How long do we go with….?

my sense is also that AAA and Gallo will be what we hoped they’d be. But still the question remains, what-if.

This is a relevant question because we are frankly pretty deep, if we get Wilson back, we’ll be even deeper. If Moz and even Kouf contribute, we’ll be deeper still.

So we don’t have to play guys who aren’t meeting expectations, at least not the minutes they might want and expect. Look, I love Gallo but if we get Will back, a healthy, functioning Chandler is better than a subpar Gallo.

Even with Mozgov, sure I love what I see as his potential, but we need to see him settle a bit and frankly play less anxiously. If not, then Koufas should be given more minutes because I like the idea of keeping Nene at power forward even if Nene reamains our best center.

I’m not in Denver, so have no idea about the pulse of Nugget fandom. But if Nug fans cant get behind this exhilirating, exciting, fast, young, attractive team then Denver doesnt deserve this team.

As RoundBall, I enjoy several of the blogs on the Nuggets but only really participate on Stiffs. I’m more than happy to see other blogs thrive and dont see it as a minus for Stiffs. The more the merrier.

As for Carmello, I did read article you cited but frankly nothing I read re Mello registers because I dont believe the premise that most mello articles stand on ie that Mello is a great player. He could become one, but in my view he hasnt been outside of a season or 2.

Frankly, for years I just ignored mello because there was no especial reason to pay attention but when it was obvious that he might be coming to Knicks, I paid close attention to his game, went thru his stats (dont disparage stats). More I saw, less I liked.

Contrast this with Chris Bosch who i saw as boring and overrated before last year. When I looked at him more carefully, more I saw, more I liked.

Any surprise the Raptors crumbled without Bosch but Nuggets thrived without Mello? Not to me.

It’s kind of like, hope I dont insult anyone here, if an article comes up on Celine Dion. I dont for a second consider a great or inspired singer and so dont really care to read anything that’s premised on her being a great artist.

Your proposals for starters are very intriguing. I love the idea of starting a 6’8", fast, powerful, high jumping Will at shooting guard. But I have to admit that I also really love AAA, so…

I’m also with you re small ball. It works in spots and is fun to watch but in basketball, usually, bigger is better. Even where the game has shifted to positions away from the big men, notice how most of the best players are big and strong at their position. DWade is a 6’5" house, LBJ is a specimen, same with Blake, Duraant may be reed thin but he’s a tall “small” forward and one of the things I love about gallo is that he is 6’10ish, a huge advantage over more typical 6’8 small forwards.

especially since Al has played so well. But my hope is that, I’m taking a sighy breath now, that Mozgov could develop enough to close out games like he did gor us in L.A. last season.

I wouldnt go overboard on Bynums slapping (sometimes literally) Moz around for 2 games. Moz should learn how to hold his ground. Also, I just saw Bynum do same to Houston. Bynum is so big and strong its ridiculous and healthy, he may challenge Kobe for team MVP this year.

Back to us, in a situation where we have the ball, its do or die, I think having Al in the line up makes sense because he could flat out score.