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All the Nuggets are doing is getting the ball to the middle of the zone and getting layups off of back cuts. Every possession the Nuggets role players are cutting to the basket and getting great looks as outlets for Murray or Jokic, how else do you think Murray’s assist numbers are so high rn?

It was actually infuriating watching our guys settle for long threes against the zone instead of doing stuff they teach back in high school. Off ball movement needs to be a major emphasis next year. I get Joe is all about analytics and getting up as many threes as possible but that’s just not a winning strategy in the playoffs. It’s so enlightening watching the Nuggets play compared to the dumb stuff we did. They have better three point shooters than us yet are content to shoot way less of them and actually take what the defense is giving them. They have a major size advantage on Miami like we did, except they’re actually using it to dominate them in the paint. We have in my opinion still the most talented roster in the league yet so rarely play to our strengths as a team.

I hope to see some major growth from obviously the players but the coaching staff too. I really don’t want to watch another season of chucking threes

EDIT: So what I'm getting from a lot of these comments is since we don't have a Jokic, back cuts are off the table? You guys can't be serious..

Go back and watch the end of G6 vs Miami this year when they went to zone and completely killed our offense for four straight possessions. I didn't see a single cut as everyone was just playing hot potato with the ball on the perimeter. This was the third series against this Heat team and in the biggest moment our guys looked more clueless than ever on how to attack their zone that they had to have known was coming.