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Aaron Gordon's Injuries, Confidence in Nuggets FIXING Their Biggest Problems, & More | Roundtable
06 Mar 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
That opens up the flavor and the aroma.
How are you that much into your beer right now? Well, I'm thirsty. Because you pulled it.
My real assessment of where the Denver Nuggets are at is my confidence shaken, Yes, come on. I mean, it's shaking in that it looks really bad right now. But I mean, I can't get past the fact that we're in a mini purgatory.
Chapter 2: What is the latest update on Aaron Gordon's injury?
Like, you can't expect to achieve your highest...
possibilities and goals without your ideal lineup in place i mean we're missing our best defenders like you can't overstate that it's just if you miss jamal for a year you're dead if you miss your best defenders suddenly your seemingly fixed defense is worse than it's ever been and so i mean i understand why everybody's freaking out the vibes have been atrocious like absolutely atrocious this is probably the most down we've been for
In the last five years?
I think... No. It's not the most down. I think it's a specific point in time where... This is year three of the injury fatigue excuses. Ironically, they've never been more valid than they are right now. I know. You know? It's like, yeah, of course they're struggling with these injuries. But no one wants to hear it, right? No, they don't. And that does also... There is a sort of bottom line need.
This is a results-based business, right? So if they fall short, it's, all right, sure, well, it was because they were hurt. How many years in a row is this going to be the store?
I think that's a good point, man. I'm just kind of tired of the tired narrative. Yeah. I'm tired of talking about, are these guys in shape? Yeah.
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Chapter 3: How are the Denver Nuggets managing their current challenges?
I'm tired of talking about... You know, his yoke and shape. Yes. It's kind of over. I'm kind of just over the excuses, you know, even if they are valid. I know.
I think the thing about this shape, though, I was thinking is Aaron Gordon, we feel like he's coming back. He's missed five weeks, six weeks, whatever it's been. Like, you could bounce back from that. But it's been more than five, six weeks because he wasn't back for that long. Yep. It really is like four months that he's been out.
He played the beginning of the year, and since then it's been in and out.
and so like when we think about the rust factor how long will it take it might take actually a little bit longer than we're expecting since he hasn't had a huge run even in the middle of the year and he was gone most of last year too like aaron gordon has been it's actually getting to the point where we start to have uncomfortable conversations about whether or not you can rely on aaron gordon to be anything other than a cheerleader like we need his production on the court he's
His introduction to the Denver Nuggets was the turning point on the championship era. Yeah. Even though we didn't get it done that year. It's like that is what truly opened it up. And like now, you know, like you can't play him on a back-to-back. Otherwise, he's going to hurt his hamstring.
And it's like non-contact stuff to where you're just white-knuckling watching every one of his games because he's so vital. Yeah. And you don't want to have this thought where it's like, oh, my God. Like, are we... We theoretically moved up Mike because maybe his longevity has always been in question, but he's been way more durable than Aaron Gordon has been the last several years.
Yeah, I will say the thing that I think it really comes down to, I mean, look, we always say the regular season doesn't matter, and I think this year is the ultimate. They have 20 games. That's a lot of time. It's still actually a lot. By the time they get Peyton, it might be 12 games, but it's still a lot of time.
And to me, the defining trait of the Nuggets, a couple of them, one, they've been really tough and resilient.
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Chapter 4: What factors are affecting the Nuggets' confidence levels?
That's why they've come back from 3-1 twice, and they just had a lot of resilient wins over their tenure. But two, they're connected. And the Nuggets haven't been connected this year at all. But they haven't really had a chance to. And it all comes down to, do you think that there's something about this group of players that can come together when it matters or not?
And that's what I'm looking at. The Nuggets actually still are pretty good, despite the fact that on a scale of 1 to 10, they're at like a 2 on connection. But I think they can find it like that if they just get their guys back.
Well, they did last year very quickly. You gotta slight that. They found it last year. I mean, they did have to go seven games against the Clippers. But the Clippers were good. They went seven games against the Thunder. Should have won that series. So they found it last year with absolutely no time. Even less time than they'll have this year. Worse vibes, E. Way worse vibes. So, can they?
Yeah, they could. Are the vibes actually that bad for the team? I mean, I know they're low, but I... I don't know if they're that bad for the team.
I think for the fan base, yeah. I mean, you're in the locker room. Look, they're bad for one guy. Cam Johnson is an interrupt, man. He's just very clear. Has it been bad for a while? No, no, it's very recent. Because here's the thing. People forget Cam actually has been playing pretty well for about a month right before... That's the thing, man.
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Chapter 5: How can the Nuggets rebuild their defensive identity?
But he hit kind of a rock bottom in their biggest matchups. And particularly after the Mike trade, you're thinking, well, there's one thing. Maybe you score fewer points, but you're better in these games. We'll take it. And it hasn't been there. So he's in a rut. I think everyone else, you know, I think the core kind of knows how to navigate this.
I have no doubt that Aaron Gordon, Jokic, and Murray can figure this out with 20 games. I do think it puts a new coaching staff in a tough position. They mentioned having to sift through all this data and how meaningful is all the data, the lineup data. So they still need to figure out what the best versions of themselves look like.
And the coaches, I think, have had the least to work with in that regard.
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Well, that's my other big question. It's like, is it time to start having a conversation about David Adelman in this position? Like, is his approach... Are we seeing holes in his approach that a team that is theoretically made up, not theoretically, that is made up of veterans and guys that should be able to self-lead? Are we seeing some holes in that philosophy?
Do we feel like David Edelman was able to pull these guys together?
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