Heat vs. Nuggets recap: Melo Era winding down with a yawn...
by Andrew Feinstein on Jan 14, 2011 1:21 AM MST
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PrintI thought the Carmelo Anthony Era would end with a bang or a whimper. I never thought it would end with a yawn.
I guess Nuggets fans can thank Miami Heat superstar LeBron James twice now. First, for hijacking the entire city of Cleveland, serving as a wake up call to the Nuggets organization to move Carmelo Anthony elsewhere should he not sign the contract extension offered to him to stay in Denver. And second, for sitting Thursday night's game out with a sprained ankle, ensuring that a sold-out Pepsi Center would be deprived of it's only chance to see James in person...and, of course, boo that talented jerk.
James sitting out, combined with the Heat arriving early on Thursday morning after a dogfight with the Clippers in Los Angeles the night before, ended up with the Nuggets being on the right side of a blowout for the second game in a row. The Nuggets 130-102 blowout was a yawner almost from the start, and once again the Nuggets faithful were teased and tantalized by what this team could and should be, were it not for you-know-who insisting on playing elsewhere.
And thus, despite the elation that should come from every Nuggets victory, the gloomy shadow of Anthony's imminent departure - and possibly Chauncey Billups' too - lords over this franchise. Entering Thursday night's action, I thought the matchup against the Heat could be Melo's last in a Nuggets uniform. But while speaking with the press in the locker room post-game, Melo guaranteed that he'd be in uniform for the Nuggets' Saturday game against the dreadful Cavaliers and again when the Nuggets visit San Antonio on Sunday evening. Beyond that, no guarantees were issued.
Being your trusted Nuggets blogger, I've been deluged with text messages, phone calls and - on Thursday - by passers-by at Pepsi Center all claiming that they have the inside scoop on this Melo deal. All second, third and, sometimes, fourth-hand information, I've "heard" everything from Melo and Chauncey being shipped to New Jersey on Friday morning to the deal consummating after the Nuggets visit the Nets on January 31st and everything in-between. One text-er insisted that the deal is going down after next Wednesday's Thunder game at the latest. Another swore that the deal will be done after the Lakers game on the 21st.
Regardless of when the deal is finally completed, it's apparent that a deal will be completed. And, ultimately, it will be to send Melo (and Chauncey) to the New Jersey Nets.
Hearing all this - and being lucky enough to sit just two rows behind the Nuggets bench tonight - I tried to study the body language between Melo and his teammates to deduce just how imminent this deal is. And while I have nothing revolutionary to share with my fellow Stiffs, I must use the same analogy I used previously regarding this Melodrama. Watching Anthony play and his body language throughout these games, I can't help but think of the high school kid who knows where he's going to college before his spring semester begins, so he just goes through the motions throughout his final high school semester. That's Melo right now: going through the motions but not playing particularly hard or with the acute sense of concentration required to be a champion in the NBA. Melo is still missing chip shots around the rim at an alarmingly bad rate and settling for too many jump shots.
Luckily for Melo and his Nugget teammates, the Heat stink against decent teams (now 8-9 against plus-.500 teams) and clearly suck against decent teams if one of their "big three" is absent. Talk about going through the motions...the Heat were like the walking dead on the Pepsi Center floor Thursday night and had waved the white surrender flag midway through the second quarter.
For me, the highlight of the game was meeting Denver Nuggets legend David Thompson, thanks to an introduction made by my good friend and Nuggets broadcasting legend Al Albert (pictured with Thompson and me below). Thompson was on hand because he was honored before tipoff, proving that maybe the Nuggets marketing brass are finally listening to my rants about this franchise having no connection to its history. Once Melo and Chauncey get shipped out, I suspect the Nuggets will have only their history to hang their hat on for a while.
Thompson's best seasons came before I was old enough to remember watching him play, but his presence at Pepsi Center Thursday night was a reminder that the Nuggets have had Golden Eras before and will have Golden Eras again. Most unfortunately, the Golden Era we're experiencing now is about to be ended prematurely.
The View From Behind the Nuggets Bench...
...when Carmelo Anthony was introduced, 30% of the Pepsi Center crowd booed him and 70% cheered him.
...the crowd was louder than normal when Chauncey Billups was introduced.
...Miami's Chris Bosh has an amazing touch from long range and embarrassed the normally decent defending Kenyon Martin.
...the word was that the Nuggets didn't sell the game out until just before tipoff, so it wasn't surprising that LeBron James' absence wasn't announced until the last possible moment. Nate fired off a text to me well before tipoff guaranteeing that LeWuss wouldn't play.
...Nuggets assistant coach Melvin Hunt does all the talking and pep talk during timeouts prior to George Karl addressing the team.
...Al Harrington is clearly the team's funny side and never seems to take himself - or anything - seriously while sitting on the bench. Gotta love Big Al.
...the second quarter was all Ty Lawson, and the Nuggets never looked back.
...Chauncey spent most of the game standing up and cheering his teammates. Melo spent most of the game sitting quietly on the bench.
...when Melo missed an errant three-point attempt near the end of the third quarter, the crowd booed him.
...near the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter, Karl called for Anthony Carter to go into the game. Carter declined and it didn't seem to bother the coaches.
...many fans in our area begged for Shelden Williams to get inserted into the game, and Karl eventually obliged.
...Renaldo Balkman was nowhere to be found until I saw him (and I'm not joking here) wearing street clothes and hiding behind a black curtain on my way out of the arena towards the Blue Sky Grill.
Non-Stiff(s) of the Night
-Ty Lawson and J.R. Smith: J.R. had all the highlights in this game, but it was Lawson who spearheaded the Nuggets second-quarter run that proved to be the catalyst for the Nuggets blowout victory.
Stiff of the Night
-The entire Heat roster not named Wade or Bosh: The Heat proved Thursday evening why they're not winning a championship until better role players are added to the team.
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I was at the game as well
Actually saw you from a distance as i sat behind the Nuggets first half basket. I would have said the same thing about Melo but couldn’t have said it as well. That’s a great way to put it as he just goes through the motions. However, this was one of the funnest games i’ve been to in a while. JR put on a show. I’m gonna miss this team, but they have showed how exciting they can be, even without Melo on the floor.
i was there tonite
And in no way was it a snoozer!!! Maybe it’s just me but I absolutely love watching our team dominate games like that! Up in the cheap seats it actually seemed like the opposite of what Andrew said about the booing. I thought 70% or more of the crowd was booing after melo’s intro, in fact people cheering for him seemed pretty drown out by all the boos. Also, every time the announcer did the Meeeeeloooo chant, it seemed half the crowd would boo while the other half cheered, followed by random uncomfortable sounding heckling. It was a weird feeling atmosphere in general. Funny to hear balkman wasn’t even dressed, cuz a bunch of us in the nosebleeds started chanting " we want balkman" near the end…. obviously to no avail.
Call me crazy but I really think the jersey deal is not gonna happen, and I hope it doesn’t. I just don’t see the point in blowing up a team with such potential. If we could replace melo with a more “team guy” at SF, I actually think we’d be better. Obviously my opinion means nothing to the nuggs FO, and if their whole prerogative is merely reducing salary than I get blowing it up… don’t agree with it but understand it from a business standpoint. In the end however, I just can’t see melo signing off on nj, especially with the whole Billups thing. I would actually take Chandler, fields and currys expiring for melo straight up at this point. Sure beats blowing up this team completely and getting rid of practically everyone.
whew…….. had to get that rant out
by JBnuggs on Jan 14, 2011 1:59 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
That's why we gotta consider Wilson Chandler as a trade piece
We’d still be very competitive with Chandler at SF… He also brings good defense.
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the problem is he'll be a restricted FA next year
so either we have to match some ridiculously high offer he’s going to get or he just accepts our qualifying offer, plays for one year on the cheap and then leaves as a UFA.
About the post-game C-Webb-Melo talk that everyone was raving about.
I’d like to start off with two things. First, I’m not hating on C-Webb. I love the guy. However, everyone is praising him for his analysis of the Melo-Nuggets situation, and I frankly don’t think he deserves as much praise as he’s getting. Secondly, I understand everyone is entitled to an opinion, and there was definitely stuff he said that I’d agree with. Let me break it down:
I agreed with: what he said about Melo being allowed to do what he wants/Melo having a right to do what he feels is best.
I disagreed with: what he said Melo should do.
Here are some notable quotes from his argument:
C-Webb: “I think people need to understand that sometimes as a player you’ve had your fill with this team, you reached the potential—I don’t care what they say, [Denver] is not, that team is not good.”
Kenny: “[…]Guys[…]there’s a new school way of thinking, the way that LeBron, and D-Wade, and Bosh have done it, BUT then there’s the old school way of thinking: IF you’re good enough, guys want to play with YOU. THEY will make THEIR way to Denver—”
C-Webb (interrupting): "Who said…wait, just listen to me…let’s just be honest here, Kenny.[…]Who said Denver is just where he needs to be?
C-Webb: "We’re getting so caught up in where to live, to me, if he goes to New York, he’s going to a bottom-dwelling team, and he’s going to change it around.
Ernie (Interrupting): "Is New Jersey a good career move for him?
C-Webb: “[…]Let me just say this. If I win the first playoff series in New Jersey, Brooklyn[…]you’re embedded in history IF you can win.”
Kenny: “I’ll tell you this, the New Jersey Nets cannot sit on what that trade is, and expect to keep Carmelo Anthony. Because, he’s NOT going to win a championship with that team, because that team has outgrown him already. The guys that he’s going to be traded with—”
C-Webb (Interrupting): “And Denver ever had a chance to win a championship?”
Kenny: (continuing): “so, those guys that he has with him, going to New Jersey, already outlived him, so Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton, one of the BEST backcourts EVER in the history of basketball, when they were together, but they’re not now.”
C-Webb (Interrupting): "New Jersey’s RECENT HISTORY is better than Denver. DENVER never did anything but lose in the eighth…but beat Karl in the eighth round [I can excuse this mistake, the discussion was heated], and went to the [Conference] Finals. That’s cool. What did Jason Kidd and those guys do? And how many times did they go with Byron Scott? Who has the best recent history?
Ernie: “Well, MORE recently, Denver went to the Western Conference Finals.”
C-Webb: “Western Conference Finals, okay, I give you that. We’re talking about RECENT HISTORY. We’re talking about what that team has done. In recent history, New Jersey has had a better run than Denver—”
Kenny: (Interrupting) “So you think his FUTURE[…]You. Think. His. Future. Is. Better. In. New—”
C-Webb: (Interrupting) “I think that Rip, and Chauncey, in the backcourt, along with what they have—”
Kenny: (Interrupting): “How long is that going to last them?”
C-Webb: shakes head “We’re only talking about today. I’m, I’m not the GM. You’re going to have to make trades anyway.”
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nice transcription
I wish someone would’ve called him on the fact that those two years the Nets made the Finals, it was just because the Eastern Conference was so weak. That same team would’ve never made it deep into the playoffs in the Western Conference.
Likewise, if the Nuggets could’ve played in the Eastern Conference bracket during the Melo years, they undoubtedly would’ve won more playoff series.
Anyway, I can allow that Webber had a reasonable point or two in his arguments, along with the bullshit arguments I just pointed out.
But the larger question is, what are we fans of the mid and small market teams to do? How are we supposed to feel? When’s it going to be our turn? If Denver was good enough for John Elway to spend 15 or 16 years in, until he finally won a couple of championships, then it ought to be good enough for a great basketball player, too.
Sure, sure, Melo’s fulfilled his contract and is free to go where he wants. Yeah, fine.
I want the Nuggets to win a championship someday, and with things the way they are now, I don’t see how that’s ever going to happen. If Favors, or some draft pick, turn out to be a “beast” like we all hope, isn’t he just going to want to jump ship for a big, glitzy, glamorous market at some point? It seems to me like great basketball players are more resistant to playing in the medium and small markets than the great athletes in other sports. Why is that? And what are teams like the Nuggets, Cavaliers, and Kings supposed to do?
Webber failed to answer my most fundamental question: How in the world does he expect me to feel, as a DENVER NUGGETS FAN? The team I root for is in grave danger of plunging down into the shitter for God knows how long, because Melo doesn’t want to stay. I hate that. So yeah, of course I’m upset with Melo. It’s no big deal. I’ll get over it. I’m not going to burn him in effigy. But he’s going to have to learn to live with being booed. There’s no way around it.
by ParkHillNative on Jan 14, 2011 11:23 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice post.
Webber’s argument about recent history was the most irrelevant part of his whole argument. New owner, new GM, new coach, new players. You can’t judge the Nets off any sort of history right now b/c they have no history with the current group in place.
You can judge Billy King, their GM, for the horrific mistakes he made with the 76’ers and the fact that the Russian has no experience with the NBA …
I totally agree with you ParkHillNative … it’s Melo’s call if he chooses to leave, but yes … expect the booing that goes with it.
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by Nate Timmons on Jan 14, 2011 12:59 PM MST up reply actions
It was a boring game. The Heat were never really in it. The only good part about the game was when JR was just chucking and making threes. Gotta love good o’l JR.
Now about the Melo-Drama. So Melo guarantees he’ll be a Nugget through the weekend. Does he know trade is not imminent, or knows he won’t agree to extension yet? I’m not really sure but it seems he is very quietly forcing his way to NY.
Meloooooo!!!
JR Swish From Way Down Town!!!
Stop Snitchin!!!
I'm not your friend buddy.Well I'm not your buddy friend!!
Also I recommend everybody to real this.
http://www.roundballminingcompany.com/2011/01/14/should-i-be-mad-at-carmelo-anthony/
Meloooooo!!!
JR Swish From Way Down Town!!!
Stop Snitchin!!!
I'm not your friend buddy.Well I'm not your buddy friend!!
Anthony to Nets: Sell me on N.J.
Anthony hasn’t ruled out committing to the Nets, but he wants a clearer vision of their plans for the future. Anthony’s preference is to wait to see what other trade options become available for him, the sources said.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AkL0ZNwbptgHGE7mgeyZR6U5nYcB?slug=mc-anthonynets011411
Meloooooo!!!
JR Swish From Way Down Town!!!
Stop Snitchin!!!
I'm not your friend buddy.Well I'm not your buddy friend!!
Props to management for working to get the most out of this,
Ready for this to be done though so I can start cheering for a team. Still want a center out of the deal, probably not gonna happen.
Hmmm...
near the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter, Karl called for Anthony Carter to go into the game. Carter declined and it didn’t seem to bother the coaches.
Interesting observation Andrew. If this were JR Smith it would be front page news. AC…does anybody really care? Guess not.
Question on the trade to NJ maybe someone can answer:
Can Billups do to the Nets what McDyess did to the Nuggets back in the Iverson deal to the Pistons?
When you're right, no one remembers. When you're wrong, no one forgets
When remembering this game, I still feel so exciting.
We have so many great talents. If they can stay healthy, Denver must be one of the strongest teams in the league. Why doesn`t Melo want to stay? Why? Why?
GO GO NUGGETS!!!
by Myka on Jan 14, 2011 7:40 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
That is the question
buried deep in the heart of every Stiff.
by love4nuggets on Jan 14, 2011 7:41 AM MST up reply actions
The more I watch Ty Lawson
The more I want CB included in the trade.
They're such a balanced attack together, though.
And you can bet Ty’s improvement has a lot to do with CB’s presence and mentoring.
by love4nuggets on Jan 14, 2011 7:50 AM MST up reply actions
I don't think so
Mentoring: I doubt CB did much mentoring (could be wrong) – they play completely different styles.
Balanced attack when playing together: give me TL and JR or TL and Afflalo
By balanced attack
I mean we have the option of running and gunning or methodical pounding, depending on the opposing team’s weakness. Also, I think CB does work with Ty on getting to the line and knowing when the appropriate time is to penetrate, pass, and what tempo can boost the team.
by love4nuggets on Jan 14, 2011 10:24 AM MST up reply actions
Ty isn`t tall enough as a starter. But coming out of the bench with JR, AL and Fobes, they can use their speed to beat the second team of opponents.
GO GO NUGGETS!!!
haha
cp3 is 1" taller…i think his height is not an issue.
Just like 1st round playoffs in 2009 against Hornets, CP3 could not do a good defence on CB, mostly because of their sizes. I know CP3 has many steals, but on the other side, taller PGs can make easy jump shots before him as well.
I myself prefer taller PG as starters, such as CB, AM or DW. Of course, I do love Ty .
GO GO NUGGETS!!!
Ty still has a way to go before becoming the starter
Still disappears at times, and looks tentative… He has the goods, just needs to the confidence which I’m sure will come with time…
He’s like a faster Chris Paul that doesn’t flop like carp.
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Exactly
If we are blowing up the team lets get him the minutes he needs now. It would make no sense to let CB have the minutes when our guard of the future is TL.
He played with confidence last night.
I just love his fearlessness and tenacity. He’ll probably get plenty of time to hone his skills as a starter once the trade goes down.
you sure do go around giving a lot of people -1000 points
let’s see how you like it.
-1000
Michael Ray Richardson on the Nuggets:
Reporter: What do you think is happening to the team?
Richardson: The ship be sinking.
Reporter: How far can it sink?
Richardson: Sky's the limit.
+$947.98
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by lesnarhypetrain on Jan 14, 2011 10:49 AM MST up reply actions
You got gypped
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Nah! 947.98 is decent money if you ask me!
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by lesnarhypetrain on Jan 14, 2011 1:20 PM MST up reply actions
im relaxed because i dont hate people
you should try it.
by Over-and-back on Jan 14, 2011 11:53 AM MST up reply actions
other nba teams are robbing us of an exciting farewell run
Michael Ray Richardson on the Nuggets:
Reporter: What do you think is happening to the team?
Richardson: The ship be sinking.
Reporter: How far can it sink?
Richardson: Sky's the limit.
Worst game recap ever
Save the trade talk for Golden Nuggets. I thought that’s why you made it a daily column. Give a little credit to the Nuggets. They played great, Miami stunk, but it may have had a little something to do with how well the Nuggets played. No one around here cuts the Nuggets any slack for losses on the second night of a back to back. Why should we cut the Heat slack for it. We still would have won this game with Lebron on the court, maybe it would have been a little closer, but don’t give that guy too much credit for letting us win tonight.
by NotWorriedAboutNuggets on Jan 14, 2011 8:30 AM MST reply actions
LMAO
How can you not include the trade speculation in every discussion about the nugs??? It factors in to the entire equation.
Anyways – these games mean nothing to me until we have the players who will be on the team during the playoffs. I respect kroenke’s patience but I need a clear vision now.
Touch upon it, sure,
but the entire recap is trade speculation BS with just a tiny bit of game recap at the bottom.
by NotWorriedAboutNuggets on Jan 14, 2011 8:37 AM MST up reply actions
Trade Talks Trump game recap
Whats the point of recapping a game and analyzing the team when its going to change very very very soon (at least that is what I am hoping). My vote would be to sit CB and CA and then start analyzing the team and the games they play.
Because we still have games to play
the other team is still going to show up and play, fans are still going to play money for tickets to see players play, occasionally and some times more than on occasion the players are going to play very well against pretty good teams. There is a whole column on this site daily dedicated to all the trade speculation. Let the game recap recap the game and save the trade talk for where it belongs. If trade talk trumps the game recap to you go to the Golden Nuggets article, if you want to talk recap talk it here.
by NotWorriedAboutNuggets on Jan 14, 2011 8:45 AM MST up reply actions
I understand
I look forward to the day when the trade is made too….and we can just focus on the team.
Aldridge interviews Melo
So post-game Aldridge point blank asks Melo (paraphrasing) “do you or don’t you want to be traded?”. Melo says “I can’t say”. WTF? What does Melo want? Does he want something from the FO? Does he want a new coach? A Karl contract extension? Does he want the Nugs in the CP3 race? Do you guys think the Nugs could do something that’d convince Melo to stay? He obviously wants more than $ from the Nugs – what is it?
he wants the same thing LeBron wanted
That is, to jump ship from the medium market team that drafted him, and go join a big market team with another All-Star on board.
He just doesn’t want to be hated and reviled for it like LeBron has been. That’s why he won’t say. He basically said that to Alridge during that same interview. Alridge pressed him on it and he replied “Do you want me to get booed?”
Getting booed is an occupational hazzard, Melo. Get used to it.
by ParkHillNative on Jan 14, 2011 11:27 AM MST up reply actions
Thats been my contention the whole time
trying to get out of this w/o negative PR
isn’t gonna happen MElo you can’t please eveyone there are going to be hard feelings one way or another
"boo that, boo that mothafrrrs"...................good now both of us are pissed!
I think all you need to know about where 'Melo is with this team . . . .
. . . is look at his two breakaway dunks last night, those were two of the most un-enthusiastic breakaway dunks I have ever seen. Was he afraid he would hurt LeBoshWade’s feelings, because I know the crowd felt there was something left to be desired after those two lollipop dunks.
+1 those dunks were so fucking weak.
calling them dunks isnt even accurate.
by calvin brodus on Jan 14, 2011 9:29 AM MST up reply actions
that was an exception
that almost never happens, you know melo has always done his lame ass two handed dunk/layup thing
your right
my main beef is that i was at a bar and got excited and then he does some lame ass georgr gervin finger roll
Melo has never been a flambloyant dunker
Seriously Melo always does the same dunks on Breaks. What the hell are you guys talking about ?? I’m starting to think some people dont watch the nuggets as much as I do
This. Melo is not a dunker. Not part of his game
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It might have been a yawn to you Andrew
But anytime you can beat the best team in the East by 30, it is a good time.
At least for a game I could forget about Melodrama.
If we could get rid of Melo/ Harrington and get the goodies from NJ, we are good for the new CBA
Gotta love the haterz. Keep that hate a comin'
by JR15 on Jan 14, 2011 9:22 AM MST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
few things
1. i like how active hunt is on the bench. and it seems to me the players looks towards him a lot for direction/instruction.
2. ely played good. but i dont get how he is inactive last game, yet he plays over shelden when he is active? im not sayin its a bad move bc he did well on the offensive boards but its strange. did gk say that he went w ely bc he wanted more offense?
3. i was a little worried about miami’s zone in the 1st half, but we did okay. once ty got in, he pushed the tempo and forced miami back into man. i was wondering why we didnt run the afflalo baseline play though, like we did against the suns. it worked like 4-5 times in a row against the suns and we didnt run it once last night.
4. im gonna miss JR if we don’t re-sign him. he might be a knucklehead, but hes a crowd pleaser. at least he brings the element of energy and excitement to the arena. like he says on his twitter, he plays for the fans.
5. good win. arena was pretty packed, although not sold out. bathroom lines got pretty long at halftime. all the melo jerseys were 50% off in the altitude store. im still debating wat to do w my melo jersey. maybe ill be able to get 5 cents on the dollar for it.
TEAM get rid of MELO ASAP!
let's go nuggets! who u wit?
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I don't care if that NJ trade gets agreed on cuz I doubt Melo would agree to go there.
Looks like he’s gonna leave Denver with three options:
1. Trade him to NY for a low ball offer.
2. Trade him as a rental.
3. Hold onto him and hope the CBA scares him into signing or get a decent piece in a sign and trade.
I called LeBron not playing when he sprained his ankle ... was a nasty sprain.
I do like how Andrew will blame LeBron when it snows though! haha …
The 4th qtr was a snoozer, but the game was pretty fun seeing the high-octane Nuggets. Also, J.R. Smith will always ruin his 3-pt% with his late game antics … pretty funny how he doesn’t care about his stats like Shane Battier does. I like it.
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I like JR's game this year
He is passing and playing good…and I agree about the stats.
We must build around the Swish!
JR can be the new starter at SF when Melo’s gone… Forbes can be the 6th man (on the cheap)…
Ty/Future Stiff
AAA/Forbes
JR Swish/Forbes
Favors/Future Stiff
Nene/Birdman
This would be a fun team to watch!
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Morrow is the 6th man bro
He can straight up ball. I have watched him since his GS days and have always wanted his shooting skills to come to Denver. When people talk three point shooters I put him in the same class as Ray Allen and Steph Curry. He doesn’t miss very often.
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by Garrett Olsen on Jan 14, 2011 9:50 AM MST up reply actions
Forbes is wayyyyyyyyyyyy cheaper than Morrow
I don’t expect the Nuggets to absorb is relatively cheap salary (4 mil a year), maybe flip him for a 2nd rounder…
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that sounds like a terrible idea
Keep him. He’s a legit 6th man and cheaper than the two you got already in AL and JR
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by Garrett Olsen on Jan 14, 2011 9:58 AM MST up reply actions
Yep
I need a fun team to watch instead of a soap opera….where the leading character is about to be killed.
Also if we're able to pry away DeAndre Jordan from the Clippers
We’d really be a young team on the up and up… If we’re also able to keep Chauncey to lead this group of youngins we’d be in even better shape…
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Get that DeAndre Jordan dream out of your head.
Guy will be a Clipper for years to come. Wait … Clippers … he could be had! haha
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by Nate Timmons on Jan 14, 2011 1:06 PM MST up reply actions
Already said earlier he wants to stay in Denver!
Probably even more so since he’d be the go-to guy
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I missed that
good news – if i was JR i would go as far away from GK as possible…(but maybe he appreciates / needs the tough love)
Bird is done
It’s sad that I was excited to Ely instead of Bird. I love me some Melvin’s (Hunt and Ely). I think he’s a solid big off the bench who will….wait for it…SET A FREAKING SCREEN and go for an offensive rebound. Why the hell does Bird slip every screen. He ain’t scoring!
by REAPtheThird on Jan 14, 2011 10:41 AM MST up reply actions
Watched it this morning.
The DVR stopped with six minutes to go in the fourth, I’m guessing I didn’t miss anything.
I love JR and AAA yesterday. And let’s not forget that it was Ty Lawson that started the route when the game was still a contest.
I think Denver can still be a playoff team without Anthony. But: they won’t be competing against the Spurs and Mavs without him.
Much as I want the trade to go down asap, I wouldn’t mind seeing how Denver plays against San Antonio Sunday before the team gets blowed up.
Nuggets are so bipoloar.
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Ah man rookie move
You always gotta set the DVR to record 30-60 min after the game. Especially if its on TNT, the game never starts on time and you always miss the first half of the first quarter! And nah, you just missed JR jacking up 3 balls.
yup, JR jacking tres
and the Melo postgame interview, plus the EJ/Kenny Smith/C Webb commentary, if you care about that sort of thing.
I always program it to go 60 min late, yup yup yup.
by ParkHillNative on Jan 14, 2011 12:19 PM MST up reply actions
hahaha good call on the "extended time" on the DVR
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by Nate Timmons on Jan 14, 2011 1:05 PM MST up reply actions
good stats from our shooting guards the past 2 games
JR: 43 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.
AAA: 45 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists.
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