Eric Wedum

You might see him kind of not contest every layup throughout the course of the game to avoid fouls, you know, but he would kind of lock in during winning time right now.

It doesn't feel like many, if any guys are locking in during winning time on the defensive side of the ball.

So Jokic,

It starts with defense, but the offense could be better too.

Right.

Yeah, absolutely.

And the two-man game was at the peak of its powers, which right now, it's interesting.

Right now, it feels like the two-man game isn't, except when healthy, Jokic was certainly off to a phenomenal start.

Jamal Murray obviously having the best regular season of his career due to injuries and then this weird kind of funk from the both of them, particularly Jokic, just because of relative expectations lately.

it just doesn't feel like you've seen them at the, like really get it going at the same time.

Right.

And you know, it can be so easy for them when they do.

So yeah,

Well, part of that too, I mean, Harrison mentioned this on the show last night.

The spacing is just fundamentally different.

You can make some substitutions and change this.

Peyton Watson is a spectacular corner shooter.

Tim Hardaway Jr.

is certainly a very capable shooter.

So you can try to get shooters on the floor, but built into Denver's championship starting lineup was the pick and roll,