During Friday’s 104-82 loss to the Utah Jazz, the Denver Nuggets had an interesting huddle.
According to the Denver Post, Nuggets players broke a fourth-quarter huddle with the chant, “1 … 2 … 3 … six weeks!”
As in six weeks to the end of the season.
Yes, the Nuggets have given up on the season, as coach Brian Shaw sensed a month ago. And now Shaw and assistant Lester Connor have been fired.
The Nuggets are 20-39, 13th and falling fast in the Western Conference. Since a five-game winning streak in mid-January, they have lost 19 of 21 games and made a handful of trades that have landed draft picks, showing that they are looking beyond this season.
In my 18-year career, I played on several teams that were in similar situations. Sometimes it can be a good thing. Other times, not so much, as I explain in an interview with Cinesport’s Noah Coslov.
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