Nugs Close To Acquiring Renaldo Balkman
by JLucas4092 on Jul 28, 2008 8:10 AM MDT
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http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-spknix285780524jul28,0,7410321.story
The Knicks and Nuggets are discussing a trade that would send 2006 first-round pick Renaldo Balkman to Denver for point guard Taurean Green and small forward Bobby Jones, an NBA front-office source told Newsday last night.
The deal would mark the end of Balkman's mostly confusing tenure with the Knicks, who selected him with the 20th pick two years ago when Isiah Thomas said Phoenix would've swiped him if he hadn't. That scenario appears even more dubious now that the former coach of the Suns, Mike D'Antoni, is ready to ship Balkman out for little more than roster fodder.
Love it. Absolutely love it. He fills the Najera role off of the bench perfectly. I'd like it if he were a little bigger because I'm not convinced he can do too much post defense, but I know he absolutely terrorized Melo whenever we played the Knicks.
I was hoping Bobby Jones would work out with the Nugs, but with us signing Dahntay Jones, it was pretty obvious Bobby was on the way out. Now I hope that Chris Lofton picks up his play because we really need a young PG prospect to start working on.
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The Nuggets acquired Balkman for Green, Jones, and a 2010 2nd-round draft pick. They don’t lose anything of real value and I liked what I saw of Balkman in the few Knicks games I saw this past season.
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by Russ Oates on Jul 28, 2008 2:37 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Great Deal
Hopefully we can either run small at times (LK, Melo or Balkman at the 4) or we can deal LK for a backup 4.
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by JLucas4092 on Jul 28, 2008 2:59 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Balkman
Your team just got about 83% more entertaining. Enjoy!
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by Seth on Jul 28, 2008 3:25 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
"he absolutely terrorized Melo "
That’s exactly what I though when I read about this trade, damn I hated that dude Balkman. But I think it works out for best.
Is it me or The Nuggs really hate draft day
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by Kay on Jul 28, 2008 6:20 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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