Nuggets trim roster to 13...

to let white go for those first 7 games.

for now that is just the way things go with the economy. anything white can do jr can do better. it is simply a numbers game and not a reflection on white’s talent.

always cuts a guy that the fans are hopeful or gives him very limited minutes. Normally, it works out for the best and I suspect there’s something more going on that we don’t know about. Not really surprising.

He may get cut from Houston due to Pops Mensah-Bonsu and the big Aussie.

The guy beasted during summer league. He is an undersized Center but a very active big and rebound specialist. The guy is a shithouse he’s very strong and would provide the kind of big man depth we need badly. Petro alone behind Nene and Bird isn’t gonna cut it. The Nugs need a big and if he becomes avilable they should be all over him, but they probably won’t be.

Graham’s a projected starter right now. We’ll see how it plays out in the regular season, I guess.

I was at the TWolves-Nuggets preseason game on Tuesday and I was very happy with what I saw from the new Nuggets additions:

Lawson: He IS the PG of the future. He will seriously eat into A.C.‘s minutes this season, and I firmly believe that A.C. was resigned to play a backup/emergency PG/garbage time role much like Jason Hart was last year (kinda funny watching him on the TWolves, too). He is fast and CAN create his own shot. He’s got great basketball IQ and had a sick lob-dunk to Birdman in transition, and of course the half-court three we all saw. He had 10-6-7 in 25 minutes. Not bad for a rookie.

Afflalo: Can hit the three. See ya Kleiza, thanks for remaining a trading chip for us when/if you ever come back to the NBA. He’s a good wing and plays decent defense, though he did get burned a few times out in transition. I was amazed when I looked up on the scoreboard and saw that he had TWENTY points. JR might still sit as sixth man for the Nuggets.

Balkman: The backup PF we should have had playing behind Melo all season. Runs in transition extremely well, always fights for the offensive boards, and is a lockdown defender. Nuff said.

Graham: I wasn’t super impressed by Graham, but if we’re taking him over White, there’s gotta be a reason. He is BIG though, easily the size of Melo. In a Western Conference that’s been dominated by the teams with size for most of the last decade, this is a good thing. However, his defense and offensive game still needs a lot of work.

James White is like him. AT least Graham has NBA experience3.

Coby Karl is better than him. I’d say Rob Kurz (who, if you remember, lit us up for 20 points and 6/7 rebounds when Nellie actually gave him PT)