CSG Podcast

On the latest (very short) Mortcast, Jeff talks about how the NBA's reliance on players promoting themselves abdicates the league's responsibility in promoting it's stars. How this and a bunch of other factors have combined to hurt the visibility of Nikola Jokic. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal d...

So we had a matchup that was supposed to happen, but didn't. Joel Embiid sat out his big MVP battle matchup with Nikola Jokic on Monday and everyone was left fumbling for reasons. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how Embiid sitting seemed to be projected from the start of the Sixers road trip, the odd decision for Embiid to play against the Suns on Saturday, and how the city of Denver likel...

The OG CSG Nate Timmons joined Jeff to talk about all things CSG and Denver Nuggets. Do these Denver Nuggets have a chance in the NBA Playoffs? Do we trust them. Nate and Jeff also talk about the 2013 Nuggets team and contrast them with the current one. Along the way they talk movies, and how Denver Stiffs pioneered everything you see right now. Great show as always with Nate Timmons. Hosted by Si...

In a dramatic but little-known incident in team history, in January of 1978 back up point guard Brian Taylor (who galvonized the Nuggets second unit) didn't show up for one game. In the New York Times the very next day Taylor announced that he was now a free agent. The affect on the Nuggets was profound and was the first in a series of events that eventually derailed the 1970's Golden Era of the N...

No, it's not just a Foreigner song. One the latest Mortcast, Jeff talks about how Nuggets head coach Michael Malone has his eyes filled with that tunnel vision and how that might hurt the team in the playoffs. Three guard lineups seem to be his comfort food. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data f...

On the latest Mortcast on CSG Trey Mitchell joins Jeff to talk about the sorry state of coverage in the NBA ... specifically when it comes to the toxic MVP debate and general coverage of the Denver Nuggets. What is going wrong? How could things be better? The last few weeks of coverage has been a sad state of what the NBA coverage has become. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compan...

Yes ESPN would rather the Lakers win. Yes the Worldwide Leader is infiltrated by the big player agencies who have their own agendas. Yes David Stern never liked basketball in Denver. None of that matters. On the Latest Mortcast, Jeff talks about how Nuggets fans need to concentrate on two words: Just Win. Nothing cures disrespect by taking that respect by force. Just. Win. Enjoy the show! Hosted b...

On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how player agencies shape coverage at ESPN through influence. The original sin was tying player max deals to All NBA voting or MVP. It left things the NBA cant control (narrative and independent coverage) to being pressured by large player agencies. Jeff also talks about how that shapes the perception of Nikola Jokic and even the Denver Nuggets. Enjoy the sh...

In 1982 the Denver Nuggets were on the verge of being contracted by the NBA, pushed by then NBA lead counsel David Stern. They were on the edge of financial ruin and their consortium of owners couldn't afford to own the team, let alone pay the bills. On the edge of this financial collapse and near contraction along comes former Spurs owner Red McCombs. On today's Mortcast Jeff talks about how &quo...

On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about the NBA being at a crossroads in 2023 and how it needs to de-couple itself from the corrosive influence of Disney/ESPN and start afresh somewhere else. Along the way Jeff talks about how the league is both smarter and dumber than we think it is and how a similar crisis moment in 2002 led it to sign with ESPN away from NBC. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecas...

Tim Miller from The Bulwark and author of "Why We Did It" joins Jeff to vent about the NBA Trade deadline, the paltry return the Nuggets got back for Bones Hyland and then lift everyone up with some positivity. The Podcast you've all been waiting for. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal dat...

Mile High Sports Nuggets beat writer Ryan Blackburn joins Jeff to preview the NBA trade deadline. Among the topics discussed are the Kyrie Irving to Dallas trade that just happened and how it affects things in the West. Speaking of the Western Conference, Jeff and Ryan talk about how 'mid' the west is right now. Also they preview the Nuggets at the deadline and see if Bones Hyland will actually be...

Michael Porter Junior is going through some stuff right now. We all know the details of what has happened and I think that it would be important for Nuggets fans to understand this and have consideration that he might not be in the best mental shape to play basketball when he returns. In the second half of the podcast Jeff talks about the five greatest Nuggets in their history. Not favorite, but w...

It's been almost 12 years. It's time to forgive and forget Nuggets fans. Carmelo Anthony needs to be given his flowers as a franchise changing player ... which he was. Too much water under the bridge. Too many years. It's time. Lets stop the resentment and give him the love It's about damn time. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and...

With the seeming inability for NBA teams to defend and increasing offensive dominance in the league, Jeff talks about the concept of hand checking. Why over the course of 26 years (from 1979-2005) the league made repeated attempts to curb it and finally made it a strict penalty only after The Malice at the Palace early in the 04-05 season. While this undoubtedly helped out offenses ... it' also ma...

Christian Clark of NOLA.com joins Jeff to talk about the state of the New Orleans Pelicans, Zion Williamsons injury, and how the team can survive without such a dominant player. Also Jeff and Christian catch up and talk about the best of 2022 in Music and movies. Hope you enjoy as much as Jeff did talking to the one and only Christian Clark. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company...

On the latest Mortcast, the last CSG of 2023, Jeff ends the year by talking about how Nikola Jokic is the John Carpenter of the NBA. A man who is putting up numbers and influencing the game in ways that are unpretentious but game changing. Someone who's stamp on the way we play won't be fully appreciated until long after he is done playing. In 2022-23 Jokic is putting up The Thing type numbers and...

Post Charlotte Hornets game, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone sounded as unsure of himself has he has in 8 years. On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how that is likely a good thing for Malone and how his acknowledgement that HE is part of the problem will help the team going forward. Also, Jeff proposes a radicle rules change the NBA can implement that could give defenses a chance in the lea...

The Denver Nuggets lost to the LA Lakers on Friday night but even worse, their continued slide into Paul Westhead era defensive sukeration continued unabated. Who is the problem? Is it head coach Michael Malone? Is it Nikola Jokic? Is it Bones? Or is this a combination of absolutely everything including the lack of Michaep Porter Junior? Jeff attempts to answer that question. Enjoy the show! Hoste...

Jeff harkens back to the 2012-13 57 Win Denver Nuggets team and talks about their home/road split to begin the year (far more severe than this team). Can this Nuggets team take advantage of this big run of games at home? Can they also take advantage of a thoroughly mediocre Western Conference? Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c...

Adam Mares from DNVR and Locked on Nuggets/NBA joins Jeff on the Mortcast to talk about this weird Denver Nuggets season. How has this reflected on Michael Malone? How has this reflected on the players and what can be done to kick the team out of their doldrums. Adam and Jeff discuss. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...

A slightly perturbed Jeff talks about the Nuggets loss to the Atlanta Hawks. How Jokic's attitude in 2022 is starting to reflect in how the team starts games. Also Jeff goes into how it's been 8 years for Michael Malone ... he needs to stop talking about defense. Enjoy the show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal d...

Jeff is back with some Nuggets related talk. On this weeks Mortcast we discuss how you really can't glean much from the injury/covid riddled stretch the Nuggets have just gone through. How Vlatko Cancar can help the team going forward and how the Nuggets way of reporting injuries has hurt the perception of some players ... MPJ in particular. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...

In a change from the usual episode on CSG ... Jeff talks about what happened at Club Q in Colorado Springs and, vents a bit about the cynical people who used and ginned up hate against people. An emotional episode. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Has Nikola Jokic kind of ruined our ability to appreciate "typical" NBA players? On the latest Mortcast Jeff talks about how Jokic is a one-off and we should appreciate him as such, but not let it affect how we perceive other players. Enjoy the show! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising...