Wednesday’s season-opening blowout of a lax Nuggets team was, for some on the roster, a sign that their talent, competitiveness and effort will make the team better than prognosticators believe.
“It’s just one game.”— was a bit of vindication for a roster of players who, since coming together in haphazard fashion, have heard nothing but widespread talk about how bad a team they are, how intentionally inept they will be, how driven the organization is to lose a ton of games, maximize draft position, and land a future superstar like, say, Victor Wembanyama.
That remains to be seen, and more likely than not, difficult to accomplish. But still, the players persist. “That’s news to me. I mean, as far as Tweets and comments go, I try to stay as far away as possible,” added Nickeil Alexander-Walker. “Obviously people can say whatever they want and it’s not going to affect our daily stuff that we do,” added Markkanen. “… We hear all that, but you kinda take that as an extra boost.”
, and a lot of different roles that will be hashed out as the year goes on,” he continued. “But we’re going to continue to do our job. No matter what people say, at the end of the day, we have to go out there and work.
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