Golden Nuggets: More reaction to the Nuggets / Knicks 2OT thriller ...

Without a nashesk point guard NY will keep getting it handed to them. Amare fits the D’Antoni system. Melo would fit better in a true half court team IE the Sloan version of the Jazz.

We got the better end of that deal! Masai for GM of the Year!

Still feel bad that Chauncey was traded…

OK it was also the day of my birthday and the drama being over was a huge relief, but even though I hated the deal with NY until it happened there was a feeling I had that was telling me something very good just happened. But again that may just be because I turned 21 that day and finally it was over, but I’ll boast anyway at my awesome rationality in that thread.

I had two posts in that thread. One despondent one about Chauncey, the other telling a stupid shitty Laker fan to fuck himself sideways.

Nothing surprising, in other words.

Man, what a long ordeal that all was. I do find my bitterness about Melo ebbing pretty significantly. This team we have now is full of surprises, more pleasant than not, and Melo is starting to seem almost tragic.

I almost feel a little guilty at this point. The Denver Nuggets front office got away with highway robbery here.

Ditto the trade of Felton for Miller.

OFF NOTE: in reality, using logic. you need a good frontcourt. look at utah flourishing essentually just because of their fantastic front duo of milsap, and jefferson. If you really want to start your franchise with any player at all you go for the best center, so Dwight howard, or shaq, in his prime etc. SO really, it’s howard and no debating it from there

Obviously there’s a lot to what you’re saying.

Unbelievably, I am going to defend Melo a teeny bit, by pointing out that although I don’t miss him at all, I do think he has great talent, and his problems come from a bad mindset. Every once in a while we’d see him decide to put some energy into defense, and he’d look great for a minute or two.

Also, I’ll never forget this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivb7OtW8rpg

Why didn’t/doesn’t he do more stuff like that? If he played hard (and smart) on defense, and did more stuff like that, he’d be a top 5 player in the league for sure.

Thought I’d add this Nugget while contemplating when Mike D’Antoni will be fired:
"Maybe I need to not take so many shots. I don’t know. That’s just a bunch of stuff that goes through my mind. Just coming down, taking less shots, just figuring out ways, how to make other guys better. Should I pass it more?"

Well perhaps Melo should just think back to the days when he had a coach who would actually stand up to him and say, “Don’t play sticky offense.” I know there are a lot of GK critics and sometimes I am one of them, especially in terms of developing the full potential of the bench, but he’s always been a 7-8 rotation coach and that’s what we have. However, GK has the balls to stand up to anyone and ask them to play defense. See Ray Allen, Sean Kemp and other offensive stars. I’ve written before here and will do so again that when it’s all over, Melo will look fondly back at his Denver days.

The other thing that stands out to me in his interview is that Melo doesn’t mention defense; as if it isn’t even in his consciousness.

Gallo showed us a glimpse of his potential in NY. He’s only, what, 22? So he will have to learn to bring it every night if he wants to be a star in this league. Yet he did show that he can play defense; he was guarding the best offensive player, Melo, and didn’t do a bad job. Note that Melo is so egocentric that he didn’t even mention the defense that Gallo was playing on him. Here you have to give GK some credit as well. He’s motivating Gallo to step it up on defense, something he always had but was never really challenged to play.

But by getting Moz and Chandler plus Koufos thrown in, we did a lot better.

it would be “Andrewesque”

I was in platinum 107 seats sitting behind a pimp named rondell and his 3 hoes from denver…. anyway I loudly cheered for Denver the whole game and did not once feel as if I was in danger

The Nuggs clearly bring it in big games, at home and on the road. Nice to see Sheridan put Denver at #4 in today’s power rankings. I would call this season a great success if we make the WCF against OKC, and be in the Final Four with OKC, Miami and Chicago. I suspect we will battle Portland and Memphis for that other WCF slot.

I am hoping he will be part of a trade package. Maybe to facilitate a Howard trade.

We may need Will if someone gets hurt (hopefully that doesn’t happen). Given the quality of the upcoming draft could he get us a high lottery pick on his own? I don’t think theres a huge market for him. Perhaps but doubtful.

:)

Ends the game.

49er fans are going NUTS on their blog. I feel for them.. they seem like how people react when they find out their pet hamster died.

Sometimes when I watch NFL, I can’t help but think the fix is in. Sometimes it seems about as real as professional wrestling.

Meh.

Well done, good sir!

yea

It will be remembered.

for luck and all?

He’s on antidepresants. That’s why he acts like that. I’m not kidding.

I actually wouldn’t really be afraid to play the Lakers in the playoffs, unless they have a certain Dwight Howar on their team and they don’t give up too much to get him, like Bynum+Luke Walton for Howard.

The Pacers on the other hand are not surprising me, in my Eastern conference preview with Andrew, I had the Pacers at the 3rd seed this year. They would be extremely good with Rondo as their point guard though.

lots of my posts always get deleted lmao

This team is a puzzle and this season is bizarre. They just won 4 consecutive road games in 5 nights, but they’re not playing good defense consistently, and their half-court offense is awful. I don’t really know what to think, but a whole bunch of road wins in a row like that sure feels good.

Also has Denver at no. 3.

OKC is definitely getting some tsk tsk’ing for losing to the Wizards.

In the end, things will even out. OKC will end up on top in the west and Denver will settle somewhere in the top four. But don’t be surprised to see Denver suffer accordingly from the brutal schedule in Feb.

4th fits Denver best, but I will take 3rd… Like i said before… all it takes is one little injury to OKC and they will fall dramatically. Denver is 2 deep at every position.

(12/17)*82=58 wins.

Math Thursty’d!

Jesus

better stick with those until the road trip ends :)