Saturday Afternoon Recap: Let's see what happened in Denver sports this weekend...
by Andrew Feinstein on Apr 26, 2008 6:29 PM MDT
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Last night, the Rockies found themselves entangled in another NL West marathon when they lost 8-7 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 13 innings. Hopefully they'll turn things around tonight when Mark Redman (2-1, 5.23 ERA) goes head-to-head with Brad Penny (3-2, 2.67 ERA). It's going to be a balmy night at Dodger Stadium, so Redman should be on his game.Meanwhile, over in the AFL, the Crush lost 65-52 to the Chicago Rush. The Crush now find themselves 3-5 on the season, and a postseason berth is tenuous at best. But I think we can all expect a victory when Grand Rapids comes to town next weekend.
To make matters worse for Denver fans, earlier today the Avalanche lost 5-1 to the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Playoffs, and now face a daunting 2-0 deficit in the series to their biggest rival. The Red Wings defense was especially tough today, so the Avalanche will need to step up their offense if they're to win any of the games ahead. I'd also like to see them mix up their line changes to try get Detroit out of sync somewhat.
And while the Avalanche struggled against the Red Wings, the Mammoth saw their hopes for a division title disappear when they lost 11-6 to the San Jose Stealth in the NLL. I really had my fingers crossed for the Mammoth all season, so lets hope they make some savvy off-season acquisitions to improve the team.
Thankfully, the Rapids just got underway in Chicago against the Fire. With both teams having won 4 and lost 2 on the season thus far, this is sure to be a well contested match. I'm guessing it will be a high scoring affair with at least one goal scored, and if we're lucky, two.
Oh, and by the way, the Nuggets @#$%& suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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P.S. Nice dig at soccer.
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 7:30 PM MDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 7:43 PM MDT reply actions
by Murl on Apr 26, 2008 7:46 PM MDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 8:13 PM MDT reply actions
"But for those of you who are wondering, a coaching change isn't on the menu. "We could lose both these games by a hundred and George [Karl]would still be the coach," a team source told me before Game 3."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=lakersnuggetsgame3_080426
Time to settle in for the long hall and accept Georgie.
by Andres on Apr 26, 2008 8:26 PM MDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 8:39 PM MDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 8:40 PM MDT reply actions
by shonuff101 on Apr 26, 2008 8:52 PM MDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 8:54 PM MDT reply actions
by shonuff101 on Apr 26, 2008 8:54 PM MDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 8:55 PM MDT reply actions
The guy had one bad game. His stats were great this season.
What was it? 24/7/3?
I'd take that every day of the week.
Once we get a real center and real PG, things might turn around. Camby gets way too much of a free pass.
by Chris C. on Apr 26, 2008 9:01 PM MDT reply actions
The team has played together as a whole all season long with whatever players were available. They made the playoffs in a competitive race and won the first round against a team the national media thought would beat the Avs.
Go Avs-
The Nuggets need some of the class, attitude, dedication, and desire that the Avs have showed all season long. I feel good about the Avs after an embarrassing loss, I can't stand the Nuggets after todays loss.
by Not anonymous? on Apr 26, 2008 9:32 PM MDT reply actions
"Picture a couple more shooters, acquired in free agency or via trade for the likes of Nene and Kenyon Martin."
Are you seriously THAT stupid?!? Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, is stupid enough to trade for Kenyon Martin's contract. Martin's contract is THE worst in the league. And I truly enjoy Kmart. I think he's a very good player and has a great heart on the court, but he's the highest paid player (right?) on the court and his contract is WAY too high for someone to take him. Only the Nuggets would pay something that stupid for him. Karl will be gone or else I fear I don't have the stomach to watch them next year, whats the point?
by Christian on Apr 26, 2008 9:35 PM MDT reply actions
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by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 9:43 PM MDT reply actions
by Not anonymous? on Apr 26, 2008 9:49 PM MDT reply actions
1. The refs totally screwed the Nuggets we could not buy a call tonight. Not that our lackluster effort helped matters, but the refs were terrible. It was the 2nd or 3rd Q where the Lakers didn't even get a foul called until under two minutes left.
2. Many fans at the arena might have missed it, but the most entertaining part of the night was the two girls that got into a fist fight halfway through the 4th quarter. There was hair pulling and some straight up gangster shit going down. These bitches were jacking each other up. Once it broke up the cops came in and tried to arrest one of the girls. Her boyfriend got in the middle of her and the cop, and the cops threw him over the seats. The game was sooo boring that most fans in the area were watching the fight rather than watch that pitiful game.
Also, I sat behind the Lakers bench. I heard the following from Kobe. and this is an approximate quote from him to his team: "These motherfuckers are going to talk shit when we are blowing them away, its time to embarrass these motherfuckers." He had a very valid point. Who the hell talks shit when they are getting blown away at home? We looked pathetic out there and we were talking crap. Absolutely embarrassing.
Once again I think they played hard until they realized the refs were not going to let them do anything.
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 9:53 PM MDT reply actions
Notice a trend here? The Nuggets can score in bunches if they surround Iverson and Anthony with shooters. They can get by with one non-spacer -- either Martin or Camby -- at the five. And otherwise, there just isn't enough room for their two big scorers to operate at peak effectiveness.
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And BTW, the problem isn't how they're performing in the Lakers' series. It's a bad matchup for them. Moving K-Mart to Kobe opened up the inside for the Lakers, as one could've figured out before the series. That's what happens when you don't have a perimeter defender with a little height.
The problem is the losses to Sacramento and Seattle that didn't let the Nuggets avoid the Lakers. Check out how little playing time J.R. got in those games. Karl was busy teaching Smith a lesson, and it came back to bite us.
by Petey on Apr 26, 2008 9:57 PM MDT reply actions
I completely concur, why he thinks getting absolutely punished is funny i have no idea.
i feel bad for the fans of the nuggets, i feel bad for the owner, i feel bad for AI, JR and Kenyon guys that truly put forth their best effort.
i dont feel bad for Karl and i dont feel bad for melo.
i guess there is a silver lining to this season. CHANGES WILL BE MADE!
by bobby steels on Apr 26, 2008 10:10 PM MDT reply actions
Unless he practiced them so hard they had no energy to play hard in this game. That happened to the Lakers against the Suns in '90. Riley practiced them so hard their legs were shot and they lost the series.
I don't think that was the case. The fact is the Nuggets looked like they had defeated themselves in their minds.
I think we should retire that the Nuggets are wasted talents. What talent have you seen out there? They're not making shots, they're not moving well without the basketball, they're not rebounding, they're not passing, and they're not playing defense. Collectively, they seem to possess a low basketball IQ.
They don't have a go-to guy on offense or a shut-down defender. Sure, throw the rotten tomatoes and put up AI and Melo as go-to offensive guys. Have they hit any big shots in this series? Have they taken over the offense?
I wanted to see them do better, and if they come out and kick ass Monday, I'll be cheering. But deep down, I hope the Lakers put this season to a merciful end.
Sure wish I would've seen those two chicks fight. Hopefully, we'll get a blow-by-blow. That sounds infinitely more entertaining that the game.
by DeAngelo Starnes on Apr 26, 2008 10:17 PM MDT reply actions
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by markp on Apr 26, 2008 11:06 PM MDT reply actions
by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 11:17 PM MDT reply actions
The only players on this team that you can honastly say give effort everynight (regardless if they have a bad shooting night or not) is AI, Kenyon, Eddie, JR, maybe Klieza and AC. Thats right, regardless if AC is not the right PG for the team, he still gives effort. I don't feel sorry for all those players that have taken nights off on this team. And certainly don't feel sorry for Carmelo, a player that thinks its okay to coasts through games on any given night and then have the nerve to call his teammates out and say they "gave up".
I don't care if a player has an off night, it happens, but at least show up and compete. Throughout the season the majority of this team thought it was okay to show up when they wanted to and their talent would get them by, which at some points is true, but their cockiness got the best of them in some games and they allowed lesser teams to sneak up and bite them in the ass. That team messed up their own chances to have better playoff positioning and success. They made their bed, so now they need to lay in it.
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by Anonymous on Apr 26, 2008 11:59 PM MDT reply actions
That 32 yr old that you speak of that "dribbles too much" was the least of team U.S.A's problem in 04. Him and Tim Duncan were probably the only ones that made people proud. Also, a lot of people beleive Iverson was snubbed because he is 'Allen Iverson' and it had nothing to do with him 'dribbling the ball'. Thats all commentators were talking about, was how he got snubbed and deserved to be there. So give it a rest.
People keep bringing up Iversons age as if he's 42 yrs old. The guy is only 32, players like Tim Duncan, K.G, Steve Nash and many other elite players are all around the same age as Iverson, if not older. Even Kobe is about to be 30 yrs old. And Iverson seems to have not slowed down, which should work in his favor. Iverson went from being the face of one of the largest franchise markets in the entire league with the 76ers. What would he want with the Nuggets franchise, which is one of the smallest markets in the league? Him being there has at least brought more attention to that franchise then it ever had before, even with Carmelo. All AI seems to want to do is win. I'm sure he can careless about being the main franchise player. Although, being who he is, he will automatically be a face of a team..i'm sure he is not trying to take anything away from Carmelo, who buy the way...is not a real franchise player anyway at this point. You talk about Iversons dribbling, but try asking Carmelo to stop hanging onto the ball for 10 seconds without movement, waiting for the double team, then shooting over it.
by Anonymous on Apr 27, 2008 12:28 AM MDT reply actions
by Big Dog on Apr 27, 2008 1:16 AM MDT reply actions
Karl is also overrated and hopefully will get fired for the 5th time in his career. He said on his radio show (AM950) that he designed the offense to be one-on-one with Melo and AI. I called the show twice to remind them about this since Karl seems mostly immune to criticism on that show.
Fred
by Fred on Apr 27, 2008 6:33 AM MDT reply actions
Karl is also overrated and hopefully will get fired for the 5th time in his career. He said on his radio show (AM950) that he designed the offense to be one-on-one with Melo and AI. I called the show twice to remind them about this since Karl seems mostly immune to criticism on that show.
Fred
by Fred on Apr 27, 2008 6:33 AM MDT reply actions
A lot of you have forgotten that he has a broken finger like Kobe, however the only difference is AI is the smallest player on the court.
Also, a lot of people say that the nuggets could win a championship if they were better ...w/o Iverson the Nuggets are worse than the Sacramento
Kings.
A good amount of current Nugget fans are fans because AI (the most popular player since MJ) came to Denver. But if you like get rid of AI, I'm sure Charlotte would love to have him right now.
by j2y2k3 on Apr 28, 2008 7:45 AM MDT reply actions
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