Brendan Vogt

But the Nuggets as a team might have more answers.

OK, we'll play Peyton instead.

We'll play Tim here.

There are still other games between them, other matchups between them, other series where Christian Brown is a very helpful player.

And to have him, what he kind of brings in terms of another guy who hustles, plays really hard, can kind of transform how they can score in transition.

This is a team that's left a lot on the table in transition at times.

He provides a lot of stuff that they need.

They're a better team with him in the lineup, like in the rotation, than not.

So there are some scary questions that persist, but I think it was really encouraging him to just look like Christian Brown again because it was just so long without us having seen it.

It's an interesting question.

With the players, he's been really, I think –

I don't want to say lenient.

I think Malone was much quicker to call the players out than Adelman is.

Yeah, for sure.

Checks out when you consider all the circumstances.

But, you know, his general message seems to be like, I think it's understandable that there are lapses in X, Y, Z. I do wonder if he gets, does he reach a point where he kind of has his, these guys aren't watching film moment of just with the defense, you know?

He certainly seems to be, I think the one place where you've seen him

really let loose emotionally is at the referees like i think he's fine like i think he's really starting to kind of loses his his wits there especially with how yokich is is officiated but the but as far as that kind of permeating and seeping into his decision making that is interesting because eric pointed this out a lot like i do think there were some choices in the okc series where like he

I don't think he perfectly nailed the Jokic rotations and certainly tried some things that, and I think we saw a little bit as Jokic came back with the minutes restriction, the wind was just alluding to it of maybe not exactly sure of how to handle that, when to put him in, when not.

And that stuff all does kind of give you a hindsight appreciation of some of Malone's rigidity and how it just... Because it's like, yeah, that's probably not a word, is it?