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Writer, Denver #Nuggets & #NBA @ForbesSports 🔗https://t.co/qyhDiDxa2B Fmr: BSN (now DNVR), Roundball Mining Company "I'm crepuscular." -Christopher Hitchens
Apr 8, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Bones Hyland on what he's learned from Nikola Jokic:

"His habits. I took so much away from him from his habits.

And his routine. Every day he follows the same routine."

(1/x) "At first, I didn't have a routine, and it had me everywhere, all over the place.

And as a guy you want to look at, coming in as a rookie, he has so much success in the league."

-Bones Hyland on Nikola Jokic, cont
Apr 5, 2022 28 tweets 14 min read
Okay, here we go, gonna do a thread of #Nuggets highlight plays from their win at the #Lakers last night.

The clips below are a sampler of Jokic's defensive possessions against AD, but most of these will be scoring plays, and mostly in game order, but some grouped by player. Nikola Jokic opened up on a mission, scoring 4 of the #Nuggets first 5 field goals:

-Takes Dwight from the FT line to the rim for the layup

-Cuts and takes a great feed from Monte Morris for the floater

-posts up Dwight for the midrange j

-bullies Melo inside for the layup