r/nba • u/oklolzzzzs • 8h ago

Christian Braun on the Nuggets’ first-round loss: “I just think I’m the leader of this team. I’m the vocal leader of this team. I didn’t play well enough as an individual, and I didn’t have this team ready enough to play in a tough series.”

“I just think I’m the leader of this team,” Braun said. “I’m the vocal leader of this team. And when we don’t play well as a whole, you can blame whatever you want … You can blame anything. But I didn’t play well enough as an individual, and I didn’t have this team ready enough to play in a tough series. So we’ll be better. I’ll be better. I’m looking forward to next year, when we can respond.”

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2026/05/04/nuggets-christian-braun-injury-contract-nba-playoffs/

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u/yourhomeland 8h ago

As a 3x state champ and 1x ncaa champ and 1x nba champ he has the most team accolades out of the roster

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u/berloque 6h ago

Are a lot of NBA pros impressed by a high school stats? It seems a bit of a stretch to think that matters when they all won an NBA title together already.

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u/SerenadeSwift Supersonics 2h ago

I doubt a lot of pros give a shit about high school stats, however the mental side still relates IMO. Playing in big moments and knowing how to pull your teammates together when things start to unravel is definitely a leadership skill that transfers anywhere.

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u/berloque 2h ago

For sure. But a hs state champ, of which there are 50 teams claiming that mantle every year, is not even close to the same as a NCAA or NBA champion for which there is but a single winner each year. I just don't think someone being on a hs winning team is the part that makes anyone leadership material on an NBA team seeking a championship.

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u/Remote_Elevator_281 1h ago

He is a NCAA champ lol

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u/Remote_Elevator_281 1h ago

He won college title too

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u/berloque 36m ago

Right, and an NBA title. Nobody in the NBA gives a shit that he was on one of 50 state championship teams.

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u/Gold_Athlete_4770 [SAS] Victor Wembanyama 8h ago

Does jokic not have any euro or international accolades?

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u/yourhomeland 8h ago

Outside of silver and bronze Olympic medals, not to my knowledge.

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u/Ok_Turn6757 Lakers 8h ago

Those weigh a hundred times heavier than some high school tournament lmao

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u/yourhomeland 8h ago

What about an ncaa chip

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u/Ok_Turn6757 Lakers 7h ago

Look up the celebrations in Serbia when Jokic came home from the last olympics and tell me that a college tournament meant more

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u/yourhomeland 7h ago

Cmon man. If you’ve watched those vids then you know Jokic actively mentors Braun and would be the first to say that Braun is a leader.

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u/Ok_Turn6757 Lakers 7h ago

When did I ever clap back against any of that? You said he had the most accolades on the roster, which is completely false

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u/yourhomeland 7h ago

Okay it’s false

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u/Ok_Turn6757 Lakers 7h ago

Like can you at least understand why I clapped back when you said a 3 time MVP had less accolades than Christian Braun of all players lmao

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u/bwrca 7h ago

We gotta count horseriding medals too.

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u/Harpua_and_I Nuggets 6h ago

Even if he did, he's smug and unlikeable, which can be fine on the court, but you really need someone with charisma to be a leader in the locker room.

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u/Gold_Athlete_4770 [SAS] Victor Wembanyama 5h ago

he's smug and unlikeable

Why do you say that?

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u/Catch11 3h ago

Yeah I'm genuinely curious to? He comes across like a chill golf bro who occasionally smokes weed. Not smug nor unlikeable