SkywalkerAC

muhahahahahahahaha...muhahahahahahaha...MUHAHAHAHA HA!

You'd usually hate to see a guy's career season interrupted but in this case I think I'll make an exception.

Nugz have San Antonio up next.

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SkywalkerAC

And GO TWOLVES!!!

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ballocks

i have to say, what's happened to the nuggets this season has been the best outcome for the raps- it almost couldn't have been any better. i mean, you want them to be "bad", but you don't want them to be so bad that they fall into their pick's protected territory, where they'd get to keep the pick for themselves. in fact, that would be devastating. imagine their team next year?

so we've been fortunate. what's more, this team is looking really uncomfortable on the floor, they're collapsing in the fourth quarter with regularity, and the honeymoon period with george karl is evidently over (which is another bonus). i was thinking to myself to begin the season, "where do we want the pick?", and felt 10-12 was both realistic and ideal. well, that looks pretty good right now. camby's likely to be out for over a month, the pressure on martin down low will be heightened- questions about his health abound: can his joints handle that pressure?- and who knows how this team will cope in general.

another point, while i've long been a carmelo anthony fan, watching some of these games recently has muted that feeling to a degree. i feel so fortunate that we got chris instead of melo in 03, although we all remember vince's look in new york after the 4 card was unveiled with our logo (vince was a media puppet; he believed everything he read, he was like a kid. he just had no vision for the future, it's too bad). chris is, imo, such a better fit for this franchise and melo impresses me less with every game. i mean, he can still dominate, no question, but an example might be last week's game against the sixers (where the nuggets lost a tight one).

it was in the fourth quarter, melo was on his way to establishing a new career high in points and the game was still very much up for grabs. now, there must have been ~ 6 minutes left, and melo hit a jumper to give himself 43 points. on the way back down the floor the camera caught up to him, and he turned to his bench wearing a quasi-grin, mouthing "how many do i have?" i couldn't believe it. it was so disappointing. this game was an important affair for the nuggets and carmelo was talking to the bench about his stats in crunch time. he looked like a kid. again, it's just a sign of the fact that i don't really respect this guy as a leader anymore. he'll be a good pro, don't get me wrong- he already is- but when you consider him against the fantastic man chris has become, you can't help but feel extremely lucky for the way the 03 lottery shook out.

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speedythief

Suddenly the Vince Carter trade looks like it might've been a great one.

Not that it was a bad one to begin with.

I wonder how many writers would be willing to admit that, after all this time.

After all, we got "practically nothing", didn't we?

shookem

It seems unlikely that Indy will get two (near) lottery picks for Artest, but picks are only as good as the players they turn into. If this picks slips into the top 12, it could be a huge bargining chip for Babs.

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TRON

I was on the Denver board, and they had a thread entitled "Camby out for the season", but upon reading the article further it does not conclusively state that Camby is out for the season. I don't know why the poster choose to use the misleading title.

with a loss to SanAntonio, Denver now at 14-17

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shookem

Denver's now 11th in the West and still has one more loss then Seattle, yet our ahead of them in the standings. A few more games and they could be 13th easily.

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I really hope Boozer can come back at full strength sometime soon to fortify the Jazz's mid season push. Sloan has brought them a long way since the beginning of the year and I expect them to continue coming together as their rookie PG earns his stripes.

The Nugz have Boston visiting tonight. Melo vs Pierce should be a great matchup and I expect Ainge's young gunz to come out on top.

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TRON

Denver loses in OT to Dallas, and now has a record of 16-18 good for 10th place in the Western Conference playoff race

If the season ended today we'd get a pick in the 12-14 range

-too bad Chris Paul went down with an injury, N.O are just a few percentage points behind Denver

-Seatle with thier new coach hopefully will inspire them to win a few more as they are just a couple of games behind Denver

This pick could move in either direction, and the next month will shed some light on exactly what we got here. Right now I would project this pick conservatively in the 10-18 range

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pac4eva5

or 3rd....???

pac4eva5

i must say that all u raptors fans are pathetic...

celebrating cuz a guy gets hurt and might be out for the entire season??? what the hell is wrong with u people??? i know yall from canada, BUT SERIOUSLY!!!

this thread started before the season??? u guys might possibly be the worst fans in the NBA. now i dont blame vince carter any more...

adhir1

This thread wasnt started for us to bash ur team, it was made because we own ur pick, and one of ur key players went down, which can do nothign but make uguy work harder to win, and helps us out becuase its harder to win. I don tknow who u think said that we WANT and are happy that someone got hurt, because this is a long *** thread and im not going to waste my time, but i no most of the fellas on this boards, and trust me it was most prolly said as a joke, and id be willing to bet any amount of uCash on that, so dont come in here talking smack about us, and you should no the reason which we dislike VC, before u start saying you "understand" why he left....

pac4eva5

thats what makes this so pathetic. i could care less if it was my team or any other team. why not instead of wishing for other teams to lose, you cheer for ur team to win??? absolutely disgusting...

btw, it was more than a couple CELEBRATING cambys injury...very pathetic indeed...

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