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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. MVP: Gallinari. The guy takes and makes big shots, plays solid defense, makes free throws, plays smart, and hustles. When he&#039;s playing well, the Nuggets are a very tough team to beat. When he&#039;s not playing well or injured, the Nuggets are very average as evidenced by last year.

2. Disappointment: McGee. We traded away a very solid player to get him and gave him a fat contract, but he&#039;s the same old player he was in Washington. Paying a guy 11 mil per year to play 19 minutes per game off the bench is ridiculous. I would take Nene back in a heartbeat (look how much better Washington is playing now that Wall and Nene are healthy).

3. Weakness: free throw shooting, and it isn&#039;t even close. The Nuggets used to be one of the best free throw shooting teams in the league, and consequently perennially had a top-3 offense. Now they&#039;re the worst team in the league. How can you possibly be the worst team and not even have Dwight Howard playing for you? If a few more free throws were hit here and there, the Nuggets would be vying for a top-3 seed right now. The Nuggets really miss guys like Melo and Chauncey in that department.

4. Yes, make a trade. There&#039;s no way this team will have success in the playoffs with the way they shoot. Free throws and three pointers matter. They also have problems defending the post. I see no reason for them stand pat. The only problem is there aren&#039;t a lot of shooters on the market that would have a huge impact on the team. The player would need to be a JR Smith type. But there are some good post players being dangled out there, and the Nuggets should take a long look at them, especially guys like Pau Gasol and Josh Smith.

5. To have success in the playoffs, the Nuggets need to get lucky. The teams ahead of them in the standings are all arguably better, and without home court advantage in the first round, it&#039;ll be difficult for the Nuggets to advance. So they either need to get lucky and snag a top 4 seed, or get lucky as a road dog in the playoffs. Getting a top seed is more realistic than beating a good team on the road.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. MVP: Gallinari. The guy takes and makes big shots, plays solid defense, makes free throws, plays smart, and hustles. When he&#8217;s playing well, the Nuggets are a very tough team to beat. When he&#8217;s not playing well or injured, the Nuggets are very average as evidenced by last year.</p>
<p>2. Disappointment: McGee. We traded away a very solid player to get him and gave him a fat contract, but he&#8217;s the same old player he was in Washington. Paying a guy 11 mil per year to play 19 minutes per game off the bench is ridiculous. I would take Nene back in a heartbeat (look how much better Washington is playing now that Wall and Nene are healthy).</p>
<p>3. Weakness: free throw shooting, and it isn&#8217;t even close. The Nuggets used to be one of the best free throw shooting teams in the league, and consequently perennially had a top-3 offense. Now they&#8217;re the worst team in the league. How can you possibly be the worst team and not even have Dwight Howard playing for you? If a few more free throws were hit here and there, the Nuggets would be vying for a top-3 seed right now. The Nuggets really miss guys like Melo and Chauncey in that department.</p>
<p>4. Yes, make a trade. There&#8217;s no way this team will have success in the playoffs with the way they shoot. Free throws and three pointers matter. They also have problems defending the post. I see no reason for them stand pat. The only problem is there aren&#8217;t a lot of shooters on the market that would have a huge impact on the team. The player would need to be a JR Smith type. But there are some good post players being dangled out there, and the Nuggets should take a long look at them, especially guys like Pau Gasol and Josh Smith.</p>
<p>5. To have success in the playoffs, the Nuggets need to get lucky. The teams ahead of them in the standings are all arguably better, and without home court advantage in the first round, it&#8217;ll be difficult for the Nuggets to advance. So they either need to get lucky and snag a top 4 seed, or get lucky as a road dog in the playoffs. Getting a top seed is more realistic than beating a good team on the road.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this trade! I like Iguodala, but he&#039;s not and never will be as good as Gasol, and it&#039;s not like Gasol has been any more disappointing than Iggy this season. It would also open up more playing time for Brewer, Hamilton, and Fournier at the 2 and 3.

Actually, I would see if the Lakers would bite on Iggy and McGee for Gasol (and maybe some other scrub). This would set-up Denver&#039;s cap situation quite nicely; I&#039;d rather have my backup center making 3 mil per year than 11 mil per year. Gasol would start at the 5 with Koufos filling in at the 4 and 5 off the bench. Mozgov would be the third option at the 5.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this trade! I like Iguodala, but he&#8217;s not and never will be as good as Gasol, and it&#8217;s not like Gasol has been any more disappointing than Iggy this season. It would also open up more playing time for Brewer, Hamilton, and Fournier at the 2 and 3.</p>
<p>Actually, I would see if the Lakers would bite on Iggy and McGee for Gasol (and maybe some other scrub). This would set-up Denver&#8217;s cap situation quite nicely; I&#8217;d rather have my backup center making 3 mil per year than 11 mil per year. Gasol would start at the 5 with Koufos filling in at the 4 and 5 off the bench. Mozgov would be the third option at the 5.</p>
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		<title>By: Charliemyboy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charliemyboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why keep dreaming about unrealistic trades? You think the GM cares?   Our team was a machine during the third qtr against Houston.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why keep dreaming about unrealistic trades? You think the GM cares?   Our team was a machine during the third qtr against Houston.</p>
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		<title>By: Charliemyboy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charliemyboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ditch Prospecter asap. He is a narrow thinker and offers nothing. Better suck it up. Karl is staying and the Ngugets are winning.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ditch Prospecter asap. He is a narrow thinker and offers nothing. Better suck it up. Karl is staying and the Ngugets are winning.</p>
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		<title>By: Charliemyboy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charliemyboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better forget about Karl moving. Too much success almost exactly as he predicted...a little better. Be realistic. There is no better coach for the Nuggets out there interested. He will get past the first round and be a contender for the championship next year if they keep this team together. Want to bet? CQI.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Better forget about Karl moving. Too much success almost exactly as he predicted&#8230;a little better. Be realistic. There is no better coach for the Nuggets out there interested. He will get past the first round and be a contender for the championship next year if they keep this team together. Want to bet? CQI.</p>
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		<title>By: Charliemyboy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charliemyboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eliminate Trevor. Keep Karl, based on facts. .595 winning percentage; 10th best of all time. Growth of team and melding capacity. The only reason some numbers are down for individuals is because others are up. It is called depth.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eliminate Trevor. Keep Karl, based on facts. .595 winning percentage; 10th best of all time. Growth of team and melding capacity. The only reason some numbers are down for individuals is because others are up. It is called depth.</p>
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		<title>By: googergieger</title>
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		<dc:creator>googergieger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you figure? It takes zero effort and emotion to call someone something. If someone calls me something, I don&#039;t assume their angry or in love with me, depending on what they say. I just think they wanted to call me something, so they did it. Again, wise up.

You are right, I can never be wrong. Because I think before I say or do something. Might want to try it sometime. Luca agreed with me? Good for him. A few others do as well, I imagine. Some others don&#039;t. Way these things tend to work, knob.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you figure? It takes zero effort and emotion to call someone something. If someone calls me something, I don&#8217;t assume their angry or in love with me, depending on what they say. I just think they wanted to call me something, so they did it. Again, wise up.</p>
<p>You are right, I can never be wrong. Because I think before I say or do something. Might want to try it sometime. Luca agreed with me? Good for him. A few others do as well, I imagine. Some others don&#8217;t. Way these things tend to work, knob.</p>
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		<title>By: pietre</title>
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		<dc:creator>pietre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love that idea! I Second this hardcore! Skiles! especially right now, he would be so freaking fired up! And i think he&#039;s the perfect guy for our team, this team! AI backing him up on the court, I think it makes everyone on our team better! and a coach that can coach defense. He can only coach if he promises to use a 12 man rotation. I do not know how deep he went in Milliwahkay (trying to make that sound like the pronunciation from Wayne&#039;s World) with his team, I mean, their team is not nearly as deep as ours, but I say Scotty&#039;s fire and heart and D, and keep running and gunning on Offense! Shouldn&#039;t every coach in Denver history try and run down your opponent because of the altitude? Either Scotty, or just firing Geroge for the sake of getting some fire into the team because hes certainly not doing it, and I really only remember like 5 times over the course of his nuggets career get REALLY fired up. Like old school Furious George style from the Sonics! He took that team to the finals with fists of fury alone! I remember watching his face get so so so red! I mean i hate to say this, but i bet the doctors tell him that he needs to keep as calm as possible for his cancer&#039;s sake. He&#039;s had that crap twice now? It&#039;s like when MJ was on the Wiz, yeah, they were ok, and definitely more fun to watch with him, but still not great, because MJ himself could not be great anymore because of his body. 

Any of the above options, George needs to go. There is someone better right now, the teams needs it, and hate to say, but the man might jsut need to call it quits.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love that idea! I Second this hardcore! Skiles! especially right now, he would be so freaking fired up! And i think he&#8217;s the perfect guy for our team, this team! AI backing him up on the court, I think it makes everyone on our team better! and a coach that can coach defense. He can only coach if he promises to use a 12 man rotation. I do not know how deep he went in Milliwahkay (trying to make that sound like the pronunciation from Wayne&#8217;s World) with his team, I mean, their team is not nearly as deep as ours, but I say Scotty&#8217;s fire and heart and D, and keep running and gunning on Offense! Shouldn&#8217;t every coach in Denver history try and run down your opponent because of the altitude? Either Scotty, or just firing Geroge for the sake of getting some fire into the team because hes certainly not doing it, and I really only remember like 5 times over the course of his nuggets career get REALLY fired up. Like old school Furious George style from the Sonics! He took that team to the finals with fists of fury alone! I remember watching his face get so so so red! I mean i hate to say this, but i bet the doctors tell him that he needs to keep as calm as possible for his cancer&#8217;s sake. He&#8217;s had that crap twice now? It&#8217;s like when MJ was on the Wiz, yeah, they were ok, and definitely more fun to watch with him, but still not great, because MJ himself could not be great anymore because of his body. </p>
<p>Any of the above options, George needs to go. There is someone better right now, the teams needs it, and hate to say, but the man might jsut need to call it quits.</p>
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		<title>By: Jacob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jacob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The name calling usually implies the upset part.  You just can never be wrong, sorry for even wasting your time high and mighty one.  Here give me sec got find my exact quote...  From Giancula: &quot;googergieger is in my MIND&quot; ... Haha that is rich...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The name calling usually implies the upset part.  You just can never be wrong, sorry for even wasting your time high and mighty one.  Here give me sec got find my exact quote&#8230;  From Giancula: &#8220;googergieger is in my MIND&#8221; &#8230; Haha that is rich&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: googergieger</title>
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		<dc:creator>googergieger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is upset? How on earth can one make such an assumption on something read when not clear indication or implication is given to suggest such a thing? Come on knob. Wise up.

Suffice to say you never have arguments. Your &quot;arguments&quot; tend to be of the, &quot;that is bad because that is bad&quot; variety. Where as I bring substance and actual opinion to the table. Hence me winning them. 

But yeah, &quot;who insults people?&quot;. Want to take that one back? Cause firstly, an insult is an insult only if one gets insulted. Secondly, somewhere there is a pot and kettle laughing at you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who is upset? How on earth can one make such an assumption on something read when not clear indication or implication is given to suggest such a thing? Come on knob. Wise up.</p>
<p>Suffice to say you never have arguments. Your &#8220;arguments&#8221; tend to be of the, &#8220;that is bad because that is bad&#8221; variety. Where as I bring substance and actual opinion to the table. Hence me winning them. </p>
<p>But yeah, &#8220;who insults people?&#8221;. Want to take that one back? Cause firstly, an insult is an insult only if one gets insulted. Secondly, somewhere there is a pot and kettle laughing at you.</p>
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