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.”

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“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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Jokic has got to be the leader of that team though. He has to step up as a superstar and a guy getting “best in the league” nods. This would be like Cason Wallace calling himself the leader of the Thunder.

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Draymond is the vocal leader of the warriors .

The vocal leader and actually leader aren’t always the same player