Birdman 'probable' for game Monday @ G-State.
by Jack Winchcomb on Nov 21, 2010 6:42 PM MST
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Turkey week could be punctuated by the return of Birdman.
Nuggets forward Chris Andersen went through a full practice Sunday and could make his season debut Monday at Golden State. Andersen, who is listed as "probable," has not played since having surgery in late-May to repair a partially torn patella tendon in his right knee.
"My knee’s doing really well," Andersen said Saturday. "I’m ecstatic about coming back. It’s been a long time waiting and I’m just trying to be optimistic and realistic at the same time."
If Andersen is unable to "get the dust off" against Golden State, he could return Friday at home against the Chicago Bulls.
"We’re hoping that he’ll play next week," Nuggets coach George Karl said before Denver's victory over New Jersey on Saturday. "We’re practicing (Sunday) and we’ll practice Tuesday because of that. Hopefully our Thanksgiving present will be Birdman back in the lineup."
The Nuggets have been outrebounded in nine of their 13 games and could use the 6-foot-10 Andersen’s size, energy and shot-blocking in the lineup. Nene (6-11) is the only Denver player taller than 6-9 who averages more than 15 minutes per game. Andersen averaged a career-high 6.4 rebounds and 1.88 blocks last season.
Like Andersen, forward Kenyon Martin has been sidelined all season while recovering from knee surgery. His recovery is going well but there is no specific timetable for his return.
http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/andersen_return_11_20_2010.html
That's big for Denver. Depending on how long he takes to get back into the swing of things, we could get a real energy boost soon, something we sorely need.
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as much as i want to see him back
i kinda wanna see his first game back at home cause the pepsi center will explode when he comes in. but i suppose it will do either way.
good to have you back, bird. time for you to fly again.
Very excited to see Bird come back so soon
The sooner we get out team back together the faster we can see where we’re at. Hopefully that’s back as a contender.
I dont know why
But my gut feeling is that we will see something resembling 08-09 bird, not last year’s birdman.
Me too
It’s because we all know he was hurting all last season.
by love4nuggets on Nov 21, 2010 8:51 PM MST up reply actions
The man was the walking dead last year
bum hand, bum knee. He couldn’t gel up his hair anymore.
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When you think about it
The 08-09 version of Birdman is exactly what this team’s missing. I’m hoping he can restore some of the energy we’ve been missing since the Utah game. If anything he might give us a lift during those all-too often periods we are totally flat on defense and nobody seems to care.
Fun fact: Nuggets are 28th in the league in blocks, so that could improve
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i think energy is a big one
watching the games, we’ve been lacking that big time. especially that extra gear we used to have when we were up by 10 or so to blow the game open. usually it involved a couple huge birdman blocks and a couple JR 3’s. i’d like to see that again.
Nobody loves a JR 3 pointer more than I do
Me and a buddy have a deal going, every time JR makes a 3 pointer, we down a beer. Those games he downed 11, well, they were long nights for me.
Maybe I do have the right.... wait, what's that stuff??? - Homer Simpson
Free JR!!!!!!!!
by Army of Nugs on Nov 21, 2010 10:31 PM MST up reply actions
One more thing
Didn’t Birdman used to clean up a whole bunch of Chauncey’s bricks? Could be one of the missing ingredients in Chauncey’s game this year. Anyways I remember a healthy Kenyon and Chris getting some monster put back dunks in their time, let’s hope all that explosiveness comes back.
Actually Chauncey will probably continue to brick shots regardless
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by runningdonut on Nov 21, 2010 11:45 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
huge news (no pun intended)
that being said, i really hope he’s 100% to go this time. the last thing i want to see is a clipped birdman under the alias of chris andersen that we saw towards the end of last season as his injuries caught up to him. as mentioned before, if he’s back, the nuggets might finally be able to get the full complement of energy guys off the bench they need to finish off teams.
He is better than Ely that's for sure
Who isn’t a stiff on the Nuggets in your mind MMGraves? I know you are a JR hater. Got to love Nuggets fans hating on most of the players. Why follow the Nuggets if you don’t like the players?
Gotta love the haterz. Keep that hate a comin'
by JR15 on Nov 22, 2010 9:27 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
not stiffs
AAA, Forbes, Lawson, Melo, Chauncey, al harrington, sheldon williams.
You can keep the rest.
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