Ty Lawson stands up George Karl...

by Andrew Feinstein on Jun 9, 2008 10:47 AM MDT

When you have a job interview, one of the keys to getting the job is to, you know, show up for the interview. Apparently this protocol has been lost on potential Nuggets' draftee Ty Lawson, who stood up head coach George Karl for Sunday's workout.

And here I thought the Nuggets were getting yet another undersized point guard to join Anthony Carter and Taurean Green.

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RMN reported that he missed the work out due to charges for DUI. Insert Melo joke here.

They went on to point out the Mario Chalmers and 3 other PGs worked out yesterday.

Strange that we'd draft yet another PG when Karl never trusted Taurean (who also won an NCAA championship) to play any meaningful minutes last year. I thought the Nugs would draft a big to help replace Camby in the rotation. And if we can get a PG in return for Camby, why draft another?

by Haig on Jun 9, 2008 11:09 AM MDT reply actions

taurean and now people want ty? draft a good big. should have kept leon powe. no idea why we gave him up.

cant blame ty for dogging coach karl. he probably knows he's a dud coach too

by andrew fisher on Jun 10, 2008 2:08 AM MDT reply actions

I hope to God we move up and not draft another diminutive PG. Ty would be an awful pick because although he has speed he doesn't have enough skills to finish around big men in the paint. That's in college, and it will only get tougher in the L.

I hope we move up and draft the phenom Russell Westbrook. He's a longer version of Dwyane Wade. The Heat took Dwyane and told him to play PG in his first couple of months of his rookie year and he fit in seamlessly. That's the type of thing we can tell Russell to do. I hope and dream we get him somehow. I believe he's skilled enough to be one day a franchise player and have a individual rivalry with Derrick Rose.

But going back to reality, drafting Ty Lawson is lame. I would take Mario Chalmers 100 times out of 100 chances over him.

- Snake -

by Anonymous on Jun 10, 2008 3:56 AM MDT reply actions

kenyon and nene money for 1st round pick by bucks to free up some space and sign a nene type guy is that ok???

by Zedrich on Jun 10, 2008 5:10 AM MDT reply actions

^Who is Nene type guy? lol :D

- Snake -

by Anonymous on Jun 10, 2008 6:07 AM MDT reply actions

Ha trade K-mart and Nene for a pick, it would work except as andrew pointed out earlier this week, isiah thomas isn't a gm anymore. Lawson would be a horrible pick, take a big, take hibbert, trade camby.

by Zachm219 on Jun 10, 2008 12:04 PM MDT reply actions

I am one who is totally agaist trades. They really dont fix the type of problems we Nuggets have but drafting well can change things for the future. Drafting "Law"son would be a huge mistake. Obviously he isnt focused on bball plus he is too small and frankly I don't see what the big deal is about this guy. If the Nuggets had any sort of brain power they would draft guys with heart like Chalmers and Steph Curry in order to try and change the attitude of the team in the future. Draft well and you won't need to make trades.

by Anonymous on Jun 11, 2008 12:13 PM MDT reply actions

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