Nuggets Champion Reacts to Lakers Slamming Their Trash Talk

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Multiple players on the Los Angeles Lakers have come out recently and made it known that they have heard all of the Denver Nuggets' trash talk from this summer. From Michael Malone being called "the Lakers daddy" to Malone himself taking some jabs at LeBron James and the Lakers, it seems Los Angeles has heard it all.
Speaking with Mark Media of Sportskeeda, Nuggets champion Christian Braun was asked about this, and said the following:
"We’re not into it that much," Braun said. "Obviously, that’s what a lot of people want to talk about, but they’re a great team. We know that. They’re a good team. There are a lot of good teams in the league this season. It’s training camp for the next season. So all of that is in the past. We won last year, and we know that was last year. It’s important we put an emphasis on that we back up what we did last year so we can defend. We have to come out with the same hunger and the same emphasis on winning as we did last year. We know it’s a new year. We don’t focus too much [on the trash talk].”
This has been the reaction of every Nuggets player or coach who has been asked about the Lakers slamming their trash talk, as everyone in Denver seems to realize that last season was last season.
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Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA and WNBA for On SI. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined On SI to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts and in the classroom earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time, primarily serving as a Clippers beat writer.