CSG Podcast

Jeff Gives his brief thoughts on the Nuggets early season. Remember foks, there's no point in heavily analyzing the NBA season until you get at least 10-12 games into the season. Not enough time for true trends to develop but Jeff likes what he sees so far from the team In the second half Jeff talks about how the player makes the coach in what he likes to call the 'Tim Duncan Principle' Enjoy the...

Nuggets prevailed over the Los Angeles Lakers on opening night! Nuggets got their rings! First Half: Jeff goes over the Nuggets performance from individual players from Nikola Jokic to Michael Porter Jr. Talks about how similar the Nuggets looked to when we last saw them in the NBA Finals and how MPJ's not an 'option' but a wild card special ingredient. Second Half: Jeff talks about how same the L...

Tim Miller from The Bulwark was good enough to join Jeff again to talk about your Denver Nuggets as well as news and notes. 1. First Jeff gives his brief thoughts about Andre Iguodala's retirement. Then Jeff asks what Tim thinks of the Lillard deal and if he believes it will improve the Bucks chances against the Denver Nuggets 2. Calvin Booths adventurous week. What about The Ringer interview and...

News and notes edition of the latest Mortcast. This week: The history of NBA load management: How Gregg Popovich's annoyance at the NBA for scheduling a back to back national tv game led to a decade of increasing load management by analytics driven portions of NBA locker rooms. How resting an old Tim Duncan spiraled into perpetual resting of players. Homophobia in Sports: I try to explain why homo...

News and Notes edition of the Mortcast for all you news and notes sluts out there! On today's edition Nuggets camp: Not much to go over as this has been a pretty news free training camp for the Nuggets Anthony Davis hates playing his best position: AD had a quote about what Lakers camp has been like ... Jeff talks about how AD might be a player who hates the postition he's best at more than any pl...

The buzz word of the day coming from Nuggets Governor and President Josh Kroenke and VP Calvin Booth was "sustainability". On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how precarious that leaves the Nuggets chances of repeating this season and how the "two timelines" thing doesn't sit well with ambitions for a repeat. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

On the latest Mortcast, Jeff talks about the just-completed Damian Lillard trade to the Milwaukee Bucks. What does that mean for all the teams involved? Jeff talks about how Jrue Holliday might somehow net more assets for the Blazers than Lillard did. How Nurkic won't help the Suns the way they think he will. And how Masai Ujiri needs to take an L once in awhile to loosen up opportunities for the...

News and Notes edition of CSG! Jeff is going to try to do this every Saturday. Lets see if he sticks to it. This week: Damian Lillard rumors: Will Masai Ujiri gamble on another player who doesn't want to play for his team? Jokic: How long will Jokic play? Will he retire in his prime? If so ... will the Nuggets show more urgency to repeat. ESPN: How the rumors on the looming NBA media deal affect E...

On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how, as a long time CU fan, he just doesn't have the hate for CSU and how it's just the perspective of an old man. Maybe CSU fans should like Deion Sanders presence in CU, as annoying as it is for them, because it means there may be more 'juice' to this series. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...

FIBA is over for the Summer and the US placed fourth. Admittedly the NBA didn't send their "best" ... but on the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how this might mean something different. How the NBA's evolved play style is something that is so different from the rest of the world and how the juiced offense era might be hindering the US in world competition. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simp...

Jeff is back! This week he goes over the differences between what went down with Carmelo Anthony in 2010-11 and the current James Harden and Damian Lillard situations. Completely different time, situations and CBA conditions. Melo had unique leverage over the Nuggets that can't be replicated in the post 2023 CBA world. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com f...

On the latest Mortcast on CSG, Jeff talks about the toxic relationship between Daryl Morey and James Harden. The roots of the issue began in 2012 and got worse and worse as time progressed, all enabled by Daryl Morey. What we are seeing in Philadelphia right now with the Sixers is the logical conclusion of Morey coddling Harden for so many years. He created a monster that might destroy the Sixers....

On the latest Morcast on CSG Jeff welcomes Ryan Blackburn, head of Nuggets Coverage at Mile High Sports and host of the Pickaxe and Roll Podcast, to try and get Jeff out of his cynical mindset about what the Nuggets did this offseason. Does Ryan succeed? Listen and find out. Also Ryan and Jeff talk about Lillard, Harden and various NBA topics. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...

On the latest Mortcast on CSG, Jeff ruminates about the concept of playig hard ball with players in trades and how yes, you can do it ... but there's an expiration date for said hard ball. Eventually your reputation will proceed you and you'll get stuck in General Manager purgatory. Also Jeff waxes nostalgic about the awesomeness of the 1990's Trail Blazers. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, a...

On the latest Mortcast on CSG Jeff talks about Nuggets Free Agency. The moral of the story is the Nuggets are still great but they got a little worse when Bruce Brown walked out the door. Also Jeff doesn't necesarily believe that the Nuggets draft picks are the panacea the Nuggets front office does. In the second half Jeff talks about his irrelevancy within the Nuggets media ecosystem and how he's...

On the latest Mortcast on CSG, Jeff talks about the changes to the new CBA and how the alterations to the salary cap and salary FLOOR will fundamentally shape free agency for the rest of this new CBA. Why isn't anyone talking about the new salary floor rules? Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...

The Colorado Rockies are a listless, rudderless mess that gives up 25 runs in one game. On the Latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how ownership matters, draws an allegory with the Denver Nuggets of the 1990's and talks about how Dick Monfort has "failed upwards" by owning a team almost by accident. Enjoy the show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...

The Denver Nuggets selected guard Julian Strawther, guard Jalen Pickett and forward Hunter Tyson in the 2023 NBA Draft. On the Latest Mortcast on CSG Jeff talks about how that's cool and all ... but if these guys get significant minutes that means something has gone terribly wrong. The Nuggets big focus this offseason is the Bruce Brown problem and how to solve it (hopefully he returns). In the se...

Jeff previews the NBA Draft and if the Nuggets can move up into the first round and get a (likely) guard they need on the roster. In the second half Jeff talks about MPJ and his desire to be a star and how that conflicts with the Nuggets need for him to accept being a third or fourth banana. It doesn't matter right now, but will probably matter in the future. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast,...

It's officially the offseason at the Mortcast! The Nuggets are NBA champions and the sun is shining brightly. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how the Nuggets and Jokic have given the League an existential crisis over their size and Jokic being a 1 of 1. In the second half of the podcast Jeff goes over what he calles "NBA Stupid Season" and gives a bit of a guide into keeping your...

They did it folks! They did it! The Denver Nuggets on the back of Nikola Jokic and Michael Porter Jr gut out a gritty 94-89 victory over the Miami Heat to secure their first ever NBA champtionship. It's surreal and wonderful to behold for a long time fan who never thought he would see this day. In the second half Jeff reflects on the long journey to this point for himself. How he got here and just...

The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the Finals by a score of 108-95 placing them one victory away from the first championship in the 56 years history of the franchise (ABA/NBA) The rundown: 1. Jeff pats himself on the back about what he said after game 2 2. Shout out to Tim Connelly for the Aaron Gordon trade 3. Bruce Brown is "the spice" for this Nuggets team 4. Malo...

The Denver Nuggets prevailed over the Miami Heat in Game 3, 109-94. The Nuggets didn't exactly "adjust" to the Heat. Did everything they always have ... just did it better than the 4th quarter of game 2. Jeff talks about how Jokic, Murray and Braun came through for the Nuggets and how the Heat look different when they don't hit every shot. In the second half of the podcast Jeff talks abo...

The Nuggets lost at home for the first time in these playoffs in a three point loss to the Miami Heat in game 2. In the grand scheme of things it took a massive effort and near perfect 4th quarter to beat the Nuggets so one shouldn't be too worried about the result. However, the post game presser's by Jeff Green and Michael Malone served as a contrast and Jeff talks about how Malone's hot headedne...

The Denver Nuggets didn't play their best game but convincingly prevailed over the Miami Heat to take game one of the NBA Finals. On the latest Mortcast on CSG, Jeff talks about the Nuggets victory over the Heat, talks about Nikola Jokic's greatness and how the Nuggets can be even better in game 2. In the second half Jeff goes over how the NBA is at a crisis point in trying to promote the Denver N...