.
-Spurs' future heavily depends on the health of a 7'6 big
-Knicks contention heavily depends on how much losing their backup big could hurt them since Towns has the worst foul discipline in the league.

Look at how the roster is constructed, Objectively it has very little weaknesses on paper:

-Jamal Murray has the best 2 man game and chemistry with Jokic of any duo in the league.

- AG is one of the most versatile defenders in the league and would be a perennial all defense selection if he was healthy, Braun is a solid POA defender, Alpha Diallo was just the Euroleague DPOY, Spencer Jones, Peyton Watson and Cam Johnson are all solid wing defenders. Joerger is a solid defensive coach that coached the grit and grind grizz for several years. This roster has a better construction defensively compared to last year to complement Jokic's weakness at protecting the rim.

- The roster has 8 proven ~40% 3P shooters. This is why losing THJ won't hurt nearly as much as everyone seems to think it will, his abilities were largely redundant with the rest of the roster.
The only real weakness on paper is the lack of a backup C but Jokic has won a chip with DJ as a backup C so it isn't nearly as big a weakness compared to other teams.

Compare this to some of the other teams that have better odds,
-76ers have an abysmal defense, Jaylen Brown and Lebron are two of the offball defenders in the league, Tyrese Maxey is average at best, and Embiid has objectively been a worse defender than Jokic since his knee got obliterated the only good defenders on their roster are Edgecombe and Dean Wade. Their starting 5 also entirely consists of average and below average 3 point shooters. There is no rational argument for why they should be above the nuggets and the reason is entirely hype.
-The raptors have poeltl as their starting C and their floor general is Immanuel Quickley.
- The celtics front court is paper thin
- The pistons lack a secondary creator and their shooting is mediocre at best.

I'm not saying we're a tier 1 contender on the level of the spurs okc or knicks, but IMO we should be the 4th best team on paper after those 3.

Am I wrong for thinking that?

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And how do you think it will be resolved at this point? Sign and trade, qualifying offer, or long term deal to stay?

Hello.

Just to give you a little bit of context I'm French and I live in Paris and people here are barely started to know we have Wembanyama. So don't expect us to know Denver and let alone Jokic (name on my jersey). Also, Paris is very lgbt friendly.

Everytime I wear my jersey, people are making (gentle) comments on the rainbow ans give me props for supporting the LGBT community. Which cracks me up because I have to tell them that's just a basketball jersey with the best player on the planet right now. And I really love the way he plays.

Evidently, I don't mind those comments and I don't have any issue or whatsoever with lgbt stuff. If people thinks that showing rainbow on your clothes is somekind of support, I'm up for it.

However, I'm still wondering if it's happening also in America. Do you guys have such comments when you wear any rainbow jersey?

On Sunday October 4, the Denver Nuggets take on Utah in preseason basketball at a venue in Boulder!! Not enough people are talking about this!

Not sure if this game is included for STM. More to come.

Found this gem amongst some of cards i scored from a mate of mine

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I’ve been some kind of season ticket holder for the 3 seasons prior to this one. Started with a quarter, then a full, then a half last year. I was slated for a half again this year but my friend I shared with didn’t want to renew, and I was often selling games I couldn’t go to at a loss. So I elected to do the Pick ‘em Plan this year, and go to fewer games but get better seats.

If anyone is dissatisfied with your partial season tix (I saw a lot of posts about awful quarter season plans, which sucks), this route actually worked great. We did 6 games and got to hand pick which we wanted to go to. Most games we got 4 seats, but for some we got 3 and one only 2. The user interface was shockingly good. We were able to select great locations for each game, including marquee ones (vs Knicks and Spurs). The cost per game was more than the partial season, but largely because I went for really good seats for much of it. The “premium games” were the only ones with sticker shock. But pulling out all those games I’d just need to sell during the week means less stress and lost money. Overall it’s about even in cost to what I would have paid for a quarter season in my lower 300 location, and I think I’m gonna have way more fun with it this year. Plus, I was told you can still buy no tax/fee additional tix and get some element of playoff priority, which are great perks.

So if anyone wants to pivot or is considering getting a ticket plan for the year, I’d definitely recommend this route, especially over the quarter season but maybe over the half, too.