Major Player Leap INCOMING - This is Perfect for the Nuggets...

This is perfect for the Denver Nuggets as a major player leap is incoming and Denver Nuggets head coach David Adleman is going to have his hand forced into playing multiple players who he has been a little bit hesitant to play over the years as head coach but we also have an update on Nikola Jokic as well that is something that you really want to hear out of your best player especially when so much falls on Jokic every year and this year there is a very good argument that he has more pressure on him than ever and more of a workload on him than ever before to carry this Denver Nuggets team to success and guys we're going to jump right into the video as usual make sure to go ahead and subscribe to Nuggets Digest for all your Denver Nuggets news reports updates and everything else under the sun. 70% of viewers are currently unsubscribed and it is completely free to do but jumping into the video there is a lot to go over on the Nuggets right now because where things stand there's been a lot of questions surrounding this Denver Nuggets bench and just the unit as a whole I mean look the starting five if Christian Brown is able to be healthy find his confidence and hit his shots again and play good defense it's a great starting five Jamal Murray and Jokic are both all-star players Aaron Gordon's an excellent piece while Cameron Johnson and Christian Brown both play important roles it's honestly not that unsimilar from what the NBA champion New York Knicks have then we look at a bench that's headlined by DeMar DeRozan, Marvin Bagley, Julian Strother and honestly that's one of the names that I want to talk about look I've talked about how I like the Bagley signing I've talked about how DeMar DeRozan kind of changes this team in a whole lot of ways but there is one man who everyone is forgetting who's getting ready for a major leap that man is Julian Strother and the Denver Nuggets need him to make a big leap this is not something that'll make the team better for the Nuggets to be true contenders they need Julian Strother to do what he does best be a great ball handler for the team be able to go out there and overall add everything that he typically can add to an NBA championship contender because he's a great ball handler he's a really talented player and frankly he's the type of guy that if he makes that leap it changes everything about the Nuggets bench because not only can he handle the ball but he can score from three levels he gives the Nuggets a good on-ball player and when you also still have DeMar DeRozan around there with Jokic and Murray it does really change the way we look at the Denver Nuggets a Denver Nuggets team that truly believes they can still win this upcoming NBA finals and turn everything around before things feel like they are going to fall kind of by the wayside and we're gonna have to look at major changes and guys I still do believe in the Nuggets which is why I'm thrilled to thank Calshi is the sponsor of today's video 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Green was great they had good pieces around the team Jamal Murray was obviously on a generational run MPJ he did great Aaron Gordon was of course great KCP was awesome Christian Brown played well off the bench but it does still fall on Jokic but they need more of a bench as well and straw there's the difference maker here as Sports Illustrated said right here even we look at Sports Illustrated say that there is one Nuggets player set with four odds with the most improved player that are less than plus 50,000 and that's fourth-year wing Julian Strother who sits at plus 15,000 odds to be crowned as for the favorite to come home with the most improved player only three players are better than the plus 1.5 thousand because it's an impossible award to really predict in a lot of what a reward picking a lot of ways Brandon Miller is the favorite as it's now his world in Charlotte between him and Conor Knipple San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper and Boston Celtics guard Peyton Richard but Strother he's got a better chance than people think because look is he going to be the sixth man of this team no I mean and look maybe I'm wrong but I am pick I'm really picking the bar to come off the bench I think it just makes more sense for the team because it's a better fit all around you kind of get the ball right here with DeMar coming off the bench and on top of that we do get to see the Jamal I mean he will get more pressure taken off of him once DeMar and Strother come on the court because there's another ball handler DeMar I mean he'll come on probably at points where he'll probably go in with Marvin Bagley and Julian Strother can go in and honestly play some backup point guard duties especially if DeMar or Nicola Jokic are on the floor Strother can absolutely bring the ball up he has that talent it's one of the things in his bag I mean CT Fazio 24 says right here Strother only logged 18 total minutes in the 2026 playoffs after helping the Nuggets to play in a game seven last year against the champion Oklahoma City Thunder last playoff so look it's obvious Strother needs more minutes there's no doubt about that with with this bench DeMar is going to be helpful Bagley's going to do his thing Spencer Jones hopefully keeps it up now that he's on a six million dollar per year contract Julian Strother's got to perform he's got to perform there's no way around that he has to and I think he will he can handle the ball he can hit the three he can slash the one thing we've been waiting on with Julian Strother is the defense why is the defense not better for Strother this is a man who usually has shown every tool possible to be a good defender smart player he is athletic honestly all it takes from this point on is to just completely keep working and I think it comes with minutes as well his defensive numbers aren't good but he's never gotten court consistency outside of the year that the Nuggets lost in seven to the Thunder one of the reasons is because Aaron Gordon was injured as well so I think where things stand for the Nuggets right now it is totally totally important that they don't just rely on DeMar DeRozan and Marvin Bagley to hold down the fort they need another explosion of a younger guy and Strother coming into a season where this really really matters I think it is the perfect time for him to go out there and for him to completely and utterly ball out especially when there's so much pressure on Nikola Jokic as it is with Jokic even saying this I want to play every game I played one season of 82 games maybe it shouldn't be like that maybe you need to rest a little but I think that when you're in a certain rhythm the game comes to you normally and in a way when even you enjoy it even when I was injured when I was absent from the field for a long time for the first time I was nervous I can say that I was really nervous maybe for the first time in my life and that reflected in his game he wasn't the same way he wasn't hitting his shots partially because he was injured but at the same time Jokic can't do it all himself as much as he says he wants to it's not a recipe for success what is a recipe for success utilizing the bench and if David Adelman's not going to utilize the bench with high potential guys like Strother and Jones while also using your definitive options like Bagley and DeRozan well then Adelman's got to go I'm curious what you guys think though let me know in the comments down below like this video subscribe to our post notifications have a great day I'll catch y'all later