Do you still expect Pope to save the Nuggets? Without wrapping Huazi, the Nuggets have only "a dead end"
It's very similar to the Lakers playing the Nuggets in 20 years, the old Zhan Huazi is a heavy forward, Towns thick eyebrows are all good shots (thick eyebrows are only good shooting that year) athletic interior four or five positions, the guard line Jaden Pop Danny Green is a 3D with a body, and Gobert is younger than Howard McGee. As a result, Jokic's own stats are not bad, but the Nuggets' overall performance is likely to be limited.
Now it's mainly up to Huazi to deal with the bag clamp or the decline in shooting touch, and it should be basically solved with Conley's help, and shooting stability will be the key point after Huazi piles up three or four big men on the inside. If you survive the Nuggets, Niu Lei and Kaizi, who are most likely to encounter by the wolf in the future, will not have much advantage over the wolf on paper, and the wolf may really reach the sky in one step, look forward to it.
In fact, Pope's defense in the playoffs last year was average, so Booker exploded several times, and then the Lakers and Heat guard lines were too pulled, covering up this problem, this year this problem is an explosion, in fact, the Timberwolves are strong on the inside, DPOY plus All-Star plus the best sixth man took turns bombing Jokic, Jokic has played well enough
Now the outside line can't even lock Huazi, even if the Timberwolves pass the level, it is even more disastrous to face the MVP-level backcourt combination of SGA plus Jewei or Doncic and Irving, and it would be good to put Braun on the starting line in the regular season, his defense and impact on the basket are very good, and now it is really difficult to say that the effect of directly changing the starter in the playoffs is really hard
In fact, after watching the 5 games between the Lakers and the Nuggets as a whole, basically many times the Lakers are ahead in front of them. was later overturned by the Nuggets, mainly because the Lakers' core players were aging and couldn't play physically at all at the last moment. And the Timberwolves are different, with the twin towers + Reed taking turns to encircle and suppress Mr. Yoo uncomfortable.
McDaniels' defense of Murray was quite in place, and Murray was hung up at half-time. And the physical fitness of the boss Huazi is really terrifying, and he can show you a backward jumper at the last moment of the fourth quarter. I have to say that Huazi's style of play is too fan-attracting, and he can do everything inside and out. It really deserves to be the new generation of wolf kings