Golden Nuggets: Nuggs/Knicks forever linked...

And still the wrorst

… but now that the Melodrama is over, are Melo’s quotes more arrogant and dick-ish than they ever have been? I don’t recall him talking like this that often while in Denver.

There’s been a complete absence of humility in most every public statement I’ve seen from him since the trade.

But still the thought of the Knuggets having better long term success then the Nicks is the overall goal. That alone would stick it to Melo and Stat. The one thing I don’t get is these guys all going to the Eastern Conference. With Kobe and Duncan both about done(maybe one year left after the lockout for each one) the West is wide open. For this reason I see some of the BIG stars shifting the other direction. I think you will see Howard as a Laker the year after the lockout. If not, I can see The Thunder owning the west for a year or two

basically says that the Nuggets are playing an unsound scheme and will get their asses kicked in the playoffs. That they are playing the exact scheme that led the 1 seed sonics to lose to the 8 seed nuggets, and that any smart team can pick it apart. Not exactly encouraging.

beat the strong teams – lose to the weak ones.

The announcers basically had no interest in the game. They were talking amongst themselves for long periods while completely ignoring the game action. They spent several minutes at one point discussing Nashes “pelvic” injury without mentioning anything on the court. It was terrible.

The game also made me think of the changes to the game that have gone on. The 3 second rule on defense and zone defense. Watching Phoenix made me think of the days of Barkley receiving the ball outside the three point line and spending 15 to 20 seconds backing down for a low post shot – which is now illegal. It made me wonder what additional changes could/should be made to improve the game. I thought of the offensive 3 second rule. How often do you see the center post up, receive the ball, then have to be in a giant hurry to shoot before the 3 second call? If you watch the game now, the lane is most often completely empty, a big part of the game is just gone. Perhaps a modification of the offensive three second rule that allows you to exceed the 3 seconds if you have the ball. So Nene would have 3 seconds to post up and receive the ball, and then could take his time getting his shot. What do you guys think? What are other tweaks that would be good?

and the knicks have melo, people will compare the development of our young knicks and their effects on the team to what melo does for his team. Yes I think melo has hit his ceiling.

I honestly don’t care that much at this point. I wouldn’t know how they were doing, except that everybody’s talking about them so much.

I’ll say one thing, it sure as hell pissed me off last Thursday that TNT bumped the Nuggets/Suns so they could show Knicks/Mavs instead. Not enough “superstars.” So I was glad the Knicks got their butts kicked that particular night.

Maybe I’ll have to pony up for that League Pass bullshit next year, since Melo’s departure probably means the Nuggets will only be on national TV a couple of times, and I live in California.

but I’m ready to move on. For a team 7-2 since the trade and in the heat if a playoff seeding race there seems to be too much focus on another team across the country on here. I can’t even care about the Knicks losing anymore, they gave us a great amount of talent which fits in perfectly here, so thanks Knicks incompetent management. I’m just excited for the Nugs right now, usually I’d be more pumped for March Madness but the CU fuck over has actually made me more excited for the Nuggets. Let’s talk about our team a bit more eh? We can all laugh at Melo when he loses in the 1st rd again.

I don’t think that this is as cut and dry as every one thinks…
BIG losses this year included: San Francisco, Harvard, New Mexico, Nebraska, OK, and Iowa State. Sure they beat K State 3 times, but you just can’t lose to SF and Harvard. Also, OK and I State were terrible this year.

I know their resume and everything, but people act like they were screwed out of a 4 seed or something. This was a very flawed basketball team that has incredibly talented players who disappeared at some very key times. Higgins and Burks should play at the next level and any time you have 2 NBA players on your team you just can’t lose 6 games like those mentioned and then grip about not making the dance.

I know it’s not popular here, but I figured I would take the other side on this argument.

I watched the special on ESPN about the Fab Five last night. Pretty interesting. I guess the amount of hatred directed toward five basketball players for not being white shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did. They also so that people on the bench were telling Webber to call timeout during the infamous no-timeouts timeout.

i went to the bookstore yesterday, but couldnt find it. maybe the issue isnt out yet?

instead are considering committing to the 34-year-old Billups beyond 2012. The thinking is that Billups could be exactly what they need as a leader to direct the offense with star players Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire. And if they can sign him to a reasonable contract extension, it would allow the team to have a decent amount of money left over to make upgrades in other areas of the roster via free agency.

http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;jsessionid=FEBCE60640BB4740C210.3072?site=newsday&view=sports_item&feed:a=newsday_5min&feed:c=sports&feed:i=1.2755816&nopaging=1

Sounds like rather than pick up his option for next year, the knicks want to negotiate an extension at a lower rate, and keep Billups rather than trading him for an expensive PG.

Watching ESPN right now, evidently Raymond Felton came out and said the Nuggets are a better team than the Knicks, analysts were discussing the comment. I thought this was pretty interesting, especially considering Felton’s post game interview after Detroit game where he said Nuggets fans were best in the NBA. Seems like Felton is really embracing his new home here in Denver, I truly love this new Nuggets team, trading Melo was one of the best things to happen to this team IMO.