Excellent beat writer Chris Dempsey got some fantastic quotes from both Brian Shaw and Jameer Nelson after the game last night in Memphis. Shaw was not happy with his player, and Nelson didn't sound too happy with players and coaches.
Nelson is a highly respected player, brought to Denver for his leadership qualities, and has played for some good and bad coaches. Nelson started his career in Orlando under Johnny Davis (31-33 record for the Magic in 2004-05), then Chris Jent (5-13), two seasons with Brian Hill (a rehire from the early Orlando days!), five seasons with Stan Van Gundy, a couple seasons with Jacque Vaughn, training camp and 23 games with Rick Carlisle, and a cup of coffee with Brad Stevens in Boston.
Here are the Tweets from Dempsey:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nuggets?src=hash">#Nuggets</a> coach Brian Shaw was not happy. Not. "I don't feel like we came and competed from the very beginning of the game."</p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561015846081134593">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Shaw: "I wish in these kinds of situations, I'd have more respect if guys just told me they didn't feel like playing tonite from the start."</p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561015996501073920">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Shaw: "I'm just sick and tired of one night getting a certain kind of effort, (and) the next night we don't show up, we don't compete."</p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561016108585472000">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Shaw: "You come out and you compete, and then if you don't have it, then you don't have it and you can live with it." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nuggets?src=hash">#Nuggets</a></p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561016247043637249">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Shaw: "I feel like I get thrown under the bus when we come out with performances like that…"</p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561016371706748928">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Shaw: "So any questions that you have in terms of our effort, where it was, why we played the way we played tonight…"</p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561016536841093120">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Shaw: "… those are good questions to ask them because I'd like to know the answer to that, too." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nuggets?src=hash">#Nuggets</a></p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561016667115765761">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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And from Jameer:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jameer Nelson: "We definitely could have played harder, but nobody is exempt from top to bottom — guys who played; coaches who coached."</p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561017386677989376">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nelson: "We're all in it together. We have to learn from it. Everybody." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nuggets?src=hash">#Nuggets</a></p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561017482665033728">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nelson: "We do have to take ownership of things we need to do & get better at, individually & collectively. Everybody, coaches included."</p>— Chris Dempsey (@dempseypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/dempseypost/status/561017800698134528">January 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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What do you think of these quotes, Stiffs?
