The OFFICIAL Nuggets thread

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

LOL!

LA will probably sweep Denver! That series will be a mismatch......

The Lakers can't guard Aaron Brooks. Plus KMart has a tat of red lips on his neck, you know that has to be distracting to some LA players.

[JohnnyLingo]

You think that was an equal parts trade? Or was it one team ripping of another team like the Lakers for Pau (POW!) or the Jazz for DWill?

Yet you are only whining about one trade needing to be voided by the league.

You misunderstand.

I'm not rallying against trades merely because they aren't 100% equal for both teams.

I'm rallying against trades that are egregiously inequitable.

Here is the factor that makes the Kwame for Pau trade egregiously inequitable:

Both players were proven commodities. Pau is an All-Star level forward. Kwame is a major, major bust who contributes little to nothing to whatever team he is on.

That's what bugs me. LA gave away nothing in exchange for a player who has proven he can play extremely well for an extended period of time at the highest level of basketball.

You keep playing the Dwill card if you want, but Deron was an unknown commodity coming out of college. There was little to no proof that he could succeed at the professional level. The Jazz took a risk trading up to pick him, just like the Blazers took a risk trading that pick away. It worked out for the Jazz.

In the same way, I do not begrudge the Lakers for having Bynum. Putting aside how ineffectual he's been in the playoffs, that kid has a bright future ahead of him, and I hate that he'll probably be making the Lakers good for another 10 years or so.

But you know what? The Lakers took a chance on an unproven kid coming out of high school. Plenty of bigs cannot take their size and translate it into NBA excellence. LA risked it with Bynum, added a lot of good coaching, and now it's paying off. That's how the game is played.

The Allen Iverson for Chauncy trade was also fine. Detroit made no bones about the fact that they were blowing up the team in order to have cap space this summer. They tanked the season. As they won two championships in the last decade, I think they probably have the right to do so. And in the end, Iverson is a proven commodity in the league... he's a scorer with decent passing skills who can get you 20 points plus per game if you let him have shots.

Chauncy is also a known commodity: a point guard who can score and run an offense well. Denver thought he could help their team, so they took a chance on trading for him.

Was the trade 100% equitable for both teams? Not really, no. Iverson has proved to be more of a problem that Detroit probably imagined, and Chauncy has been better for Denver than I think anyone expected. This is fine.

But when teams are able to give up what amounts to a pile of garbage in exchange for a great player, I don't think that's fair.

[landpoke]

Bring on the winner of the Rockets/Lakers.

[FN Phat]

I do too. And he was right.

I don't mind the Nuggets, but I hate Melo. He lets his boy take the fall for the pot in his backpack. But really ever since his bitch fight against the Knicks. Whatever hood was in him stayed in Baltimore after watching that.

I didn't see this bait for quite some time, although you are no fisherman Surfah.

I find it funny that you hate Melo b/c he let his boy take the fall on some pot. What homey from the hood wouldn't take the fall for his boy. He was getting a free ride all the way out of B-town. Would you rather he "rehabilitate" his injuries in CO?

And I know that you aren't talking about his performance at the Garden. There is no doubt that he can't fight, and ran around like a pussy after throwing one punch. However he had multiple people after him. Kobe just goes after people that are considerably smaller and weaker...Rajon Rondo, Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, and last and the least, BSU alum Chris Childs.

FWIW, Kobe got rocked by Chris Childs.

[landpoke]

Lakers fans are worried

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12399909

Utah favorite Woody Paige. He was right about the jello, he's spot on here

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12399808

How the Nuggets landed Billups and made their season

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12387870

And finally thoughts on AI

http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_12398061

[YOhio]

Lakers fans are worried

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12399909

Utah favorite Woody Paige. He was right about the jello, he's spot on here

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12399808

How the Nuggets landed Billups and made their season

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12387870

And finally thoughts on AI

http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_12398061

No Rocky Mountain News links? What gives?

[landpoke]

No Rocky Mountain News links? What gives?

Since my Denver days I've been a fan of the Post because they, unlike the Rocky, covered WYO news and sports. They are, after all, The Voice of the Rocky Mountain Empire.

Plus the Rocky refused to (and to this day still does not) carry Fred Basset and that will not stand. THAT WILL NOT STAND!

[YOhio]

Since my Denver days I've been a fan of the Post because they, unlike the Rocky, covered WYO news and sports. They are, after all, The Voice of the Rocky Mountain Empire.

Plus the Rocky refused to (and to this day still does not) carry Fred Basset and that will not stand. THAT WILL NOT STAND!

And it's out of business.

[landpoke]

And it's out of business.

Well yeah, that too.

I was trying (fairly successfully I might add) to make something of your weak sauce and here you come further weakening said sauce.

Poorly played sir, poorly played.

[TripletDaddy]

[Surfah]

Is that you in the back ground?

I want a Kobe Diem shirt.

[TripletDaddy]

Is that you in the back ground?

I want a Kobe Diem shirt.

No, but I dig the single fin. My longboard is a single. Old school.

I guess that guy doesn't mind wax all over the side of his wetsuit.

[landpoke]

Great game by the Nuggets. Way to come back from way down on the road and gut one out. This isn't last year's Nuggets.

[landpoke]

Hopefully Melo is ok. Looks like a turned ankle.

[YOhio]

Hopefully Melo is ok. Looks like a turned ankle.

It's weird how that happened. He wasn't even running away from a fight.