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In the blink of an eye, the Denver Nuggets went from ring candidates to contenders. It was enough to corroborate that the injury suffered in April by Jamal Murray would leave him in the dry dock for at least one season. The team’s status has once again suffered a severe decline this season due to the injuries of Michael Porter Jr., PJ Dozier and the setbacks that the league is experiencing with the new wave of infections. The logical thing would be to think of the Nuggets as a candidate to fight in the play-in positions, but the character forged by Mike Malone and exalted by Nikola Jokic has them fifth with a 17-16 in their locker.
Far from making excuses and waiting for better issues to come, the coach feels comfortable in adversity. For him, the important thing is to maintain the health of the group, and this necessarily happens because everyone takes their time. I’ve told him a thousand times, and I think it’s important that I tell him. There is not the slightest pressure to return this year » declares in The Athletic on the recovery of Jamal Murray. The point guard himself is one of those players endowed with an irrepressible internal fire. Probably looking in frustration thinking that with him the team would belong to the noble zone of the West with some slack. For this reason, it is essential that you have someone close to you to curb those cravings and take a weight off your shoulders that is not convenient for your health.
The interview is one more sample of the competitiveness that Malone carries in his DNA. He hates losing like the most. But he knows that rush is the enemy of good work, and he prefers to compete with what he has. “One thing I love about this group is how we thrive in adversity. We feel comfortable, we almost have fun with her. Obviously he would prefer that circumstances did not make things so difficult for him, but few coaches handle the lean better than Mike.
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