Thread: The Official Denver Nuggets Thread!

Originally Posted by Thnikkaman

I wonder if the salute after the dunk was a TD tribute.

He had the salute before he came to Denver. I don't know what it means to him, but he did it in Washington as well.

A bank in Washington State was robbed by a guy wearing a Nuggets throwback jersey

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/man-...fife-ba/nLgBz/

Thuggets, mount up!

Nuggets hanging on for dear life after being up 9 with a minuet to go.

Nuggets win, despite Andre Miller's best attempt to make them lose...

ORLANDO, fla. — When the season began, Nuggets rookie forward Kenneth Faried wasn't playing at all. Now the first-round draft pick is playing crucial fourth-quarter minutes.

Faried is learning the nuances of the NBA game and earning respect from coach George Karl. Faried helped the Nuggets beat the Magic 104-101 on Sunday by grabbing a team-high nine rebounds. He blocked two shots in the final four minutes.

"Jameer (Nelson) was coming down the lane," Faried said of his first block, "and he was hitting that shot all game, so I wanted to show him, like, 'Hey, we're going stop this now and we're going to win this game.' He was trying to take over the game. As for Ryan Anderson, he came quickly and it was shocking how quick the back cut was, but I still got up high enough and got my hand on it."

rest - http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci...st-fine-fourth

Chandler signs, and right away he's out with a groin injury. Boy, isn't that just the way the season has gone?

But, somehow, the Nugs are finding ways to win some of those games, anyway . . .

When a team trades its two best players -- one of them about to be a three-time Olympian in his prime -- in the span of a year, can things possibly get better?

The Nuggets won't have anything to show right away for shipping out Carmelo Anthony and Nene, maybe not even later this month in the playoffs (that's assuming they make it that far).

There's a price to pay, obviously, for shaving off so many points, rebounds and late-game impact. So let's clarify: the Nuggets aren't better ... they're better off.

Three reasons:

rest - good article - http://www.nba.com/2012/news/feature...s=iref:nbahpt1

In reading the whole article, I just hope we do NOT get rid of our young players for a "superstar"

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

rest - good article - http://www.nba.com/2012/news/feature...s=iref:nbahpt1

In reading the whole article, I just hope we do NOT get rid of our young players for a "superstar"

Nah, we just need to get the right kind of superstar... Kind of like Bill Simmons' described in his NBA MVP column today when talking about Kevin Durant and Tim Duncan:

When your best player cares the most, plays the hardest, works the hardest, pulls for everyone else and doesn't care about his own numbers, you're always going to be in good shape.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...g-nba-mvp-race

Problem is, those kind of superstars don't grow on trees. For every one Durant, there are 10 or 15 me-first Carmelo Anthonys.

Originally Posted by Buff

Nah, we just need to get the right kind of superstar... Kind of like Bill Simmons' described in his NBA MVP column today when talking about Kevin Durant and Tim Duncan:



Problem is, those kind of superstars don't grow on trees. For every one Durant, there are 10 or 15 me-first Carmelo Anthonys.

But this is the part I do not like:

"They're grooming players for major roles and stocking up on assets just in case a chance to grab a star through a trade comes along."

I would prefer keeping what we have, and see if one of these players can become that "superstar".

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

But this is the part I do not like:

"They're grooming players for major roles and stocking up on assets just in case a chance to grab a star through a trade comes along."

I would prefer keeping what we have, and see if one of these players can become that "superstar".

I think it's safe to say Denver doesn't have a Top 15 player in the league, even if some of these young guys turn into really nice players.

And only rarely do you win a Championship without an elite player.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

I think it's safe to say Denver doesn't have a Top 15 player in the league, even if some of these young guys turn into really nice players.

And only rarely do you win a Championship without an elite player.

Problem is, if you give up 3 or 4 of our young players to get an elite player, you do not have much left to put around that elite player.

I am sure OKC had no clue what they had at first - but with keeping their players, they are now finding out what they have.

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

Problem is, if you give up 3 or 4 of our young players to get an elite player, you do not have much left to put around that elite player.

I am sure OKC had no clue what they had at first - but with keeping their players, they are now finding out what they have.

You're right, there's something to say about drafting said player, rather than giving up the farm to get him.

The dilemma Denver gets into with this current roster, is are they satisfied with being the Atlanta Hawks, a team that has won a playoff series or two over the last six years, and has given fits to good teams like the Bulls and Celtics in the playoff? I think that's the type of roster they have right now. In that situation, you're not going to get that superstar in the draft because you'll always be drafting in the late teens or early 20s.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

The dilemma Denver gets into with this current roster, is are they satisfied with being the Atlanta Hawks, a team that has won a playoff series or two over the last six years, and has given fits to good teams like the Bulls and Celtics in the playoff? I think that's the type of roster they have right now. In that situation, you're not going to get that superstar in the draft because you'll always be drafting in the late teens or early 20s.

But we may already have that superstar on the team, who just needs time to develop into that role.