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00:03 As long as Nikola Jokic remains in Denver,
00:06 the Nuggets are going to have many more opportunities.
00:10 And he is correct.
00:11 So how do you look back on this season for Denver?
00:14 The Western Conference favorites before the year got underway
00:18 after winning the NBA title a season ago.
00:20 Even entering game seven, the Western Conference favorites among the teams
00:25 that still were remaining.
00:27 When you look back on this year for the Nugs, how will you sum it up?
00:30 >> Don't ask Michael Malone how you wanna sum up this season after losing a game
00:35 seven, you're very upset about the questioning that was asked towards him.
00:39 But it is relevant.
00:40 Looking at the season overall, as a champion, you certainly want to repeat.
00:44 You can't say it's actually, well, you know what,
00:46 it was a disappointing season overall.
00:48 I mean, just about every franchise is gonna tell you,
00:50 it's supposed to be championship or bust.
00:52 If you don't win it all, it is a disappointing season.
00:54 Now, there are extenuating factors.
00:56 But I don't look at this season for the Denver Nuggets and say, boy,
00:59 oh boy, what could have been at this point?
01:01 They played some really good basketball teams.
01:03 They're a really good basketball team.
01:05 They went to game number seven before getting to the Western Conference finals
01:08 and got beat.
01:09 It happens here.
01:10 It's why we're not supposed to have repeat champions every single year in every
01:14 single sport, because you're going to take their best shot.
01:16 Now granted, how did the season work out late here in the regular season?
01:21 This was supposed to be another number one overall seed,
01:23 Denver Nuggets team, until they got beat by a bad San Antonio team,
01:28 which dropped them out of contention to be the number one overall seed.
01:30 And maybe that could have changed things.
01:32 But also, you can say this opinion.
01:34 Well, it really didn't change anything.
01:36 You want home court advantage in your own building, which you had for
01:39 a game number seven against a really good basketball team, and
01:43 you lost that game to the Timberwolves here.
01:45 So there you go.
01:46 So whether or not they had the number one over seed or not,
01:48 they still had home court advantage in a game seven and lost here.
01:50 They're a good basketball team, but
01:52 you're retooling the off season, and your friend is right.
01:54 As long as you have Jokic here, that's going to come back healthy.
01:57 He's a walking triple double.
01:59 You will be just fine.
02:00 But if we're measuring seasons, championship or bust,
02:03 technically it was a bad season for the Nuggets, but I don't look at it that way.
02:06 It's hard to win championship yet a fine year.
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