A few questions about the 2010-11 season

1. Coach Karl – hope he can make it through the year – sounds like he’s doing a lot better. I wish we would hire somebody qualified just in case cuz I don’t have confidence in the back-up coaches.

2. Ty Lawson – Definitely! He needs to play more! i’m guessing he will because Chauncey might be a little tired after these basketball games this summer.

3. Agreed, they need the D of both those big guys – Kmart and Bird. Bird is suppose to be back by seasons start? Kmart might be out a while.

4. Focus – its been an issue in the past – don’t know what to say about this one.

5. I hope Melo stays just like most of Denver Stiffs do – hopefully the rumors are all false and he signs that extension.

are Ty Lawson Playing a bigger role and also beating all those .500 teams. Great post

1. I’m gonna say no due to the demands of the position. Being a head coach is a travel-laden, high stress position which is very taxing to a healthy man, much less someone who’s gone through this twice now. Lord knows I’m pulling for him but his health is my main concern, not him being on our bench. It wouldn’t shock me if he ends coaching about 75% of games and taking some road trips off in mid-late season to stay closer to home for health reasons.

2. He will, especially early in the season. Lawson’s development is critical to this team and he’s proven he can play at a pretty high level already. If Lawson can establish himself as a good starting PG, it takes a lot of pressure off Billups and lets us save him for later in the year/playoffs.

3. I have serious reservations what to expect from either player this year. Both are getting old, coming off pretty serious injuries/surgeries, and are heavily reliant on their athleticism. Martin has at least proven he can come back from serious surgery to still perform at a high level while Andersen has not. If Harrington mans the majority of the minutes at PF, be prepared for a very fast paced (even faster than usual) team that is even more reliant on offense to win. I wouldn’t expect much out of Williams and this is coming from a huge Duke fan. He just doesn’t have very good lateral movement. He’s a big body but that’s about it. And don’t expect anything from him on offense, his hands look like they’re permanently covered in oil grease. Maybe if an elephant jacked off on his hands..

4. I think a lof of this will be related to question 1. And also question 5.

5. Ultimately I believe he’ll leave because of the Nuggets future forecast (old with 95% of hazy). I think he’ll be a good soldier and play through to the trade deadline and see where things stand then. If we look like a legit contender and the FO is showing to be competent and willing to improve the team, I think he’ll sign the extension. If the FO seems unorganized, we have early season problems, or if Karl really cuts short his coaching time, I think we may see Melo tell the FO that he will be leaving after the season and the Nuggets will be forced to move him to get any sort of value back. Regardless, I think we’ll have some time with him.

Karl: I’ve kind of grown attatched to him. He’s not my favorite coach in the world but I wouldn’t be apposed to keeping him here for as long as he want to coach. I do think it’s critical to start looking for replacements this year. There were and still are many great guys out there but I would have loved to land Lawrence Frank on our bench. If Karl suddenly can’t continue I’m still voting for Lambier though.

Bigs: My question is, after all the bs we’ve been going through the past few seasons about size, we go out and sign two guys 6’9 or smaller. Doesnt’ make any sense at all considering how many other options there were.

Melo: I’m starting to think Uriji may be the guy to get Melo to stay if there is one out there. He’s etremely personable, young (can relate to the players) and might just have the balls to pull off some big time trades this year. I think it helps to have a guy who Melo can talk to more like himself, more casual I guess, as apposed to a 60 plus year old fat white guy. Ultimatly we just have to wait and see and hope for the best.

According to the Belgian media, D.J. Mbenga will continue his career in the Denver Nuggets. Both parts would have reached a one-year agreement in principle.

Al Harrington will average a career high in rebounds or steals this season. Or both.

I’m back in Denver after being away most of the summer and not really following basketball.

Things are really bad. Al Harrington is a Nugget? I seem to have some good feelings about him.

What happened to K-Mart and Birdman? That either is injured isn’t a surprise.

Last point: if Melo does decide to leave, I hope Denver fans don’t act as ridiculous as Cleveland fans did. He was a great Nugget while he was here and when he comes to town playing for another team, I’ll clap for him. Sports is a business. Sometimes athletes move on. No hard feelings, right?

Oh: I wasn’t too keen on Reno when I was there this summer.

Your style is like a mixture of Andrew and Nate put together.

1. yes we are a LOT better with GK
2. more minutes for blurr means we run more which means we avoid the dreded defense
3. i’ve lost hope on those guys coming back before the allstar break; harrington will spread the floor, williams can get boards (and his wife plays like melo)
4. THEY HAVE TO!!!!!
5. i’ve given up looking at scenarios and will just watch with crossed fingers