Kiszla offers his two cents

by Nate Timmons on Jan 27, 2009 2:50 PM MST

Denver Post columnist Mark Kiszla discussed the importance of Nene to the Nuggets and even agreed with me that Nene is a serious candidate for Most Improved Player of the Year.

And while I also agree with Kiszla that Nene is probably the Nuggets most valuable player aside from Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony I don't agree with his point here:

... it would be wise for the Nuggets to make a trade to bring Nene some meaningful help at center, even if it means trading Linas Kleiza or J.R. Smith.
Why is a deal so necessary?

The Nuggets have proved they can win, at least for the short term, in the absence of Anthony.

On this team, Nene is irreplaceable.

I do not think it would be in the best interest of the Denver Nuggets to trade away JR Smith in almost any deal. His offense is too important to the team. Kleiza to me is a bit of a different story, but again I don't ship him out for anybody.

I was surprised to see JR's name brought up, but I realize in order to improve you have to give up something to get something. I also realize that Kiszla's opinion means nothing in terms of JR actually getting moved, just shocked it'd be discussed.

I think JR is too young and has too much potential to include in almost any deal.

Give me your thoughts.

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You open your web browser and see that the Nuggets made another trade this season. Who are you regretting giving up in a deal more?

JR Smith

35 votes

Linas Kleiza

13 votes

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No deal for JR Smith, Kleiza may be workable, but that begs the question, who could you get? The only guy that may be worth it, but would probably never work because f his salary is Jermaine O’neil, and I don’t know if he would want to be a back-up.

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by Broncoman on Jan 27, 2009 3:09 PM MST reply actions

I read his article the other day and felt exactly the same way. It definitely helps having a big man but the way Kiszla writes you’d think his ideal lineup would be Manute Bol, Big George, Nene, Shaq and Hakeem. All as starters.

It’s not like it hurts to have a big guy but it’s not worth dishing a guy like JR for just because he’s streaky. Frankly the guy takes a lot of heat for that very thing – his “streakiness.” But you don’t hear anyone complaining when he’s ‘on.’

Plus, don’t we have Anderson and Petro (har dee har har) waiting around for these spots?

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by FrankD on Jan 27, 2009 6:54 PM MST reply actions

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