Yeah Denver's tough. They're better defensively with Millsap but to what degree? My guess is they're still a bottom 10 defense and I think people underrate what Gallo did for them offensively. They were unguardable with him at the 4 and was a needed late clock scoring option. Faired and Jokic also played off each other really well last year and now I think it becomes pretty likely that Faried is not on this roster past the deadline. I have no doubts that Millsap and Jokic will figure it out, just not sure any combination of Plumlee/Millsap/Jokic will be as lethal and Jokic+Gallo or Jokic+Faried were last year. I also think there's a lot of pressure on Jamal Murray making a jump and Wilson Chandler staying healthy.
I guess I should've been more specific with CJ. While not a PG he's shown the ability to at times create for others. Murry during his rookie season showed one thing, inconsistency. 40% from the field and 33% from deep. Imagine those numbers will improve, but to say it'll be enough to get close to Utah, Minn or Portland is a stretch. Mudiay is in the dog house isn't he? Wasn't Denver looking to move him in off-season? I seriously doubt 34/35 year old Nelson is going to be the answer for that team. If it is, they're lotto bound.
Usually it is only about a month or two for recovery time. He must have torn some ligaments if they think it is longer.
That's a bummer, it was interesting to see if he could make something off himself. He was not a big part of their success, but he was intriguing
Sucks for Dante, but he hasn't been a positive contributor yet in his career so this doesn't really change Utah's outlook. Mitchell/Neto will fill in just fine and they have enough wing ball handlers too.
If he is actually out for the season then I think it hurts them a lot. IMO they needed him to have a breakout season in order fro them not to drop down. He was the wild card I selected a couple weeks back for the Jazz. This does not make me sad.....
I'm wondering if this opens the door for someone to steal him from Utah. I wouldn't mind if Portland 'Wes Mathew-ed" him and offered a full MLE offer.
