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Joel Rush
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Denver #Nuggets writer for Forbes.
Grateful Dead, Star Wars. No-fascism zone.
Still at the old place (same handle) but weaning off.
My Forbes pieces: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joelrush/
My NBA Bluesky list: https://shrtn.escalar.pt/iRuN
So your point is that the Broncos totally lived up to their expectations in how they should perform in this game?
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Punching down? For one thing, the critique is accurate. He drops a LOT of passes and rebounds.

But down? 😂 I'm not the one making millions of dollars and famous, I'm an absolute nobody compared to him! In what world do you live that you think I could possibly "punch down" at an NBA athlete?
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Damn, dude, you are WAY overthinking this. Zeke famously (or infamously) has bad hands. Engram showed bad hands on 2 catch attempts. It's pretty obvious sports talk to make these kinds of comparisons. I like Zeke too. I hope he succeeds more. But that doesn't mean I won't make (accurate) jokes.
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
That's totally fair, depending on how we measure things, and I'm sure on the statistical bottom line that reads well, but just on the eye test, they were giving up a lot of plays that I would've expected a defense of their repute to crack down on harder.
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fair enough, I'm admittedly operating on under-informed perceptions.
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I don't hate Nnaji. I wish he were better. But if you disagree, please compile me a "Nnaji great hands" clip reel to prove me wrong. Tbh, he's dropped more balls than, well, I don't have a clever comp for that, but he's dropped a ton, and probably more than he's caught.
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Yeah I honestly don't know, but they sure don't look great tonight.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Tbh the only things I really know about Maryland are Melo is from Baltimore and The Wire was set in Baltimore. But you definitely are really disincentivizing me from ever going there. 😂
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Keyboard cat! I love keyboard cat!
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM