Comments on: Nuggets player trends over the first three months

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:15:19 +0000

How about let’s be patient with these young guys and let them play couple years together. Fastest and youngest team in the league with so much talent and potential. No need to change things now, maybe George Karl needs to leave eventually, but other than that things are fine

By: theo

theo — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:58:18 +0000

Agreed. Nice job of putting some relevant offensive stats together. Would love to see something comparable re defense. Our d is the key to how far we go, and for a lot of the year we’ve struggled, particularly Faried. Interesting piece by Hochmann in the Post on Faried’s difficulties on the defensive end. I think improvement in his D is far more significant than developments in his shooting and post game (important too). Many fans wonder why he often doesn’t play down the stretch–that’s the reason. Anyway, like to see some parallel defensive stats here too.

By: googergieger

googergieger — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:33:35 +0000

Okay, how does he fit into our offense and defense. Our drive and kick offense and our switch heavy defense.

By: googergieger

googergieger — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:24:00 +0000

Down four against the Cavs, giving up wide open three’s, and are playing small at literally every position right now on the court.

I guess one should wait for the out come of the game, but one should wonder why the game is made a lot harder than it has to be.

By: allAround

allAround — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:33:57 +0000

I think the pick of this Denver team would be the following 2 years . After that I think players will start to leave Iggy, Miller, or look for better contracts. Besides Garnet can bring a leading personality that the team needs

By: allAround

allAround — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:29:43 +0000

Yup right when it comes to fast break all the 5 starters are there running. Well one of the things that makes fast teams good D that enables fast breaks and Garnet can bring that. More, fast,teams need clever players to make sharp decisions. Anyway I am pretty sure if Garnet is playing 30 minutes to Boston I am pretty sure he can play 20 something to Denver without prob.

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:16:37 +0000

Nice to see that the rosterbation isn’t limited to Denver Stiffs. Come on, folks, Garnett to the Nuggets ain’t happening. Nor should it. This team is being built methodically, not spectacularly.

If there’s a monster trade to be made, Ujiri will do it. (More likely to happen is a minor one or two.) But there’s not really any trade that would put this team in a position to win a championship this season. Why mess with a roster that is coming along nicely, especially when more experience and chemistry can pay off in the medium term?

We have some horses here. Sure, we may need a little more shooting off the bench, and we definitely need some defensive help on the inside. But those things may come as our players develop more fully.

What a fun ride.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:09:13 +0000

Yeah I dunno where all this Garnett to Denver stuff came from, I guess Kiszla, but it’s a terrible fit. We’re trying to build a young team not hire expensive veterans for temporary fixes. It would be like when the Suns got Shaq for Marion and went downhill.

By: dynamo.joe

dynamo.joe — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:49:58 +0000

The only thing preventing JaVale from living up to his contract is GK. Does he occasionally do stupid stuff? Yes. Is he very productive in between the stupid? Yes. It’s just that the stupid is so spectacular that you tend to forget the productive.

No reason both Kosta and JaVale can’t get 25 MPG.

By: Ban Johnson

Ban Johnson — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:12:55 +0000

I think most Nuggets fans would be okay with a McGee for Garnett swap. It would do wonders for the Nuggets’ D this year and next. McGee has huge potential, but right now he’s not playing up to his contract and his contract is the worst one on the team.

But:
1) Is there any indication Boston would do that?
2) Is there any indication Garnett would waive his trade veto to join the Nuggets? (Apparently, he’s already said he wouldn’t.)

Dream on, in other words.