Welcome back to MoodSwings presented by Landmark Lincoln…your new favorite sports therapy show.
The second half of the season didn’t start the way Denver hoped. After the All-Star break, the Nuggets stumble and slide to 4th in the West — falling to a .500 Clippers squad and raising real concerns about late-game execution. Is it fair to put the blame on Jamal Murray’s clutch struggles, or is it time to have a bigger conversation about Nikola Jokic and the team’s championship urgency?
Plus, the NBA is once again tackling tanking. Proposed lottery changes could reshape how teams rebuild — from freezing odds at the trade deadline to limiting consecutive top picks. But do these fixes address the real issue, or is the league’s 82-game season the bigger problem?
In this episode of Mood Swings, we break down:
- Denver’s shaky post–All-Star restart
- Jamal Murray’s clutch reliability debate
- Why Jokic deserves scrutiny too
- New anti-tanking proposals and their impact
- The case for shorte...