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DNVR Denver Nuggets Podcast

Jalen Pickett, Zeke Nnaji, and an updated trust meter for the Denver Nuggets

DNVR Denver Nuggets Podcast

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4.7719 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this segment from the DNVR Nuggets Pregame Show Adam Mares, Harrison Wind, and Duvalier Johnson talk about the elevated play as of late from the guys on the end of the bench for the Denver Nuggets. How are we feeling about Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett, Hunter Tyson, etc? The fellas rate their levels of trust for each guy on a scale from 1 to 10.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Usually we do circle of trust. That's too binary. You're either in or you're out.

0:04.0

I think the circle of trust is kind of a scale in a lot of ways. You know, on a scale of 1 to 10, I'm curious, 10 being supreme trust, as in their role I'm saying, not like you trust them to freelance and whatever, but in the role that they are assigned, one being I don't trust them at all, they'll go in and screw it up every time. 10b, I can't imagine them ever screwing it up. Where are you with Zeke Naji? It's a good one to start. I've seen one. I've seen eight. Right now, if I were to tell you, what's your level of trust? Because it wasn't one, like, for so long. I think it's like a six right now. Wow. I was actually going to say six, too. That's so high to be, okay. But because even in this role where he's excelled, it's not like he's stepping out of something that he can't duplicate, like, replicate. Like, this is not something that he can't do again and again

0:54.6

he's not having a a Peyton Watson type of like he's averaging 20 since you know however long

1:00.5

it's not anything like that it's can you go in there can you ratchet up the game can you rebound

1:05.3

can you defend you know one of these bigger guys and be the backup center role for a small amount of time. He has shown that he is able to do that. He has the body to do it. He has the athleticism. He has the footwork to be able to defend on an island and things like that. So I do think this is something that if he gets more times, he's going to be able to continue to do this. So I'm higher on Zeke right now because I think he could continue this.

1:42.8

Six is high. I love that the chat's playing along, by the way. Give us, give me your number. So he's six. 5.55 for sure. That's the right number. Yeah. We got the chat with it too. We're all on the same way. So that's what you're going? 5.5.5. Honestly about that.

1:43.8

Like a little over 5 seems about right.

1:46.2

Like a 5.5.

1:47.1

With how he's been five. We're all on the same way. So that's what you're going? 5.5. Honestly about that. Like a little over 5.5 seems about right.

1:46.2

So like a 5 5.5. With how he's been 5. Yeah. 5.5. I'm way lower than you guys. You guys are riding the Zik high. He's been playing great and I've been loving it. But if you told me like tonight, is Zieg going to play great? I'm probably more in the like three and a half three

2:02.4

and a half what does the great look like though what's that what is great look like great has look good

2:05.9

it's look good i just am not expecting it every day i'm not to the point where i'm expecting it

2:10.8

more than i'm not expecting it it's that he keeps surprising me yeah but by definition i'm surprised

2:17.3

i would be surprised tonight if he played well and i might go all the way up to four keep surprising me. Yeah. But by definition, I'm surprised.

2:21.0

I would be surprised tonight if he played well and I might go all the way up to four.

2:21.9

I mean,

2:22.5

I think I'm a little past the point where I'm surprised if he keeps doing what he's been

2:26.9

doing.

2:27.8

Like,

2:28.0

what he's done,

2:29.2

I think is trustworthy.

2:31.9

Yeah.

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