everytime i write that he comes back with a big time game. lets see it Big Shot, im calling you out. get this team to play defense, pass the damn ball and block the FUCK OUT

How many did we take?
If we can’t take a few more
we will lose these games

That this team sucks and i’m tired of watching them loss to sub .500 teams. Really there’s no excuse other then we are really not that good just getting lucky wins. Last year was our only chance at a championship and if you disagree please tell me were the positives are to the contrery. So with that said I’m proud of the nuggets for dropping another one to bad team don’t I shouldn’t be upset because we suck anyways .

Mission accomplished, George.

Don’t get your hopes up about the next road game because losing that will still put as at .500 on the road. GK’s plan is coming along nicely.

Did anyone else notice how chummy and nonchalant the players and coaches seemed to be with Detroit? Chucky Atkins the super-scrub was basically making out with Bird and Kenyon on the sidelines during timeouts. Yes having Kenyon out really hurts but Detroit had twice the amount of players out with injury and they were on a back to back! I really don’t think a trade would help, the guys are just not working hard and no one is holding them accountable for it.

It still doesn’t make any sense to me, but whatever.

…we knew for a while that GK was a terrible coach when having to motivate his players. However, we thought it didn’t matter anymore because, last season, we had Chauncey. Now I’m thinking that’s not so much the case any more. Blaming 1 person isn’t going to help all that much. If each and every player on this team was SELF-motivated, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

And while I think Melo should’ve take tonight’s shot, I’m not ready to call him the best clutch shooter in the league. I gotta admit I still think that’s Kobe. Melo is better in the clutch if he’s been on all night, but Kobe is a guy that can go 2-15 the rest of the game, and still hit the game-winning shot.
But I still think Melo should’ve shot rather than Chauncey.

Will this team “turn it around”? I dunno. This team has more talent than what I’m seeing out there on a nightly basis however, maybe we are expecting too much? This team won’t win 60 games – I just don’t think it is going to happen. With that in mind, 55 games? 50?

I’m relatively certain that this team will make it the WCF and lose again. We are definitely missing a big man and, IMO, we are missing a player that can consistently hit the mid-range other than Melo. CBill used to be that guy but he’s been erratic at best this year. Earl? AA?

This is the first time since the mid 90’s that I was anticipating an NBA season and I just get the sense that I am going to be disappointed. Hope I’m wrong.

We simply cannoy win AWFUL and SHORTHANDED teams without K-mart.
This loss means Denver has lost 4 games against teams under .500, and Detroit was horribly shorthanded today, and they were in the 2nd of a back to back!

I just don’t see any excuse for this.

With these losses, stealing games at S.A and Portland is just useless

If the Nuggets really just can’t win a single damn game without him, then that’s a big problem, as I would consider him to be extremely injury prone.

However he can’t
Drive the lane and get the rim
like Carmelo can

 you want to know what the real issue is here?
Graham got zero fucking rebounds! in 17 min. not even one!
Lawsomz only 5’11" and he got 3!! in 15 min.

you’d think that being 8 inches taller would give you a BETTER chance at snagging a board or two…..
eight inches is almost the diameter of a basketball!

Depending on our goals for this season, a trade may be necessary. If the goal is to make the playoffs, I believe this team, as currently composed, will be able to do that. I would predict a first round exit, however. If the goal is to beat the Lakers (which is my goal) the Nuggs are going to need another player that can rebound, defend the post, and score inside. This Nuggets team, as currently composed, is missing that piece and will has no chance against the Lakers in a 7 game series. No chance.

I noticed that Petro got some minutes last night. He sure didn’t distinguish himself, but on the other hand he wasn’t any worse than the rest of the Nuggets. I think the nearly 11 minutes he got last night should be the start of a trend if only to cut down on the wear and tear on Nene, Bird, and Kmart (when he gets back) particularly in games where they’ve got things well in hand (which they didn’t last night).

Last play of the game: Marlowe asked Hastings if they should go for the three or the two. I didn’t hear what Hastings said because I was saying that they should take what they can get. They needed a play with options so that if you get Melo an open three you take it, if you get a dunk for Nene you take it, whatever the defense gives you take it. Instead of a play like that, you give it to CB. Well he’s been clutch in the past and maybe he would have done better to have taken the three, but he was obviously trying to get to the free throw line. With what developed, it didn’t look like he deserved to go there. If it came down to free throws, I’d rather have CB there than Melo. If it comes to a clutch shot I’d rather have Melo take it. I would just prefer that it didn’t come to that sort of choice and you take what you can get. I don’t think the Nuggets should have had any reservations about going into overtime if they could have gotten it.

or will to want it. they can not play hard whenever they feel like it.

However, the 1 major thing that kills me is Birdman never FUCKING BLOCKS OUT. seriously, blocking shots is great but please BLOCK OUT and stop flopping around like a fish on land. man up and get a body on someone.

Man he was 100% knucklehead tonight, I think missing that dunk and then I think Atkins hit a 3 was the biggest play of the game, it gave all the momentum to Detroit and Denver never really recovered.

One positive/frustrating thing is the nuggets did not play well tonight, they played to Detroits strengths and still almost pulled it out. Shows us how good they can be if someone can mange to light some fires under some asses.

And what is going on with Nene!!! He looked intimidated by Dalembert and to a lesser extent Wallace. He should be torching these guys, he is way to athletic and fast for them.

On Inside the NBA last night, after the Magic-Jazz game, they showed some Nuggets highlights and talked about it.

Barkley said something along the lines of “Those games against Charlotte and Detroit say more about the Nuggets than they do about the Bobcats or the Pistons. Losing to those teams? That’s disgraceful.”

Kenny Smith said “They’re back to playing like they did before the trade [for Chauncey Billups].”

earl played less than 30 minutes and had 7 rebounds. without kmart in the line up it will be a long night on the defensive end. smith’s missed dunk was a major buzz kill and momentum changer. the last 4 games show a lack of urgency in the first 3 quarters. kenny smith is correct about playing like before the trade for cb1. the other team cannot score when denver has the ball. jacking up jump shots early in the half court offense makes it easy on the other team. the game should never have come down to the last play. andersen inbounded the ball. the play was dictated by who chris threw the ball to.