Comments on: Trade deadline rumors

By: googergieger

googergieger — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:36:39 +0000

And we’ve dealt with the worst schedule in over twenty years. What’s your point? Honestly give us a sane schedule and we’d have the fourth seed at worst.

I mean even though games aren’t won on paper and it is horrible to go position by position, the only clear position they beat us at is point guard. They’d probably beat us just because they’d get a lot of calls and no calls going their way, but we have a better team than them.

By: theo

theo — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:41:39 +0000

googer, you’re overstating things.

We’re not better than the Clippers by a long shot. They just got their full compliment of players back for the first time after an injury plagued year. We’ve had our full compliment of players all year in an amazingly injury free season except for Ill Will. We don’t match up with them in a 7 game series at full strength. It’s not even close.

We were battling for the 5th seed from the start this year. Not sure who ‘everybody’ is that thought we’d be fighting for a 4th seed, but I just started here so I’ll take your word for it. Lakers implosion opened up the 4th seed. We’ll see if we can take advantage of that opportunity.

By: googergieger

googergieger — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:33:49 +0000

Honestly, we’re a better team than The Clippers. Chris Paul is their only guy that you look at and say we are easily out classed there(though even then it isn’t like Ty is bad or even average). They benefited from easy schedule to a stretch of maybe four tough games to easy schedule again. Not to mention the star effery which they severely struggle to win without. I mean if you look at the games we’ve given away. Games we’ve led in only to see that lead get pissed away or the Wolves then Wizard games and even the Raptors game, we should be sitting at the third spot right now.

Also I do believe if we had anything close to a sane schedule even with Karl we could be fighting for at least the second seed right now. We wouldn’t be the second best team in the west, but we would be fighting for that seed.

This team isn’t going to win the finals, but it is a lot more talented than people seem to realize. I mean you look at the youth and the coach and it makes sense it is under achieving but I still don’t see how people can look at the team and think it isn’t the first team on the list of teams that aren’t quite contenders but the next teams after those.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:04:50 +0000

who are they taking a top 3 spot from. Going into the season you COULD have said the Clippers. But it has become clear that their defense is much better than last year and when Chris Paul plays this team is a 57-60 win team. OKC is and has been a 57-60 win team (with health being key because of their lack of depth), and Spurs are a 60ish win team even with mediocre health. Nuggets are a low 50s win team. Maybe 55 if they get hot and lucky.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:28:22 +0000

a healthy gasol most certainly would get you into WC finals contention. This team’s MAIN flaw is lack of above average PF/C play on either end of the court. Faried is a stellar offensive rebounder, mcgee very good, and both he and Mcgee are terrific alley oop/transition players. That’s it. average to below average at everything else. Gasol would be the best offensive player on the team. The best passer, the best low post scorer, best at pick and role, best shooting big. In addition he would be their best big defender. You’re mistaking the Pau that is just done playing with Kobe and his insane Narcissism with the real Pau gasol which is a hall of fame player whose game is based on length and skill more than athleticism, but is on the back end of prime years (1-2 prime years left) when healthy.

By: googergieger

googergieger — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:18:34 +0000

I think everyone expected Mozgov to be moved. Coming into this season everyone’s expectations was fourth best team in the west with a shot to get the third seed. With the unexpected spectacular failure of the Lakers, I think we should be the third best team in the west. Unfortunately we won’t get the third. Gave away way too many games. I’ve told people it is tough to make a move period for this team cause you can’t make a Karl proof line up. So Karl is probably going to be given a chance to get out of the first round this year. If he fails, I think he himself might retire(ha). So if a new coach is brought in, that will have to be taken into account when making moves. In the end Mozgov was probably kept so he can leave and that money can be used to resign Brewer or Brewer and Mozgov walk and when Iggy opts out, we can get him resigned for a cheaper but more long term contract. At least I hope we do.

By: theo

theo — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:56:47 +0000

Biggest disappointment? Nugs didn’t get Bargnani. Karl could have put he, Gallo, Mozgov, and Fournier on D at the end of games and called it ‘The Euro Zone.’

By: CJP32

CJP32 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:56:32 +0000

In a way Im glad we made no moves, we have under 30 games left to make a push and secure HC in the Playoffs. Then in the off-season Iggy can opt in/out or re-sign for a new contract and Masai can decide what he wants to offer CBrew and Mozzy, and also make some minor trades here and there. Some questions for now:

-Does GK reduce minutes of certain players?
-Is Chandler close to 100% healthy?

My thoughts are we keep with the current 9 man rotation but really reduce the 4th qtr mins of Andre Miller and let Ty run the show.

Minutes wise:

PG – Ty – 36, Dre – 12
SG – Iggy 36, Dre – 6, CBrew – 6
SF – Gallo – 28, WC – 8, CBrew – 12
PF – Faried – 28, Gallo – 8, WC – 12
C – KK – 22, McGee – 22, Faried – 4

By: theo

theo — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:52:14 +0000

Never expected they’d make a trade, so no surprise at all. Ujiri has said a number of times they want to see what they have.

He came out today and said point blank, ‘We aren’t contenders, but a growing team that could eventually grow into a contender. This is a good time to throw our guys out there and see how they finish it off’ I love a GM that treats fans like intelligent adults. Everybody–well, almost everybody–knows we aren’t going to contend with this team. Masai clearly knows it too. I’m guessing he has a realistic picture of where he thinks the Nuggets should get this year given the talent and experience–very likely along the lines of 53-54 wins and a second round out. I’m guessing he’ll make a move or two in the off season based on how they finish.

By: theo

theo — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:43:34 +0000

Exactly. Simmons does a lot better when he sticks to pop culture references and explaining his auto erotic attraction for the Celtics.