What do you think Denver should do from here?

[Im Still Ballin]

I think they should avoid any big moves and keep the core five together. Focus on putting together a better bench for cheap. They have oodles of chemistry in their starting five and chemistry is underrated compared to talent/personnel. That whole a "champion team" beats a "team of champions."

Remain consistent and show up every year like San Antonio during Tim Duncan's career. Things are bound to go their way one or more times if they do that.

I suppose the question is how much time does the starting five have left before they may need to retool? They should be good for 3-5 years, but even that is a huge shot in the dark. Five years yet alone three is a long time in the NBA.

[Im Still Ballin]

The last thing they should do is a Milwaukee and **** with the winning formula. Denver won 57 games and had a tied record with the 1st seed in the Western Conference. This was despite injuries and a weak bench.

There are no teams that I don't think they can't beat in a best-of-seven series. Minnesota is their worst matchup and they had them down 20 at home in an elimination game. They just didn't execute. It happens.

[SouBeachTalents]

The last thing they should do is a Milwaukee and **** with the winning formula. Denver won 57 games and had a tied record with the 1st seed in the Western Conference. This was despite injuries and a weak bench.

There are no teams that I don't think they can beat in a best-of-seven series. Minnesota is their worst matchup and they had them down 20 at home in an elimination game. They just didn't execute. It happens.

I was literally just going to post this I feel like Milwaukee overreacted big time to what was ultimately an extremely fluky loss to an "8 seed" when Giannis missed most of the series and Butler morphed into Jordan those last 2 games. Denver would be foolish to do anything drastic after this loss, their glaring weakness is absolutely no depth, so as long as they're able to shore that up, they'll be in contention for the foreseeable future.

[tontoz]

They need more scoring off the bench and a decent backup for Jokic. Easier said than done though they are well into the luxury tax.

[Charlie Sheen]

I feel like Milwaukee overreacted big time

Did they overreact or did Giannis force their hand? 10 days after they make the trade, Giannis locks in an extension that aligned with the years Lillard has left on his deal.

[rawimpact]

Pack it up, it's going to be a few decades before they get another. Trade murray while he has value... send him to OKC for some young dudes and/or picks.

[Soundwave]

Don't think they need to do much. They need to add a depth bench scorer or two, but realistically they were up 20 in the 3rd quarter, 19/20 times you could run that scenario over and they win. That just happened to be one of the freak times they lost which is part what makes of pro sports fun.

They don't have the drama of a Jokic wanting to leave to a bigger market, Joker isn't about that nonsense, Denver being a smaller market if anything is probably a plus in Jokic's mind, so they don't need to do all the cartwheels the Bucks did for Giannis.

[Mask the Embiid]

Pack it up, it's going to be a few decades before they get another. Trade murray while he has value... send him to OKC for some young dudes and/or picks.

A 22-year-old, 6 years before his prime, did this to you jokic fans......rememba dat

[ShawkFactory]

Why do they need to do anything? A really good team just played an incredible second half and they lost. It happens.

If they play this series again Denver would probably still be the favorite.

[highwhey]

a defensive center. they'd be dumb to blow this team up. it's not the role player's fault their leader (jokic) didn't lead.

[Soundwave]

a defensive center. they'd be dumb to blow this team up. it's not the role player's fault their leader (jokic) didn't lead.

The team only has any business contending because they have that leader (Jokic), otherwise they'd be a lottery team, lol. Maybe the rest of their team could try scoring more than like 28 points combined in an elimination game.

[highwhey]

The team only has any business contending because they have that leader (Jokic), otherwise they'd be a lottery team, lol. Maybe the rest of their team could try scoring more than like 28 points combined in an elimination game.

the same can be said if braun/kcp/ag didn't play good defense, or if murray was replaced by a nobody. no murray=1st round exit.

[FultzNationRISE]

Why do they need to do anything? A really good team just played an incredible second half and they lost. It happens.

If they play this series again Denver would probably still be the favorite.

Yup. It’s not like the Nuggets are an aging team. Hell the Wolves looked terrible without Conley and he might retire after this year.

But they do need a playable backup center IMO. Ideally a sixth man that can play stretch 4 when Gordon sits and center when Jokic sits. Similar to Jeff Green last year altho ideally someone bigger and obviously younger. The second tallest guy in their rotation currently is their starting shooting guard. Theyve gotta get more size on the bench.

I would look to add Lebron.

[Soundwave]

the same can be said if braun/kcp/ag didn't play good defense, or if murray was replaced by a nobody. no murray=1st round exit.

You can pick the best 1-2 in the history of the NBA (pick which ever one you want, Shaq-Kobe, Kareem-Magic, Jordan-Pippen, whatever), if the rest of your team past those two players is only giving you 28 points in an elimination game ... you have a pretty fair chance of losing, let me just put it that way.

Maybe in the lower scoring late 90s/early 2000s that could work when 28 points would be more like 32-35 points today.

[highwhey]

You can pick the best 1-2 in the history of the NBA (pick which ever one you want, Shaq-Kobe, Kareem-Magic, Jordan-Pippen, whatever), if the rest of your team past those two players is only giving you 28 points ... you have a pretty fair chance of losing, let me just put it that way in an elimination game.

so what you're saying is this is a team sport and as such, no individual performances should be isolated to credit or discredit any particular individual and rather, everyone shares blame and or credit for the net result?