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The Rocky Mountain News serves up insightful pre-playoffs coverage [UPDATED]...

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The Rocky Mountain News sports department did a great job with their playoff coverage today. Here are some articles worth checking out...

-[UPDATED] Chris Tomasson speaks with George Karl and several Nuggets players about the perplexing regular season that just ended. Karl has the audacity to suggest he should have gotten "overtime pay" for managing certain games, but I'll cut him some slack on that because I know he's joking. What does "overtime pay" come out to on $3 million, George?

-According to Aaron Lopez, apparently George Karl and the Nuggets' brass took my advice about employing a Mike Shanahan-style curfew system on Melo in Los Angeles and went several steps further.

-Tomasson gives us some insight into the Iverson/Anthony relationship. Further proof that camaraderie is not one of the Nuggets problems this year.

-Dave Krieger actually got Karl to admit that some - some - of the Nuggets defensive deficiencies this season were the result of coaching.

-Lopez chronicles Karl's past relationship with J.R. Smith, and where it's at today.

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Kinda strange... In the Lopez article it is said that the "stay home between road games" tactic has been used by Karl before. The example they come up with is the 1994 Sonics-Nuggets series.....


"YEAH LIKE THAT ENDED WELL FOR KARL'S TEAM!!!"

by Geerten on Apr 18, 2008 5:58 PM MDT reply actions  

They didn't repor that the tactic worked. They just reported that it had been used before by Karl...

Staying in LA is a bad idea. Go home. Focus. Re-group (especially if we lose). Come back to LA and serve it up to them and all the haters.

by andrew fisher on Apr 19, 2008 7:13 AM MDT reply actions  

I am sorry, all this talk about this is who we are from George Karl annoys me. We had a chance to grab Ron Artest, one of the premier perimeter players in the game. Can you imagine how much are chance would improve if we could put Artest on Kobe?

by Anonymous on Apr 19, 2008 11:29 AM MDT reply actions  

sure we'd have ron artest now. but what about after? from what i hear about ron, he'd go for more money somewhere else rather than stay here for an average salary. and then we would have traded away linas kleiza (and his potential) to the kings for a temporary perimeter defender.

by andrew fisher on Apr 20, 2008 3:49 AM MDT reply actions  

That tie he's wearing is hideous. Stern should have fined him for it.

by Chris C. on Apr 20, 2008 7:53 AM MDT reply actions  

I have to agree with the anonymous guy. We could have signed Ron Artest by asking A.I. to take less money which he would have done if it meant a championship. Everyone still says Ron Artest is a headcase and everything else, yet since he has been in Sacramento there has been no problem. People forget, we're in it for a championship, not to make the playoffs. Like Kenny Smith said, "you can't tell me you want to be a champion and turn down a trade for Ron Artest if you're the Nuggets especially after what everyone else was doing to get better"

by Anonymous on Apr 20, 2008 8:28 AM MDT reply actions  

Watching the game...ANTHONY CARTER SHOULD NOT PLAY IN THIS SERIES- THE SIZE MISMATCHES HE CAUSES ARE TERRIBLE.

by Anonymous on Apr 20, 2008 2:17 PM MDT reply actions  

P.S. Camby cannot get a board to save his life.

by Anonymous on Apr 20, 2008 2:19 PM MDT reply actions  

GO NUGGETS! LAKERS SUCK

by Anonymous on Apr 20, 2008 3:23 PM MDT reply actions  

chris why don't u think smart? Tie?

by Anonymous on Apr 20, 2008 3:24 PM MDT reply actions  

wow. you know i voted for lakers in 5 games in the poll but after watching that bullsh!t i don't think we'll even win one.

by Anonymous on Apr 20, 2008 4:14 PM MDT reply actions  

If Anthony Carter starts next game in we might as well just surrender now.

by Anonymous on Apr 20, 2008 5:01 PM MDT reply actions  

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