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Chapter 1: What is the latest injury update for Nikola Jokic?
And then the other big note on the injury front. Should we go to segment two? Let's go to segment two here. So Nicole Jokic still out today, but we did get an update. From Shams Charania. From His Holiness Shams Charania. Are you talking about celebrity game star Shams Charania? I heard he can hit the floater, yeah. If you explain your basketball game and you just go straight to floaters.
Yeah, floaters are your top three skills. That's so true. Not a good sign. Yeah, that's so true. He said the Nuggets will reevaluate Nikola Jokic in about one week. About one week. So right now we're at the four week. Wait, is he ahead of schedule still? We don't know. Right now, today, this exact moment is almost the four-week mark. That was when the first re-evaluation was going to occur.
I guess it occurred. Now there will be another re-evaluation in about one week. So if we look at the schedule for the Nuggets, it's actually kind of interesting. It is very interesting. Because let's just walk through tonight. Okay, Detroit, nobody. Michael Porter's return, I hate that he's going to miss this game. So we can probably rule him out of Thursday versus the Nets.
Chapter 2: When is Nikola Jokic expected to return to the court?
It does, I guess, maybe make for a nice Murray versus MPJ head-to-head with no yoke supporting. That could be actually pretty exciting. So maybe there's something there. Then you get to the Clippers game on Friday. That's a second night of a back-to-back. By the way, schedule. Back-to-back, back-to-back, one game, back-to-back, one game, back-to-back.
That's the Nuggets schedule right now that they'll be completing. But anyway, that Clippers game is kind of sneaky big because it's a Western Conference matchup. It's an important one. I don't think he's back for any of those three. If we say about a week, I don't think he is. But Sunday is about a week. Is five days about a week? I think that's about a week.
I think that qualifies for about a week. And I got back to you in five days. You wouldn't say, wow, he's early. And here's another thing I was thinking about. Maybe, you know, the Nuggets deliberated. They did this reevaluation yesterday. Yeah. And they just relayed the information or Jokic's team relayed the information to Shams today. So maybe about a week is from yesterday.
Honestly, here's why I'm bringing this up. Then they go on a three-game road trip. It would suck if Yoke returned on a three-game road trip. And, of course, Sunday is Oklahoma City. Biggest game of the year, you could argue, because really our sights are set on Oklahoma City. And if he plays in that game and every other game, he'll be eligible for MVP.
Chapter 3: What games could Jokic possibly be back for?
Part of me wonders if he's purposely, not purposely, he's just waiting to be ineligible so he can just focus on basketball. I thought about that too. But nonetheless, I think he will miss, even if he came back that game, I think he'll miss one other game somewhere. You've got to think. You've got to think. Come on, man.
You've got to think like at the end of the season, there will be some game where they hold him out or something. You also just don't want that added pressure either. No. He doesn't. Yeah. Well, you got at Detroit, at New York, by the way, back to back. So maybe he comes back and then immediately misses one duck under. Who knows? But here's the thing.
I recall when yoke was suspended for snapping the neck of marquee forest. Do you remember this? It was against Miami and Denver. He got a suspension and then he missed more time because he had an injury. And so he ended up missing at some point in that season. He ended up missing like four or five games in a row. The wrist.
It was something happened where he ended up missing time and the game he came back was at Miami. And I just remember thinking, like, only Yoke would miss all this time. And I think it was a front end of a back-to-back where the second night was at Orlando. And it's like, okay, just hold them out one more game. That one's going to be contentious. You know, it could be weird.
Maybe there's retaliation. And Yoke's like, no, I'm back. I'm back for at Miami. That's the first game I'll come back from all of this. And I remember being like, that's a baller. It would be so Yoke-ish to come back for Oklahoma City. No warm-up, no ramp-up, biggest game of the year. I'm back. That would be crazy.
But also, like, I don't think he cares about any of those, you know, like those things. He's like, I'm ready to go. This is the day that I should go. And also, I just feel like he's backwards with everything. Like everyone else will try to ramp themselves up.
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Chapter 4: How are the Denver Nuggets managing without Jokic?
He's like, no, I want to let them know that I've arrived. And also, I want to give my team the chance. So, yeah, I think that Yoke's just like, let's do it. Let's do it that day. Not these bad days. Not a one that doesn't matter. Also, Oklahoma City is important just for intel. I think that's one team you might want to try some stuff.
And if you have Yoke coming back, you almost have a built-in excuse. It's like, hey, it's his first game back. We can experiment with some other things and let's test the water. So I'm not ruling out Oklahoma City. In fact... I might even say I think that's the game he comes back. That's about a week. It's in about a week. It's in about a week, man. That's about a week away.
I think that could very well be the case. I also think there's a chance they just want to hold him out and not have to answer any questions about the MVP and 65 game rule. I mean, but again, bring him back that one and then rest him at Detroit on the front end of a back to back. And now it's like, boom, go dominate SGA and then punt on the MVP on the next night. That would be incredible.
Oh, that's nice. I like that. That being said, the big news for me is Detroit, Brooklyn Clippers, three, three games that I think are tough. Brooklyn shouldn't be tough, but that's going to be an emotional night with MBJ's return. The Nuggets have done so well in Yolks-Happensons. They're tied for number two. This is really tough.
Tonight, the Clippers are the hottest team in basketball in that emotional Brooklyn game. You go 0-3 here, it's like you could actually end up falling to the 6-7-Z like we all thought just in these three games. And it's like, man, you almost did it and then fell off. It sucks that they're having to hold the line for so long. You know, like they've already...
exceeded all expectations but also like how long can you can you hold off until you get your your reinforcements not just Jokic but others around that as well um so you just you got to try to continue to dig and find ways um to get win that's a tough stretch to try to find a win but you got to find a way to get at least one and two Have you guys seen Jamal Murray's stats since Jokic's injury?
Let me hear him. We put this out on the Nuggets Twitter account today. He's averaging 28 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, shooting 50-43-91.
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Chapter 5: How does the Nuggets' schedule affect Jokic's return?
28 points per game on 50-43-91 shooting splits. Are you kidding? That's incredible, man. That's honestly incredible. And now we're in the, like, this is what, the 11th game without Jokic? That's incredible, man. If he holds it, I mean, again, that's why tonight kind of feels important. I have low expectations for tonight. Tonight's going to be a tough game.
First game back from a road trip, stuck in a hotel for three days, and you're playing the number one team in the East that's physical and you're vulnerable at size. It's just this one doesn't feel good. But if they get it, it would be an incredible feel-good win.