What Bill Simmons has said about Denver Nuggets

Simmons proposes a trade of Jamal Murray and Cam Johnson for Jaylen Brown and Sam Hauser that would save Denver money.

“Murray and Cam Johnson for Jalen and Hauser. which would save Denver $10 million this year”

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Simmons ranked the 2023 Nuggets as the best of the last eight NBA champions.

“Yeah, I think the 23 Nuggets were the best of the eight. So we agree”

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Simmons argues Denver should not make changes, attributing its first-round loss to bad luck and injuries.

“I'm doing nothing. I just had bad luck in a playoff series”

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Simmons says he now ranks Jokić 14th in his all-time pyramid, just ahead of Moses Malone and below Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O'Neal.

“I think he's right there with Moses. And I think you could, I have him, I have Joker 14, Moses 15. You could talk me into flipping it”

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Simmons argued the Nuggets' current core had reached its end and would not bounce back.

“It feels like we hit the finish line with this nucleus. I don't see a world where this bounces back because this is bad”

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Simmons argued the Wembanyama-Jokić matchup was unlike anything in modern NBA history because it was a duel between two centers.

“Mae rhywbeth gwahanol pan fydd yn y ganolfannau”

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