Does Structure Matter More Than Talent Now? | Lessons from the Knicks, Thunder and Spurs

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4.7 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The Denver Nuggets are enjoying Cancun, soon to be joined by the Avalanche down 0-3 to Las Vegas, and the more I watch the NBA Playoffs the more the truth is made apparent to me. Teams need talent but your best players have to have countermeasures in place to offset the coverages your best offensive players will see and the Spurs, Knicks and Thunder have their own way of doing that. What is Denver's? Jamal Murray also made All-NBA!

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0:00.0	Is structure more important than talent?
0:03.7	The NBA playoffs are teaching us a very valuable lesson.
0:08.2	Do you have a way to make sure that your stars are protected?
0:15.2	And if they are ever caught in a moment where their weaknesses are being exposed,
0:26.1	can you make defenses pay for overhelping and gambling?
0:33.4	Y'all, this NBA playoffs has been so instructional, and I think that Denver Nuggets, there's a lot they need to take from this.
0:36.9	This is Swipe Up, and this this is Locked On Nuggets.
0:48.9	You are Locked on Nuggets, your daily Denver Nuggets podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:54.1	What's going on, y'all?
0:55.1	This is Swiper.
0:55.7	This is Locked on Nuggets.
0:57.0	This is your daily Denver Nuggets podcast.
0:59.9	I'm your host.
1:00.7	So glad to be here with you today.
1:02.5	I hope you're enjoying your Memorial Day.
1:05.1	Obviously, this is a major holiday in the United States.
1:07.9	If you are in the United States, For all of you that have served in any
1:12.0	branch of military, we absolutely appreciate you. We thank you for your service. We thank you
1:17.2	for the sacrifice. We thank you for those that are serving or will serve in the future.
1:21.6	As somebody who comes from two generations of men who fought in World War II and a father
1:26.0	who was drafted in the 1966 draft for the Vietnam War,
1:29.6	I absolutely appreciate every single one of you and all that you continue to do to make the nation safe.
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