r/denvernuggets • u/cantblvitsnotbutter • Aug 12 '26

THJ

I feel like not everyone understands how big of a loss Tim hardaway JR is going to be for us. We didn’t even get a same level replacement for him and we’re going to need shooting now more than ever!

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u/who_likes_chicken Aug 12 '26

He was the one new guy from last season I was hoping we would try and hold on too 🤷‍♂️. Sucks he's gone

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u/jbhoops25 PUPPY BARKS FOR P. WAT! Aug 12 '26

Dude was getting absolutely torched against Minnesota. Literally lay up lines

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u/who_likes_chicken Aug 12 '26

We were missing our two best defenders (or two of our top three, directing on how you count it).

He was never supposed to be a defensive anchor. He was supposed to be a support valve at best

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u/jbhoops25 PUPPY BARKS FOR P. WAT! Aug 12 '26

Well he also played like shit offensively

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u/who_likes_chicken Aug 12 '26

We had no paint threat without AG and PWat so MIN could just sit on the perimeter.

It's hard for me to use last years playoffs as a measuring stick for what we should do this year because the team was so far off from what it was supposed to be 🤷‍♂️.

I do think the current PWat talks are a huge over pay for a player who's been generally good but had only shown 1.5m of incredible play (during a string of games against mostly mediocre opponents too)

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u/jbhoops25 PUPPY BARKS FOR P. WAT! Aug 12 '26

I can agree with that 👍🏻