Golden Nuggets: The march to 50...
by Andrew Feinstein on Apr 11, 2011 9:00 AM MDT
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Print50-win NBA seasons come in different shapes and sizes. But for a long time in Denver, they were altogether non-existent.
If you're a good NBA team, 50 wins should be a no-brainer. Win 75% of your 41 home games (31 wins, 10 losses) and 50% of your 41 road games (20-21 wins, 20-21 losses) and you have your 50 win season.
See? Isn't that simple?
Well, not so fast.
Prior to the 2007-08 campaign, the Nuggets went two straight decades without a 50 win season. And with Bernie Bickerstaff, Allan Bristow and Dan Issel running things around here, the thought of reaching the 50 win mark was more fantasy than reality.
Today, the Nuggets are on the verge of wrapping up their fourth consecutive 50 win season. To put that into historical perspective, before the 2007-08 season the NBA Nuggets (not to be confused with their ABA predecessors who twice won north of 60 games) had reached the 50 win plateau only three times total, and never consecutively. (Of course, the NBA was more competitive back then and not as talent diluted as it is now, but we'll take our 50 win seasons however we can get them.)
And yet no 50 win season is exactly the same as the others.
For example, even though the Nuggets reached the 50 win mark in 2007-08 for the first time in 20 years, that season was actually a colossal disappointment. Armed with one of the most talented (and the most expensive) rosters ever assembled in Nuggets history, the Nuggets barely made the playoffs and all they got for their 50 wins was a first round, embarrassingly non-competitive sweep at the hands of the Lakers. All season long the Nuggets played bad teams with a sense of indifference, and it cost them all their preseason hopes of actually winning a playoff series during the Carmelo Anthony Era.
2008-09's 54 win season was a different matter altogether. Prior to the season, the Nuggets shipped out starting center Marcus Camby for a trade exception and made no substantive off-season moves other than giving Dahntay Jones and Chris Andersen minimum one-year contracts. Many thought the Nuggets would have a .500 (or worse) record and miss the playoffs altogether, never mind get anywhere near 50 wins. Proving their doubters wrong, the Nuggets matched their NBA-best record with 54 wins, secured the Western Conference's second seed and marched into the conference finals.
Last season the Nuggets won 53 games, their second best total since joining the NBA in 1976. But that season was tarnished somewhat knowing that the Nuggets could have broken their 54-win mark had George Karl not been stricken with cancer and had Kenyon Martin not gotten hurt down the stretch (and had Melo and Chauncey Billups actually displayed some leadership in Karl's absence, but we can debate that another day).
And this season - akin to what was accomplished in 2008-09 - will be nothing short of remarkable when the Nuggets get to 50 wins again. During the eye of the Melodrama storm, the Nuggets looked like a team destined to end up in the 46-47 win range and with a low playoff seed. Then, when Melo was traded for four role players who couldn't even keep the Knicks afloat in the pathetic Leastern Conference, 46 wins and any playoff seed would have been regarded as a success. Instead, thanks to a great coaching effort by Karl and a plethora of surprises from the new (and old) Nuggets, we're heading towards our fourth straight 50-win season and a respectable five-seed. I certainly didn't foresee this happening.
Does this mean we're Denver "Stiffs" no more? Aren't routinely winning 50 games in the always tough Western Conference saved for the likes of the Lakers, Spurs and Mavericks?
Quietly - and in spite of all the griping about Karl's coaching, Kiki Vandeweghe and then Mark Warkentien's management style, or how the Kroenkes allegedly run the team on the cheap - the Nuggets have put together a competitive on-the-floor outfit for eight straight seasons now. Camby has come and gone. Andre Miller has come and gone. Allen Iverson has come and gone. Billups has come and gone. And now Melo has come and gone. And yet the Nuggets are one of just three Western Conference teams (Dallas and San Antonio being the other two) to complete in eight consecutive playoff series and should soon be one of just four, including the Lakers, to notch 50 wins for four consecutive seasons.
So while the Nuggets may have rest on their minds with two games to go against two shoddy opponents, I hope they give a good effort on Monday night and bring win number 50 home for just the seventh time in their NBA history. Because a day will come again when winning 50 games won't be as routine as it seems right now.
On to the links...
"There is NO MELO in TEAM" T-shirts
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Nuggets eager to reach 50-win milestone - The Denver Post
At least the 50-win mark is on the Nuggets' collective minds and they aren't going to lay down tonight.
George Karl wants to see the Mavs in the playoffs, badly - Ball Don't Lie - NBA Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Scott Hastings accused "bloggers" (gee, I wonder who he was talking about) of blowing Karl's comments about the Mavericks out of proportion, even though neither myself, Nate or Jeff got on Karl's case about those dumb remarks regarding the Mavericks...
Dallas Mavericks' Rick Carlisle: Denver Nuggets' George Karl's jab 'great motivation' for Mavs - ESPN Dallas
...but we should have, because now Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said Nuggets coach George Karl's quote would be good bulletin-board material. Memo to Coach Karl: please don't tell other teams how we're going to beat them in the playoffs!!
Krieger: Too many variables for Nuggets - The Denver Post
Dave Krieger writes about the various playoff scenarios that could unfold for the Nuggets, and why they shouldn't/can't worry about who they'll play in the first round of the playoffs.
Nuggets' Gallinari is Italy's gift to Denver - The Denver Post
Benjamin Hochman writes a great column detailing Danilo Gallinari's basketball pedigree, including the days when his father played against Karl's Real Madrid team in Europe.
Turn Him Loose
Mile High Sports' James Merillatt argues that Karl should give J.R. Smith more freedom to take over games.
Mythbusters: Lawson puts the hot hand to the test - CBSSports.com
Royce Young dissects Ty Lawson's incredible 10-for-10 shooting night from three-point range.
Kroenke mounts full takeover bid for Arsenal - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
American businessman Stan Kroenke has agreed to a full takeover of Arsenal that values the Premier League club at $1.2 billion and should end the long-running uncertainty about its ownership.
Lakers, Phil Jackson ramping up effort to oppose Kings' move - NBA - SI.com
Sam Amick writes that the Kings' biggest ally to keep them in Sacramento may just be their biggest enemy: Phil Jackson.
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50 wins is always a good thing
Even better is getting out of the first round of the playoffs.
What would be really nice is a championship run.
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Agreeeed
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by NastyNessy71 on Apr 11, 2011 9:13 AM MDT up reply actions
50 wins
4 years in a row… thats a nice run… keep it goin fellas, show up in the playoffs, keep as many players as possible and lets see how this team does with a full 82 games… Given this roster all year without any of the Melodrama and I think this team is playing for their 57th win right now.
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Scott Hastings accused “bloggers” (gee, I wonder who he was talking about) of blowing Karl’s comments about the Mavericks out of proportion, even though neither myself, Nate or Jeff got on Karl’s case about those dumb remarks regarding the Mavericks…
I sure did! But it was after the fact and more in defense of whoever might be getting on Karl’s case for those words. I like Karl. I’m a huge fan of his and think he is key to the Nuggets success. But: he says a lot of dumb things to the media, and this might have been one of the dumbest.
If the Nuggets weren’t playing the Thunder, the team poised to leapfrog Dallas for that No 3 seed and make Dallas the opponent, the comments would have been harmless. But seeing how Denver let the Thunder steamroll them in two games, it has the appearance of evil, just like if you are caught out on a totally friendly and platonic dinner with your friend’s wife, even though nothing bad happened, it still looks bad.
Which is why Karl should be more careful and hire me as his press secretary.
Oh: and please stop slamming JR in the media with backhanded compliments. Cheers.
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Hastings hates "bloggers" but I don't think he knows what that means.
A lot of his ire is directed at ESPN writers. He and Evans though never seem to be the ones from the fan interviewing Andrew. It’s always Clough on that station.
Maya: "What are your first impressions of Denver?"
Mozgov: "I must break you..."
Both Andy and I know Sandy personally
And we both know Hastings … I don’t know him as well as Andy does.
I can say that Hastings lumps online writers at ESPN and “bloggers” all into the same category. He did an unfortunate radio interview with Chris Broussard inch which Broussard said “Carmelo is not a ball-stopper”…which tells you how much the national media actually paid attention before the whole issue cropped up with Melo wanting out. So ever since then Hastings had lambasted “bloggers”.
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by Jeffrey Morton on Apr 11, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
That lumping ESPN writers into bloggers is what really gets me
I first turned to political blogs because the CNNs, Fox’s and MSNBCs presented only the conventional wisdom, and presented provable lies as just the other side in a legitimate debate. Nobody but bloggers ever said, so and so is lying, or so and so is full of shit.
ESPN is in many ways Fox or CNN. Often times its the bloggers who, while opinion based and not doing the original journalism, filters the crap from the legitimate and repackages it to the reader. I almost get all my news now from bloggers I trust to do the news filtering for me, and the last couple of years that’s included DenverStiffs.
Maya: "What are your first impressions of Denver?"
Mozgov: "I must break you..."
Also, people know stuff, and a blog's community
often unearths people who have something valuable to say who whose voices are never heard without blogs. Nate Silver of 538.com got his start politically posting diaries on Daily Kos during the 2008 primaries crunching poll numbers. Now he works for the NY times. Blogs are the future. The Denver Post’s days are numbered. And, Hastings does a disservice to blogs by calling the ESPN hacks “bloggers” when they are anything but.
Maya: "What are your first impressions of Denver?"
Mozgov: "I must break you..."
ESPN posters=bloggers
DS members=revolutionaries
It's Timofey MOZGOD time
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Karl for COY
GALLO!!!
50 wins is nice
A healthy team going into the playoffs is better.
Nugs should take little risk this week and start looking forward to the first round.
fiddy the hard way
my original prediction was 41 wins. i picked every team in the nortwest to finish with identical 41-41 records. a new era for the nuggets begins along with a new CBA for the nba.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
the smart thing is just to be smart- chauncey billups
we're on a mission from god
Where were all of our preseason predictions?
Nate, Andrew, Jeffrey, do we still have that thread somewhere? It would be cool to see who was dead on or closest.
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by Army of Nugs on Apr 11, 2011 2:54 PM MDT up reply actions
It's still around...
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by Nate Timmons on Apr 11, 2011 6:28 PM MDT up reply actions
It better be
I have no idea what I guessed though
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by Army of Nugs on Apr 11, 2011 10:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Does anybody know...
The tie-breaking scenarios if Dallas, OKC, and LA finish in a 3 way tie? Yeah it’d be nice to play Dallas, but I’m terrified that the Lakers could fall to the 4 when all is said and done.
In my head…in order to play Dallas…we need:
OKC to win both
LAL to win both
Dal to lose one
But if:
OKC wins both
LAL loses one (to Spurs?)
Dal loses one
It’s a 3 way tie.
by Jeff Francis Day on Apr 11, 2011 10:01 AM MDT reply actions
The Lakers will win a game.
They can do that.
Unless they want to play the Nuggets.
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Right
But even if they win one the 3 way tie can still come into play
by Jeff Francis Day on Apr 11, 2011 10:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Oh...
I see. Um. I guess I’m in one of those weird situations where I have to root for the Lakers to win out.
This is gonna be tricky.
Still think Denver can beat them. Maybe getting them in the first round while they are still in suck mode is a good idea. I mean, didn’t Utah play them well in the first round a couple years back?
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Not sure I agree
No team can snap out of suck mode faster than the Lakers, especially once they start playing 6 on 5 (officials) come playoff time.
Still though, if anybody can shed light on the 3 way tie scenario, that’d be great.
by Jeff Francis Day on Apr 11, 2011 10:24 AM MDT up reply actions
well
in a 3 way tie it’d go 2-lakers, 3-okc, 4- dallas
Lakers have a 2-1 lead over OKC in h2h, and Both OKC and LAL are division winners so beat our dallas.
What we’d need to ahve happen is for both dallas and lal to lose 2, and OKC to win 2 and OKC would ahve 2 and homecourt on LA at 3 and we’d get dallas. But that is highly unlikely.
or
If that’s true…my above scenario works
OKC wins both
Dallas Loses 1 of 2 (most likely would have to be @Houston)
LAL wins at least 1 of 2 (1 would give the 3 way tie, 2 would leave a tie between OKC-DaL)
by Jeff Francis Day on Apr 11, 2011 10:31 AM MDT up reply actions
urs seems extra complicated
it boils down to we need dallas to lose 1 and okc to win 2 (or dallas lose 2, okc win 1) to force an okc dallas tie which will result in dallas being 4th seed.
lakers only come into play if OKC wins 2 and LA loses 2. otherwise okc dallas wins/loses only affect 2nd seed.
Correct
So it’s be careful what you wish for. We root for OKC to win out and for Dallas to lose once. If that happens, we’re in the clear UNLESS the Lakers lose out…in which we’d get them.
by Jeff Francis Day on Apr 11, 2011 10:45 AM MDT up reply actions
Se we do need the Lakers to win just one?
I thought I was wrong about that.
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If it's a three way tie...
Lakers 2
Thunder 3
Mavs 4
Lakers are up 2-1 H2H on Thunder
both Thunder and Lakers are division champs trumping Mavs.
http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/nba/preview.asp?lg=NBA&g=2011041013
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 10:53 AM MDT up reply actions
so if just OKC and Dallas end up tied
we get Dallas in the first round because OKC is a division champion and that’s the first tiebreaker correct?
RE: the hot hand
Chantech will probably side differently here, but I absolutely side with the feel and confidence of being hot. I’m a 5’10 white kid who could have played some in college. I am the definition of a streak shooter when I play. As a jump shooter, I have games when I feel really cold. That mental make up isn’t at all quantifiable. I also have games where I feel like the basket is huge and I can’t miss. I start taking Jimmer like pull ups and hitting them. It’s a feeling, it’s emotional. Stats tend to be VERY good for MOST things, but when you work in the mental capacity of a human being, they fail. People act mostly on emotion rather than logic (see Rolex watches, Hummers, triple venti blah blah blah). You just can’t count rationalize the human psyche.
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That's what makes sports fun to watch.
The mental aspect can make 2 equally skilled players as different as night and day. Who handles a one stroke lead on the 18th hole better, Tiger Woods or Jean Van de Velde? Some thrive and get in a zone at the highest level, some crumple. Stat’s will never predict whether KMart will get an offensive rebound tip in at the end of a Laker game. It’s the players brains that makes sports compelling.
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Nuggets C Timofey Mozgov (ankle/knee) said he may return ahead of schedule. Will do on-court work today.
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by Jeffrey Morton on Apr 11, 2011 11:04 AM MDT reply actions
Hey Collison! You like apples!
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 11:06 AM MDT up reply actions
From Aaron Lopez' twitter
Lopez_Nuggets Aaron J. Lopez
Gallinari says he won’t play tonight vs GS. Hopes to test sprained R ankle Wednesday at Utah.
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by Jeffrey Morton on Apr 11, 2011 11:06 AM MDT up reply actions
Good
He should rest. Look for G. Forbes and Koufos to get a lot of run these last few games :)
ever think
we’ll see a play where we can hear the line " Coast-to-coast, with kosta koufous" I doubt it but wierder things have happend
So you're saying
The cock has pulled out?
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions
I don't think he was really up for it in the first place
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by Bob in Boulder on Apr 11, 2011 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions
Have you missed the last 2 months on Denver Stiffs?
It was really cocked up
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So.
What will happen if he is inserted?
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions
It might be hard to say
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will he be able to penetrate effectively?
by Rainbow skyline on Apr 11, 2011 11:24 AM MDT up reply actions
He'll probably be well covered
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah-I feel his return is premature.
by Rainbow skyline on Apr 11, 2011 11:25 AM MDT up reply actions
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by QueensNetsfan on Apr 11, 2011 11:28 AM MDT up reply actions
Yawn
Just a disgruntled Knicks fan talking shit.
Always a fun time.
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Being limp is no way to enter
Maya: "What are your first impressions of Denver?"
Mozgov: "I must break you..."
No need to play Gallo or Ill Will
maybe some Bird and AAA but not much. If we lose two and fall to 6 it won’t be the end of the world but I doubt we lose tonight against a depleted and tired GS team
It's Timofey MOZGOD time
Ujiri for MVE
Karl for COY
GALLO!!!
The two losses to OK City be damned, I’m still confident in this team. I really think they have a better shot at a title than they did two years ago. Am I nuts? Drinking some sort of anti-Melo koolaid? I just like the way they play now. Especially on the defensive end when they are tuned in. They have 3 guys (if healthy) they can throw up against Durant to give him different looks (Afflalo, Chandler, K-Mart). I think this will be big in the playoffs if they play the Thunder.
We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 11, 2011 11:18 AM MDT reply actions
I agree
They had to lose sometime and they lost to the hottest team in the NBA right now. do I think the Thunder could beat the Nuggets 6 out of 9 games? Nope. They got their two wins out of the way early and it will soon be our turn. I’m going to the game tonight. Go Koufos!
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 11:21 AM MDT up reply actions
Nice brown nosing touch at the beginning there too. At least he already has a bandwagon to jump on when Melo does his usual quick first round exit.
We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 11, 2011 11:40 AM MDT up reply actions
i thought it was paticularily interesting
because his ideal franchise is OKC, which built through patience the draft and fiscal prudence, something a NY team can never do. the fanbase is all what have you done for me in the last 15 secs. they couldnt be patient enough to see the grand design and let their team be built up. They’d boo and bitch until the team made some stupid expensive signing (see curry, jeffries, etc)
Troll who was banned here and needs to show why on a blog for OKC
It's Timofey MOZGOD time
Ujiri for MVE
Karl for COY
GALLO!!!
HEY NETS FAN: We heard you the first time
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by Artimus Mangilord on Apr 11, 2011 12:13 PM MDT up reply actions
The same guy was pissed NY gave up so much.
I remember he went on a long diatribe about how old Chauncey was and how stupid it was to let Ray go. He was pretty much against the whole deal now he’s trashing the new-Nuggs. Funnny to me
sick like
physcial? Or sick like, “Yo, that G Forbes is sick, homey?”
Clarify
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 11:44 AM MDT up reply actions
physical
he tweeted goin to the doctor to get meds.
let's go nuggets! who u wit?
by 808inDenver on Apr 11, 2011 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Is his Dr.
Dr. Balkman? Maybe he’s having some “chronic” pain
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 12:08 PM MDT up reply actions
ok
we NEED inbounding lobpass to have balkman in a doctor uniform.
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by CloudBurst on Apr 11, 2011 5:07 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Interesting
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds
So, the odds are that the Nuggets will face the Bulls in the finals?
I don’t think I would take that bet
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I like how you mention the...
great coaching effort by Karl
… when referring to this season but mention nothing about his terrible coaching effort when we barely made the playoffs with the most talented Nuggets roster ever.
Just saying Andy. You gotta tell both sides of the story.
I don’t see why everyone is so up in arms about Karl’s quote regarding the Mavs. He was being honest and it wasn’t like he said 90 percent Mavericks and 10 percent Oklahoma City. Dallas is by far the best match-up for us. We’ve consistently bested them in both the regular and post-season for a while now. K-Mart does a great job on Dirk and once you shut him down, they can’t do much. The only thing that worries me is perhaps Karl will get a big head and not take them seriously enough.
Hyperboles kill.
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Up in arms?
Here’s why: It is easy bulletin board fodder, though I think any team that needs to be disrespected first to be motivated to play probably isn’t good to begin with.
It looks bad given the context of a very good Denver team suddenly shooting terribly against a team greatly benefited by the wins in the seeding battle.
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This isn't high school ball
These are grown ass men. I don’t think Dirk’s out there saying, “I’ll show that coach that we are 55% better than the Thunder! How’s that fadeaway jumper over a smaller defender taste, Mr. 55%?”
Ain’t no thang. It gets fans upset, but I don’t think the players care.
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by REAPtheThird on Apr 11, 2011 12:18 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
But if we split in Dallas, they'll be like (in the backs of their minds)
“this is why they wanted us, they have are number, where’s a cliff? we’re screwed!”
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50 wins would be nice
I’d rather we lose the next two and be rested for the playoffs. It’s the only thing that matters now. The only number I care about is 16. The total of victories needed to win a championship. I hope its this year.
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cheeeheee my man Ray-Felt WANTS OKC
yeah boyee.
"Hopefully we get Oklahoma City because I feel like we owe them," Felton said.
The Nuggets dropped two games to the Thunder last week – a seven-point loss at home on April 5, and 15-point loss at Oklahoma City on April 8. Apparently the trash talking was in full swing, something that Felton will not forget.
"Everybody (else) is pretty much whatever, whoever we’ll be ready to go, but I want them though," Felton said. "They were doing a little bit of trash talking, so I want them."
let's go nuggets! who u wit?
That's awesome
Gonna miss that guy when he’s gone.
Hyperboles kill.
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by GoldenNugget on Apr 11, 2011 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes
But also: Are are Mr. Negativeland all the time any more. What happened? You used to be all right?
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Good
to know Felton can help Martin be “the balls” of this team
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by NastyNessy71 on Apr 11, 2011 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Going into last week
I was for sure Nuggs matched up well against OKC. After 2 games last week, now I’m not so sure. That OKC team seems to be getting it together at the right time, & are extremely hot right now. Now I don’t know if injuries were to blame, or the har schedule last week, but the Nuggs just didn’t really seem like they could hang w/ OKC. KD & Westbrook getting call after call really has me concerned. Ibaka, Harden, Sefolosha & Collison are going to be huge pains in the ass. Perkins seems like he’s got Nene worked and they haven’t even started the series yet. After Monday’s game last week, I didn’t think OKC was the better team. After Fridays game & OKC’s recent hot streak, color me concerned w/ the Nuggs matching them in the playoffs.
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Dunks
We got WC at #5, Smith at 33, and the Moz making an apperance at #2
http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2011/04/top-10-dunks-of-the-season-video/
Very good write-up -- I feel credit for 50 wins has a lot to do with
George Karl.
Has been a winner overall in the regular season wherever he has coached. At Seattle 15 years ago, 50 wins was easy for him.
The next big task for GK is how to win in the playoffs more consistently. With his career winding down, hoping he looks at the playoffs differently this year and can come up with a way to suprise (in a good way for us) starting this weekend.
Yup.
Of course the Karl Haters, GN, TIDBMTID, will always point to his lack of a championship as proof that we should kick him out.
Ugh.
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im worried we won't be able to reach this benchmark next season
Without AC!!!
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