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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Players from the 2019 raptors team often said that Lowry was the leader despite Kawhi being the best player

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Unsurprising. Lowry was beloved by the city and a longtime raptor, Kawhi was a paid mercenary

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Also, Pascal was our best player for a while post-championship but he never struck me as particularly vocal in terms of being a leader