I didn’t hear anything in Andrew’s comments that would have triggered that, but hey, good rant. The only thing I can say is that JR’s troubles seem to be never ending, and time after time when we think he has taken a step forward he surprises us with one backwards. I know where you are coming from Stern, but there HAS to be a line drawn at some point in time, otherwise JR will continue on the same road he has been on forever.

Using a word like umbrage would be a lot more effective if you knew how to spell it. Looks like you’re the same guy who misspelled umbrage on the DP comments.

When I was a kid, every time one of my father’s 5 kids spilled something at the supper table, he’d say “How old do they have be before we can get through a meal without a spill?” I have to ask, how old does JR have to be before he is accountable? Twenty four years old is hardly a child. How old does he have to be before we can expect that we won’t be hearing about JR didn’t pay his lawyer on a case where he punched somebody in a pick up game in Houston? How old before we don’t hear about his running off to the lockerroom to cry during a game? How old does Ty Lawson have to be before; Oh wait that’s…

By the way at one meal my mother spilled something and all five of us kids started in “How old do they…” That didn’t go over very well.

and sat out most of the 2nd quarter. K-Mart did shoot his patented outside brick a couple of times in the first (along with the rest of the team), so there’s your plus/minus.

His +/- was probably skewed by the score in the first quarter.

Teams WANT to get into a shooting match because they know we’ll fire back. Melo is like Doc Holiday and every hot hand in the west wants to test him out. So our team ends up wanting to shoot their way out of the gym instead of buckle down on D and get it done the gritty way.

There really was a lack of energy and a gloominess to the team after Ariza stole ANOTHER inbound pass to end the first quarter and buried that bank shot … great bounce back win!

But he’s not the only Nuggets in dire need of a rest…. if you guys know what I mean.

“One of the surprising weaknesses of the Rockets’ has been isolation defense (i.e. guarding an opponent one-on-one). You’d figure that a team featuring great individual defenders such as Shane Battier, Chuck Hayes, and Ariza would thrive when an opposing team decided to go iso. That simply hasn’t been the case. The Rockets currently allow the fourth-least amount of assisted buckets per game, meaning that the isolation play is an opponent’s best friend. Last night was no different.”

So, yeah, the assist total isn’t that big a deal against the Rockets because they can’t play one on one defense.

Denver was only credited with seven assists, which would lead you to believe they played a selfish, one-on-one game and somehow were able to get away with it. The reality is the Nuggets moved the ball pretty well as a team. If you want to know why their assist total was so shockingly paltry, I give you their 39 free throw attempts. A big reason why the Nuggets were able to earn that many free throws was because they were moving the ball and playing patient unselfish offense. By the way, three of those seven assists came from Chauncey in the four possession stretch we just outlined above.

I say it everytime JR comes through in a pinch for the Nuggets…Where are all of the haters now?

This team reminds me of the Rockies a few years back when they stormed through the playoffs. Every game we had a different hero. If Tulo wasn’t swinging the bat well we didn’t call for his head. The same with these Nuggets, when Alphabet Soup wasn’t shooting well JR stepped up. When Lawson seemed timid in NO and Chalotte AAA stepped up. When Melo & CB1 were out K-Mart came through. Just because JR isn’t the hero every single game doesn’t mean that we crucify him.

And I really appreciate the whole leave the past in past thing. That is the epidome of hypocricy. None of us have the worst moments of our lives shoved back in our face every time we’re not 100%.

Said it better than I could. One solid performance does not reform make.

So Melo gets a pass why? We’ve seen him make on-court mistakes, selfishness etc. We’ve also seen him make off-court mistakes, stop snitchin’, weed in the suitcase, and DRUNK DRIVING! But we can let that shit go because Melo goes for 30 on a nightly basis? What kind of lesson is that? ‘Play hard enough and all that illegal shit is ok.’ JR’s off court issues are not nearly as bad as Melo’s. Melo was driving a car under the influence in a situation where someone could have been seriously injured or worse. But JR is just driving and just happens to have the worst possible thing happen while he’s at the wheel, no drugs or alcohol around.

That’s when I get pissed we are contstantly holdinf JR’s demons in his face saying “remember this?” because he’s in a slump. I admit he has some growing up to do, but it will never happen if we keep telling him he’s a baby.

It’s funny you bring up Nene, because I was watching the game on the Houston feed and before tipoff, Clyde Drexler – one of their broadcasters – said something like: “With Melo out, expect a big offensive night out of Nene!” All I could think is: Clyde, you clearly don’t know anything about the Nuggets…

getting a competent back-up PG who can greatly trouble the Lakers, and a shut down defender who is a better scorer then the one we had last year. The Lakers made one, they got a nut head for a player whom I believe is better then Rony. We almost beat them last year, we have a better chance this. The one thing I don’t get is the Spurs love from the media, woohooo you signed another player out of his prime to fit in with your other aging players! You will be amazing and obviously no. 2!!!!!

for the rest of his career every time he isn’t perfect or makes a mistake. It must suck to be a human being and play in the NBA