Comments on: Can the Nuggets Survive Without ‘Melo?

By: kjack

kjack — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:45:41 +0000

Control (#19) do you even watch basketball or do you peek in every 3 or 4 years, make your ignorant conclusions and then hope no one notices? The Suns as title contenders? I wish it were true (two years ago legitimately) but that team is on its way out. Nash is old and unhappy, Shaq is older, and half the team of the wonder years has been traded away for the likes of Andre Bietrus and Jason Richardson? Yikes. 2. The Spurs are a perennial contender of course but the injuries have been worse for them this year; more than any season I can remember. Keeping their core healthy is proving to be more problematic as they age. I would say the Lakers and Hornets (or rather CP3+4) are legitimately better than the Nuggets, but everyone else is beatable, especially with Mr. Big Shot at the helm. To quote your ignorance: “Replacing someone who jacks up 30 or 40 shots a game at 40-45% shouldn’t be hard…Nuggets might actually get someone who can play defense while jacking those shots now.” Melo’s average shots per game this season and career (17.1/18.9) Shooting percentage (43.7/46.1). Rebounds per game 7.3 (5.5 defensive). With the Nuggets playing half court offense and with opponents points per game way down (-7 points/game from last season) the defensive mindset is taking shape. But oh well you wouldn’t be a good enough fan of the NBA to know anything like that would you? Go back to trolling the Yahoo sports boards where your inarticulate drivel belongs.

By: Hilder

Hilder — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:19:09 +0000

UTAH JAZZ SUCK!

By: Hilder

Hilder — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:18:16 +0000

oh and its a probable slight fracture… not a broken bone

By: Hilder

Hilder — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:16:47 +0000

kmart scored 25 last games… and nuggets survived without carmelo for like 4 games… n they lost one of them, but they still lose with carmelo, the nuggets will be fine with kleiza n jones

By: Tanner

Tanner — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:39:54 +0000

You guys are the same people though that said the nuggets wont make the playoffs with out marcus camby and will be lucky to win 30 games shows what you guys know

By: Diego

Diego — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:20:19 +0000

Concur with post 6. Melo is a guy who it just a flat-out tough match-up. Only other Nug who potentially regularly can be same is a pumped-up Billups.

No Melo, no problem–for the other teams.

By: control

control — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:39:01 +0000

“Nuggets team that was beginning to look like a serious contender for the first time in at least 20 years.” I don’t know if they have been a “serious” contender…there’s no way they beat the Lakers, Suns or Spurs unless there is a huge fluke.

Replacing someone who jacks up 30 or 40 shots a game at 40-45% shouldn’t be hard…Nuggets might actually get someone who can play defense while jacking those shots now.

By: pig

pig — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:59:15 +0000

Actually if you give Kenyon the ball maybe he will step up his offense again

By: Arrogant

Arrogant — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:55:27 +0000

if they have an above .500 while he gone expect to hear chauncey billups mvp talk…

By: Octopus Jonny

Octopus Jonny — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:42:02 +0000

Coming from a dude with a broken bone in his right hand, I’d say that depending on the severity, Melo could be out for 2-3 months. I fractured the 5th metacarpal on 10-10-08 and for the first full 2 months I could barely use my hand for anything that wasn’t the most basic of movements.

I’m sure that Melo’s recovery from anything will be faster than mine due to his diet and exercise, but is his tolerance to the pain of a bone fracture in the hand going to be any different?