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Rockets vs. Nuggets: Second half thread

The Rockets lead the injury-plagued Nuggets 47-45 at the half. Chris Andersen looking lively tonight in 11 minutes of action with 6 points and 8 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari is leading the Nuggets with 10 points while Luis Scola and Kyle Lowry have combined for 28 points for Houston.

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Bababababa Birdman!
More rebounds less jumbotron watching

Moz loves to watch the Jumbotron when he’s on the sidelines, had a view of him watching it tonight on camera when showing old lady doing the splits.

throwback performance
KAWWWW KAWWWWWWW
I'm not a Karl fan

Are there any others on this thread?

It's like Deja Vu ... all over again!
Let's..like...totally win
not a charge

not in a million years

thats some bullshit mayng
Lots of ugly basketball going on in this game
In for the 4th. Go Nuggets!
come on Nuggets, this is silly
Wrong picture Nate

Anderson can’t play well in a Nuggets jersey that isn’t white.

Fucking Ankles!
Is it the LEFT ankle?
Yes

UGHHH

I told ya!
We can blame this on you if we want
no but geez its like 5 straight HEADS
Odds that we see J-Ham tonight?
Highly unlikely
That has got to be the 4-5th comment asking about Jordan Hamilton

What’s up with that? Is he the second coming?

Why does there have to be anything weird?

We have 5 players injured/out and I’m wondering if he’ll get PT tonight?

Sorry wasn't implying anything

I’m curious because I haven’t heard anything about him and wondered if I was missing something about him.

Well he's one of our first round picks.

I didn’t mean to be rude, just was kinda confused haha. Honestly though, I’m a huge fan of his, I think he could really be special. Lot of guys just haven’t gotten PT this season.

Oh man that could have been ugly
Don't be too hurt Gallo
So how have they looked tonight?

Looking at the score this doesn’t exactly look like an offensive onslaught.

ANKLE BRACES FOR ALL!!!!!!!
Man...this is getting ugly
Goddamit

fuck you basketball gods

This team is cursed!
Gallo is super gimpy NO BUENO!!!!!!!!
maldizione :(

Gallinari molto ferite, Io sono tristezza profondezza,

I hope this was a lot of cursing in Italian.
being the Mormon I am

I kept it clean, but maldizione means curse, as you probably guessed, still, I am profoundly disappointed

Well that's no fun
Egli sarĂ  bene signor
Io speranza :)
This sounds romantic.
as Lorenzo Snow once said

italian: la lingua degli angeli, or the language of the angels…. Snow was a prominent Mormon leader in the 1800s who served in Italy

Gallo is pissed..
I dont know if Stone's shoes are actually that big

It really looks like he is running around with blue bricks on his feet.

4 fouls on K2 also.

How thin can we get?

FFS...this sucks. I mean seriously.

WHY GOD WHY???!!!!!!

Why do teams with a lot of depth always get injured.

Look ta the Blazers a few years ago. Injury and injury. Maybe having an all-star negates injury free teams!

It's just the basketball gods way of testing the "depth" theory
See if Ryan bowen can suit up
Like Hastings just said,

Houston is packing it in the lane. We’re gonna have to make some jump shots

He isn't being assisted so he should be okay

We better get some uber Karma points for these mishaps.

Fucking unbelievable, flopping every time

and getting rewarded for it

Sigh....I'm gonna need chocolate a lot earlier than usual
refs

can suck it. This is BS.

This is the most unwatchable game of the year so far
How many games have you seen?

Because this IMO is by far not that game. New Orleans

Hey cat I've watched every Nuigget game this year

This one is righ up there with the Hornets game so far. Get off my back

Whoa dude. I wasn't saying anything bad

I was asking a legitmate question. Chillax man.

Sorry man

Just a frustrating game. Seems like we always get the shittiest officiating

It's all good.
And we cannot get a foul call
That Jeff Adrien guy looks like Kevin Hart.
wow wow wow

when it rains it pours

FUCK YOU SACK OF SHIT REFS
It's a real life ugly fest on the court
I hate the Rockets
I'm sorry I meant the Floppets
the red rockets?
J-Ham time?

I know the kid could score in college.

J Ham

Karl will not play him

Good God!

I don’t mind calling fouls, but call it the same at both fucking ends!

the only consistent thing

is they are blowing calls up and down the court

Wow. 3 on Lawson now
just catching the 2nd half...

ugh, looking ugly… gallo hurt too now?!

Finally!!! Rudy!!!!

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

0-11 this half lol
omg... just got home from class, turn on the game, and Faried is in... WTF?

Has hell frozen over? Has GK had a stroke?

RUDY ABOUT FRAKKIN TIME
whew... down only 1 now...
We need this from Rudy
Freakin Gallo.

He Ball’d so hard his ankles be hurtin’.

One day we are going to make a 3 pointer

and when we do, it is going to be a glorious day!

alright rudy

keep it going!

damn i love rudy!

my new bf. :)

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

oddly enough the Nuggets have the lead...
That is odd LOL
stay down you little punk
Faried is in? Nice!

He’s been in.

I just got here.

Work and what not. Trying to catch up.

5 PTS, 7 REB

16+MIN

Rudy's hot!

Now put him back on the bench Karl

Refs are horrible
Is it just me or does it seem like we always get the shitties officiating
Kevin Martin is at least as bad as Ginobli
If by bad you mean excels at flopping I agree
Emmaneul GiFLOPPY

is the king of flops forever

Nuggets chose a bad game to have everyone foul out

We may be looking at serious Jordan Hamilton time at this rate.

There's no streakier player in the NBA than Rudy Fernandez

He blows a good chunk of the time, and sometimes catches fire.

Good foul

Knock him on his ass

More Kevin Martin falling down whenever anyone is in the same zip code as him
when is Gallo gonna come back in a wheelchair

and miraculously get up and drop 15?

Ahhh.

The ol’ Paul Pierce.

back with NY

Gallo always outscored Pee Pee whenever they played the celts

Nuggets' cheerleaders have it going...

with those hats and all

Ball don't lie
can someone fill me in on our linup issue tonight? no AAA no Nene no Moz?
Moz ankle, AAA leg, Nene ankle, Gallo ankle, Brewer death in the family
One day Ty will get foul calls when he is fouled
are you fucking kidding me?
Seriously? Heck of a shot.
Manimal rejection!
Hello Nuggets cheerleaders!

Katy Kainer is still the prettiest cheerleader Denver has ever seen though IMO

I cannot concur. But I'm biased.
Don't you have a niece that's a cheerleader?
I might :)
Right. Very hush hush. I'll be quiet.
oh?

I have not heard about this

Andre Miller

just as good as he was in college days when I watched him at the UofU in SLC

I missed the first half cause I was in class, and I live in Vegas, so I have no info
Kenneth Faried

Best player or bestest player?

Braidiest player for sure
Beast-est?
Oh that's good too
FARIED IS A GOOD FREE THROW SHOOTER

DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT FREE THROW? UNBELIEVABLE.

i actually missed it...

bc the stupid ads popping up over the feed. haha… had to wait 20 sec for it to go away.

oh hey there andre

nice of you to show up

'Dre has no legs
What happened to his legs?

He hardly played last game. Must be too much play.

Make your damn free throws
Nice play by Miller
Way to outflop the flopper, Rudy!!!!
Gawdamit I'm actually starting to root for us to outflop

FML

At least he doesn't oversell it like Martin

Every time Kevin flops, he acts like he is out with a torn ACL.

That's for sure
nice flop, rudy!!!! hahaha

EURO FLOPPER!!

Don't test the Spanish flopping
El Floppo Conquistadoro?
I chuckled when they said

The international flop is better than the American one

That’s right! AMERICA!

USA! USA! USA!
The Nuggets

want to be like the Broncos, that’s why they have HORSE in their ticket hotline :)

I hope we are much better than mediocre
the Broncos will get better in 2012

give Tebow a full offseason with no stupid lockout, we’ll see what happens

The Nuggets will be better than the Broncos in 2012 and definitely in 2013
Broncos

They have the toughest schedule next season

the Nuggets could make the Finals

with their depth and if Gallo is healthy…

They can

but they need to start hitting open shots

How is that on Ty? Absurd
I'm reccing this for use of absurd
4 on Ty...we may have to finish with Karl on the floor tonight
hey, dre is smiling!
This is getting ridiculous.

just fall down in a red uni and get a foul called

Slowest 3rd quarter....
Stupidest 3rd quarter
What a fukcing joke
Is that one chick reffing

caus eit seems like it

No
I know

I was just joking. She is terrible though

Beauty pass, 'Dre
bleach blonde Budinger

dang it

Classic Miller
Damn. Nice, 'Dre!
Why do I feel like this game might be Bird's swan song?
Ding.

The Turkey’s done.

Dragic cannot guard 'Dre in the post
that's why

he’s smiling!

Miller's taking over
If the Nugs win this game, they will have earned it

Playing 2-1 with no roster depth is brutal.

bring back Gallo

yes I know hes hurt

He could use Andre Miller's wheelchair!
just can't make a trey
Gotta love Stone's hustle on D
al's

waaaaaay off so far

Why does it seem like should be down by like 10 ?
because we can't hit a shot at all?
That's probably it
I must say I do not approve of Stone's facial hair choice
Persistent Buckets
FUCK

Chip fracture on Gallo’s foot

Gallo chip fracture on foot and ankle sprain

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

GAH

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

Gallo with a chip fracture???!?!

FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

Shit

Will get a flight to denver as quickly as possible
Gallo out with chip fractured foot.

UGGGGH

we need wilson chandler now more than ever
Budinger beats the buzzer...
ain't that a beeyyotch
Any doubts about needing Chandler are now gone

we need him bad

lol my comment exactly
Maybe we can try give J-Ham the start.

Stone/J-Ham/Faried rookie starting lineup!

We will definitely be in the lottery if we go with that lineup
cant we catch a fucking break?!?!
Well we do have a break.....
Since Houston hurt Gallo

They should have to give us one of their best players for the rest of the game. That’s how it works in rec ball. I think fairs-fair.

I feel so deflated after that Gallo news :(:(:(
all things considered,

it’s amazing we’re only down two at this point

Is his nickname the Albino Assassin?
Win or lose

I’m deflated

why?
Because Gallo will be out awhile
how long?
Fractured bone

who knows but it sounds quite long

Fractured bone

who knows but it sounds quite long

to commeneters above re need for Will

please keep saying it because the drum I’ve been beating is perforated

No more Gallo time…………………..

Gallo is broken :(
brutal

does anyone know if that means surgery?

Greg Inglis

had a similar injury and missed 6 weeks

they're gonna do more tests tomorrow to determine that
and just like that

our depth is wiped out

I can't wait to play against the nuggets.

I’m sure to set my career 3 point record.

shake it off

this is still winnable

TEBOW Y U NO HEAL US!!

he will after the trial of our faith
I have faith in corey brewer
Are there any wings on the market?
Time for chocolate. Any body want anything?
I'll be making hot chocolate soon.
Whiskey, please

copious amounts

Just a couple of stops and we can win this thing
More about scoring right now
If we don't make stops we just trade baskets
ummm...can't make a basket.

I’d be happy if we were trading right now :p

I'm out

see you stiffs in 6 weeks when Gallo comes back… till then it will be too depressing to watch him not be on the court

Does that mean I get to come off the bench?

Put me in the game coach!

I can shoot the 3
I'm a hustle guy with real grit and I'm a gym rat and a coach's son

I also like to work hard and have a big motor.

/can you tell I’m white?

I tell all the ladies

I have a big motor.

Vrooom Vrooom Party Starter

I'm white also but

when i played in high school I set the school record for 3 pointers made in a game

Was it against the Nuggets?
Nah it was against Mesa Ridge
Wait, that's not good. We will need you!
defense

come on…

now houston can't miss

I might start drinking

I hate how much trash you peeps talk about Bird.
he stinks
I can smell you from here.
He is the only guy playing tonight who has had a decent rest

He should play well. But it’s a fluke.

I don't talk trash about him, but I do think his days are numbered :(
He's an athletic freak who got into the NBA because of it

It’s sad to say but when that starts to go it’s all downhill. I don’t hate on him, but the end is coming.

Cannot afford to miss those layups
Could barely watch this game knowing

what we’ll be facing for the next several weeks

Can't make anything
wow al your supposed to be a veteren
4 missed layups to start this quarter.
this one is getting away...
lawson wont let it
this is terrible.

just everything sucks.

Can we go back 9 days? Things were looking so much better in Nuggets land
can you support your team when they need it the most?
What is that supposed to mean? Don't question my fandom
not questioning at all your here arent you?
Sorry, I'm grumpy

yes of course I’ll support them no matter what

yes but

we have nobody left

I'm afraid to see the lineup when we play Dalls
Dare I say...JR Swish??
Jr has the likelyhood of resigning with a george karl coached team

as I do……..

There is still a payroll in place
We hold his bird rights

can go over the cap

just floating that idea out there

i just don’t feel good about rudy or brewer as solid scoring wings

We're the Wizards without

the athleticism. Sheeeez!

just got in

what the hell is going on? did faried just get lots of playing time? half the team went down? what god did we guys piss off?

you don't want to know
seriously gallos really out?
Yes
shit. well at least no one else is that badly injured. right?
On that last miss,

Ty looked tentative, and backed away from contact. That’s what happens when you don’t get calls taking it to the hole

lawsons got this
WTF is happening?

houston making all their shot?!

whew, ty got one!
Good game for Bird tonight
Let's win this preseason game!
ty! i love you!

pls help us!!!!!

make up call for the moving screen at the other end?
Finally a foul
Beautiful pass by Rudy
Al's legs look tired...short on everything
Dallas game

is this gonna be our starting lineup

Kofous
Faried
Brewer
Stone
Lawson

dang, the online feed must be about 5 secs behind
Pretty standard
breathe in, breathe out...
Lowery puts his head into Al's belly...no call
My heart is aching but

lets go team! Fight! ! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!

scula is just a tad bit overrated
Not only do we have a ton of injuries

the refs are fucking us too

yea right we are in the penalty with half the quarter left
no one wanted to step in front cause they are all in foul trouble.
Penalty for the rest of the period
Not that it will affect the players, but we fans have to believe this team will win

Or else it isn’t worth watching. Good fandom relies on that. The game is not out of hand.

i believe even with 4 starters out we can sstill beat dallas
We'd be ahead if we could make our damn fts
Scola is killing Denver
resurrect the Nene for Scola conversation!
I was

the one that started that

I supported you.
Thank you

You were one of the very few that did

This is pissing me off
No, Dre

20 pump fakes will not fool anyone except Bird.

then he makes a 3... typical dre
so they probably work in practice then
this is so stressful
Dre Trey hey hey
Dre needs to be playing 2nd fiddle to Ty
we need a hero
He's in the land of pandas
You know until that happens
the legendary Andre Miller!
Hastings recommending flopping?
I think the lunacy of the Rockets flopping has finally gotten to him
Please stop leaving Buddinger
Does anyone smell a blockbuster trade???
Cuz I don't

just throwin it out there

maybe cause we don't smell it... it's gonna happen!
we dont have anyone to trade
i hate this

i hate this so much.

Scola flopped even after the play is whistled deaddead

Martin flopped walking to the bench – complained he didn’t get the call

Put Alex English in. We need points

WWF basketball
OT: Looks like Chauncey is done for the season with an Achilles injury...
ugh...that stinks
Wow...that sucks
dam you david stern!!!!
Melo got hurt

hammy strain?

i think groin.

lin stepped up for the 2nd nite in a row and was their leading scorer.

oh shit... that sux
Lol my girlfriend just said "This Rockets team is full of little magical characters"

“They have an albino, a leprechaun and an ogre!”

LOL that's funny
just started watching, wheres Galo?
ankle

chip fracture

What's that

like 6 weeks?

yikes

wheres nene??

He has a bad ankle,
nugz, turn your tv right back off
this is painful to watch on gamecast
soo. from no. 2 in the west to getting kicked out of the playoffs in just 2 weeks

melo is smiling.

no he's injured too

and team won because the other-other kind of asian is playing gangbusters

lin isnt an other other kind of asian

he’s just straight up asian.

oh, guess I got mixed up

other kind of asian (not equal) asian?

LIn playing really well, being termed “like a Disney Movie”

Tell him to stop

he’s not even close to the playoffs

Even our good ft shooters are missing
I has a big sad now
david stern trying to give the lakers a shot at the division by knocking out chauncey for the year
David Stern shoot Chauncey with a Bow and Arrow in the ankle?
The NBA finals is going to be a one on one game

Maybe a pickup game by proxy.

why no drive to the basket when they are in the penalty
They can't fucking miss
Never thought all would have more rebounds than points.
Man...Lowery hit that from four feet behind the line
wheres nene??
Moz ankle, AAA leg, Nene ankle, Gallo ankle, Brewer death in the family
I swear its just a weird frikkin curse.

I’ve never seen 4 starters go down.

The Big Softy's

foot’s hurting him

Scola is lookin good. what, what!
Trade

Nene for Scola and Dragic

Trade Miller for a wing

Lowry is an assassin today
My alarm clock is going to go off

and I will awake from this nightmare

Fuck me in the fucking goat ass.

That about sums up how I fell about this game.

That is hilarious
goat ass?! hahaha

geez, i thought i felt horrible…

right?

I mean, next to love4Nug, I’m downright chipper

I think my name makes me sound like a stoner.

Which I am not.

I'm gonna use that one!!

The line, not the goat ass

Haha.

It’s an old school adam sandler reference.

superimposed?
What's superimposed?

Lol

it's getting tough, time is against the Nuggets
as long as we dont play okc in the playoffs
maybe san antonio to
With the way we been playing..

Is playoffs even a possibility?

We may have to temper our expectations for the next few weeks

But I’m excited to see which players step up going forward

Just got the ESPN alert

for Gallo’s injury. :’(

i thought we always played well at home...

not so much lately. weird.

Gotta start on the defensive end
BRING BACK ILL WILL AND JR SWISH
JR doesnt want to come back

Has he said that?

no but the lakers have said they would pursue him
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?

Fucking throw the ball in the air and scream, get a foul call

Fuck me sideways
first goats now sideways?

geez you stiffs are hilarious!

that's not a foul!!!

I might have to stop watching

I don't even ...what in the holy living crapper is this nonsense
Fuck me horizontally
OO! not shotting foul
wtf?! wtf?! fdkjf;idfj;aoidfj;adjf;aj

i gotta scream my fucking head off…

i love the Nuggets but

The NBA has the shittiest officiating

This team so far this year

Has not protected the home court

The NBA needs to do something about flopping.

this is just plain despicable. If I were coaching, I would have been thrown out for techs yelling at the refs way long ago

I dont see why we have replay if they never use it
still only a 4-point game, somehow
True thanks for the reminder
before this game i had alot of respect for lowry...
who goes in??

bird or faried??

Stone!

Karl at his finest

Stone playing center!

lol

What!

He’s too tall for that. Get him out of there!

LOLHochman
nuggetsnews Benjamin Hochman
(George Karl just motioned for me to check into the game)
ONLY this time

It’s not GK’s fault

Its a miracle we astill have a chance
Come on Ty !!
Ty will be our savior
Not with that ball control....
Ty gets tripped, no call.

any rocket crosses his eyes, all three refs blow their whistle

my cuz said he can see why klove stepped on scolas face

hahaha.

I think scolas face looks better after getting stepped on
I couldn't tell the difference....
I think Bird should be in.....
uh yeah

..or just a big?? even faried

Bird is having a great game
yeah bird i think would want this the most too
faried isnt that big
ty loooookkkksss tired
Pretty freaking embrassing

The team is a sinking ship

well for those who want faried to play more...

you got your wish you bastards. next time you make a deal with the devil, get the words right. faried gets to play but not at the expense of every player on the team.

Ty as no confidence

that he will get a call from the refs

Honestly,

as bad as the refs have been, if we lose, we can look to our ft shooting

WHAT THE FUCK AL?
Misses both

unbelievable

Nice free throw shooting
OH ALLLLL!!!!!!
well that figures
terrible foul shooting
Dagger

fuck it

Budinger may have iced it
I said it earlier, but

STOP FUCKING LEAVING BUDDINGER!!!!!

hey you know what's worked all night?

leaving Buddinger all by himself.

I’m getting really fucking tired of this defensive scheme.

what are you talking about?

It worked out great earlier against Nic Batum remember?

Last time the rockets played us at home

Buddinger killed it then too.

im gonna cry myself to sleep tonite

wtf is happening to our team?! i dont get it…

soooooooo depressing
Gone from Contenders

to lottery bound in a single night!

Well I'm not gonna go there just yet
this year would be the year to be lottery bound.

I’m actually ok with that.

though don’t know how we could go from kicking ass to licking it so quickly.

But could you imagine those long-term implications!!!

But I think we’ll still make the playoffs.

Lowry might leave Denver with an Oscar tonight.

He’s my favorite player, but he’s done some major league flopping tonight.

another game we should have won for about eight different reasons
Not too late to sign AI for vets min

He needs the money.

8 different flops
This team does NOT defened the home court whatsoever
Fucking pathetic.
This team does NOT defened the home court whatsoever
You can say that again.
There were a few extenuating circumstances this evening,

but we should have won the game.

goddamnit!!!

*hit panic button

I envision the return of A.I.

Its gonna be a great season!

I'm not sure why we are so disappointed

We’re not supposed to win with our best players out of game

because we just lost to a crappy team at HOME a place were supposed to win
but we didnt have our players

without our players, WE are the Crappy team

i'm pretty done with rudy

he can’t shoot at all

He's a great shooter!

He just can’t get it into that metal circle at the end of the court.

o good point...
this team int what we thought they were.. undermanned or not they cant shoot at all
Sorry guys, good night
Too many mistakes tonight

Bring on Dallas…

without gallo we wont beat them
We match up pretty good against Dallas

They can play some BAD defense and turnover the ball over.

10 missed foul shots

don’t help either

I hope work doesn't expect me to be very nice today
Its time to update the stiffs list

with actual stiffs from this team.

Four of the starting line up out,

a plethora of missed foul shots, two for a billion on 3pt shooting, and playing against the floppiest team I’ve ever seen.

Well...

It’s weird, but usually:
poor free throw shooting = legs
poor shooting = legs
poor 3 shooting = legs
poor defense = legs
turnovers (fatigue) = legs

It just seemed like there was no energy tonight except in Bird and Ty…. I’m not sure we are the big “running” team GK wants… Gallo – really tried to bring it until he got hurt…. And I never gave up on Bird and don’t know why everyone else did, but he played great…

Looked lazy or tired… don’t know which…

Bird played great tonight. I admit it.
turnovers have nothing to do with fatigue, just sloppy with the ball and its getting OLD
Turnovers come from lack of concentration

Concentration is frequently lacking from being tired… I’ve played.

Karl

He needs to go. who’s with me?

had nothing to do with him
Not me...

Can’t pin this on him. Team had every chance to win.

However

George’s ‘game plan’ is run run run.

Not the best plan for a dense season like this one.

This was not on Karl
Agree

players had no heart or concentration or FOCUS!

Guess I'm the only one

oh well

Tonight is a measure of Karl's skills
*is not a measure
Who comes up with the nuggets defensive schemes?
Run

Gun

George is tiring out the team that is already tired with his silly play design.

This game might no be Karl's fault

but there have been many games that we can pin on him. I just don’t like his schemes

Moz...

There have been SEASONS we can pin on him! LOL – but tonight – it was just sloppy on the floor…

Even better

That’s why I want him gone

I'm with you in general

but he was forced into a corner by circumstance tonight

Bring in the Metro Roadrunners

Need some young rested people.

Rough rough loss.

When you are down as many players as the Nuggets are, you can’t win a game when you miss FTs and turn the ball over that much. Bad time for a sloppy game from the Nuggets.

You can tell the schedule is really impacting the Nuggets. I hope they survive, but it is becoming serious gut check time. Too many bad home losses. They one year the Nuggets are decent on the road and the aren’t dominating at home. Murphy’s law.

Rough game. Time for some soul searching. Wins and losses aside the Nuggets just need to execute better.

Not on GK ( I still don't like him coaching)

but no one played like they wanted it – it’s ok to lose, but lose well..

Contemplating

throwing something at the tv

im sorry to say this and ill prob get nerd rage but there is no PG play on this nuggets team

ty has been worthless and miller isnt much better and when it comes to playing D with these 2 its not there i.e. miller rolling off Chase Budinger to help no one and he drills the game ending 3

I think we ask too much of our PG's

They looked tired tonight – they played hard – just slow….

This is starting to feell all too Rockies 2011 :(
okay, now that is really depressing..
Sorry I can't help it.
It is a tragedy to compare the Nuggets, even at their worse

To the Suckies.

My point is that we started out so great.

And then injuries and unexpectedly bad play doomed the season.

Yeah but baseball is the most boring 'sport' ever made.
Well that's really not the point here is it?
Damn dude, no need to get snippy
I don't think my response was snippy.
There it is again.

Damn!

Isn't it a little early to be saying we're doomed?

We’re still, like, 15-10. We don’t just permanently trend downward. The season’s going to be up-and-down.

I'm not saying we're doomed.

Just saying it feels rather familiar.

Hopefully not too familiar.

The Nuggs have been a pretty successful franchise for almost a decade. I think we’ve still got a lot left to prove, and this team’s up to the task. Lotta season left…

And really they aren't the suckies

and I’m not comparing. I’m drawing parallel.

Don't even

bring that disaster up

Never say this again...
I would love to use fatigue as an excuse,

and yes, the team did look tired tonight. But every other team in the NBA is in the same boat this year. Gotta find a way to push through and execute. Not sure what the answer is

B2B2B?

for every team?

every team has at least one.

And let’s look at say the Thunder. They played last night and tonight, have a day off, then play another b2b, have a day off, and another game. They still seem to have their legs, or are at least are finding a way to push through. Look, I’m not saying the team isn’t legitimately fatigued, or that it’s unreasonable to expect it to affect performance, what I’m saying is that we cannot use it as an excuse. We need to find a way to get past the fatigue and still execute as a basketball team.

Thunder are built for this years schedule

It sucks but it is true!

I was just using them as an example.

My point is that every team is going to have fatigue/injury issues this year. If we want to be one of the teams left standing at the end, we need to find ways to overcome those issues.

Rack "em Post of the Year!!!!
There are really only 2 guys I don't care for

on the Nuggets – AAA, and I have hope that he’ll be ok and Rudy. Rudy is a train wreck – I love his heart and attitude, but if Chandler comes back, he has to go…

Finally someone who agrees with me about AAA
my original

6-9 record for the Nuggets feb record looks too generous now. ; (
tough night for stiffs fans

Dear Nuggets,

(Stephen A. Smith voice) MAKE YOUR DAMN FREE THROWS

Signed,
free

after these losses, im just hoping to make the playoffs.
Why, so we can get embarrased like the Broncos did?

No thanks!

*sigh... this is depressing
Yeah,

let’s not take a chance at success because we might look terrible if we fail.

There is no chance at success

Only at suckcess

keep up that attitude, and it won't matter that you scored perfect on the SAT
If they make the playoffs they will likely have a full roster and will be one damn dangerous team

never root for your team not to be in the playoffs, ridiculous. And the Broncos had an awesome game against Pitt, worth getting blown out against NE

I'm holding out hope

but do we tank and try to get a good draft pick

If gallo is out for a while.. say bye to the playoffs
Ugh, enough of this woe-is-me nonsense.
so galo's out forever??
We don't know yet

They’re going to do more tests tomorrow, and then we’ll have a more clear idea.

There goes the season

And we got our deep bench questions answered: not really, just a few rookies and so-so guys. Not really happy right now fuck.

5 guys were out by the 3rd quarter

not sure how that speaks against depth

More "maybe's "

Maybe the rest of the league has played themselves into shape and that nice running edge the Nuggets enjoyed early in the season has diminished… looked like it tonight…

or

maybe karl should come up with a different strategy if said running idea stops working…like in the past 3 games

well...

I think we need to run, but sometimes (tonight) I think Karl doesn’t call a time out thinking that the other team will get tired out – but doesn’t see that OUR guys are also getting tired – early on when it was back and forth, it looked like the Nugs were as tired as Houston…. and later too…. a time out at… I think it 5:25 would have helped…

No legs

Look at all the shots that were short

just so many of our starters out.... sad zone-- ah well later yalls
Dear David Stern:

FUCK YOU.

Love, Jay Hart

Hopefully AAA and Nene can be back against Dallas

Brewer needs to take as much time as he needs, Moz maybe within a week. Chandler could be back from China within two weeks. Just have to hope to get it somewhat together for the next few weeks and they can still be OK.

Dismal

3-22 from the beyond the arc
19-33 from the free throw line
20 turnovers
14 assists
Not going to win a game with numbers like that.

Ya...

I am going to claim fatigue/lazy/focus…. Good for Bird – came out and fought for his spot and himself….

also fought for better trade value which is what he should be used for

Bird played like he had something to prove tonight

Made your FTs and hang on to the ball

Nuggets win by 25!

I was right earlier

This game sucked more than the New Orleans game

Come on Moz...

We were dinged up bad tonight… and Cory was gone…

No it sucked more because gallo got hurt
We started 2 rookies guys...

Nene was out, bench dinged up… Moz out… plus they shot the crap out of the ball which we haven’t acknowledged – defense was shaky, but they drilled a lot of 3’s – damn good shooting night for them..

You're missing the point

we lost Gallo for a month and a half. It does suck

We don't know yet how long he'll be out. It hurts for sure, but let's wait for the report
ok you wait for the report cat

still sucks though

Of course it sucks. But maybe he won't be out as long as that is all I'm saying.
ok
ya...let's hope he just rolled it bad

but comes back soon…

Hopefully

he’s out only a week or a couple

Well when you lose gallo for presumably 6 weeks

It does suck worse than the Hornets game

I think our loss to the Clippers was the worst.
Debatable, i agree that the loss hurt, but gallos injury hurts alot more
No

At least we didn’t lose anybody that game

Faried...

It was really interesting watching Faried – he had some good moments, but a few times I just had to think “welcome to the NBA” – good opportunity for him to get some time…

Sometimes he's like an out of control puppy

All eager and big pawed

LOL - he loves being out there, that's for sure!
And then he goes careening off walls and sliding around corners.

amirite?

I thought the kid did alright

18 mins 6 pts 8 rebounds 1 block and ZERO turnovers

I'm just saying his style of play is like a big

eager to please, having all the fun, big pawed puppy.

So was Masai on the fence about making a move before

and now does he do it?

Ya he has to do it now... no gallo whos going to fill in? brewer? no thanks
I think

Masai needs to make a move. We can’t wait for Will to come back in Mid march

Rasheed Wallace?
He won't sacrifice the future of the team for the very short term

I think signing Will has just become an even much bigger priority. Maybe he can package Bird with Rudy for something of value

Get some cheap one season vets

How about Finley

Isn't he like 80 years old

with a walker?

He better have Chandler's new contact ready!
Man, we are really hurting at the 2 guard spot...

Let’s not go back into the JR discussion,but damn, I wish we had him – JR’s craziness made him impervious to game tempo and “momentum” – he just shot the damn lights out – I thought Ty played like a solid pro tonight… – when he and Andre have the ball, I just felt like something good would happen – Rudy scares the crap out of me!

JR was a durable mofo, if nothing else.
Gallo being hurt reeeeeaaaaaalllllyyyy depressed me
Shows how important he is to the team
You could say the same about AAA and Nene

ah what a clusterfuck

Ya... interesting how folks were willing to put him on the bench...

if he missed a few shots and now he’s the franchise :)

I never suggested putting him on the bench

I would call him the franchise…yes

I think franchise players can have bad nights and need to sit.

Melo had them too

I've been a gallo supporter all along
Jeff

It depressed us all

I think that pretty much everyone here shares that sentiment
no one stepped up.

koufos sucked, a coupIe of nice pIays, but too many fouIs took him out of the game. someone teII him when you are 5ft away from the rim, dont spin to your back and post, and go up and dunk it. nice bIocks tho.

miIIer pIayed weII. aI decent, but jr wouId have at Ieast made 1 of 2 fts. ty sIoppy and not abIe to step it up in the crunch.

faried pIayed weII, Iots to Iike, his offensive game isnt that great tho, gotta work on his hands. fernandez up and down, andersen pIayed weII if karI wouId have controIIed his pt before no one wouId be compIaining about him.

gaIIo goin out. lnjured again.

if we re sign chandIer instead of jr, that’s goin to be a huge mistke. jr wouId easiIy be the 1st option on this team, i dont want to Iose any more taIented pIayers because of the coach, we can pay jr way more than what other teams can.

we payed nene, who doesnt show up Iate in games and on b2bs, affIaIo who onIy showed he’s competent in makin open shots for a season and a haIf, gaIIo who’s got lnjury issues with his styIe of pIay and stiII Iacks skiII offensiveIy. pay jr, at Ieast we know what we are goin to get with him more than any of these other guys. if he gets to pIay he is goin to put up 20 ppg easiIy, and probabIy 7 rebs and 5 assists at about 32 min. you guys Iike to project gaIIo and affIaIo when with jr you can actuaIIy make those cIaims with way more reason.

ya...

but Koufos kinda disappeared there in the second half when I thought they could have used him… he played pretty well for only having limited minutes this season… and we no JR isn’t coming back to Denver – unless it’s to beat us in another uniform… we are coming back to the “average” pack – the season’s going to be a dogfight – but that is what we expected – we kinda got off to a start that wasn’t expected….

Rys...

We’re JR junkies, but it’s over dude :)

He would

if we could trade Karl to China. After the embarassing shooting over the past few games, I might take that deal

trade him to dizneyIand, where his ldeaIism may actuaIIy work.
weII our gm is supposed to be inteIIigent, but if he pays chandIer instead of jr, im goin to have to dis agree.

we can pay him 8 miI or more, other teams can onIy pay him 2.5 miI, too much money difference.

Here's George...
How can you make those claims with more reason?

JR has been in the league way longer than Gallo and has never shown those type of numbers.

what... yea he has, he's shown way more.
When the hell has JR ever shown he can be a 20ppg player?
When has he gotten those type of minutes

in a Nuggies uniform

There's a reason for that

his erratic play, of course everything is blamed on Karl and JR gets a free pass. I think it’s ludicrous to claim with certainty that JR will put up numbers he has never gotten close to putting up all of a sudden.

Just looked it up

Per 36 minutes of play, JR Smith has averaged over 19.8 points 4 times in his career

That's based of assumptions
No that's stats,

But the we all agree AAA looks great projecting minutes and doesn’t – we’ll see when the kicks meet the wood in a few weeks :)

AAA also does other things much better

but it’s not a decision between AAA and JR, one is on the team with a contract and one isn’t

What JR has shown

is that he has the ability to put up 30 on any given night. He also has the ability to shoot 1-20 and not stop shooting.

I wish Gallo would be like that :)
The current squad

has also shown they can shoot 3-22 and not quit shooting. I’d rather have that 30 point night every other

If it were every other night, sure ;)

But it wasn’t

JR costs you at least as many games as he wins you
that's such a Iie, when did you start foIIowin this team, do you just hear other ppI taIk and not watch games.

when has jr shot 1 for 20. ppI have bad shootin games, but when jr has one it’s Iike oh that’s just jr. besides jr’s improved other parts of his game Iike rebs, defense, and pIay makin where doesnt have to shoot weII to be effective.

I started following this team in the days of LaPhonso Ellis

I’m betting you jumped on the bandwagon when Melo showed up…

JR was invisible or detrimental to the team pretty damn often during his time in Denver. He has his moments, that’s for sure, but there are plenty of times where I was like “Damn, please never let him play again.”

Absolutely

his talent is undeniable but it has not translated into him being a compete NBA player. Let’s not forget all of the baggage he comes with as well

he's pretty compIete, his defense is decent when he tries, and he does try now.

he can pass, dribbIe, shoot from anywhere, post up, make cIutch shots, bIock shots, take chrges, get steaIs, run the fIoor. but other guys get a pass on this team for not bein abIe to do haIf as much as that.

We took a poll...

Most Stiffs like JR and feel he could fill the bill – but we admit that with GK here, no JR ever – so we can move on…. We’ll see what he does when he comes back to the NBA in 2-3 weeks for someone else…

Good for your poll

I still disagree, I don’t care if I’m in the minority, I think his time away has made people overvalue how good he actually is.

And you love Tebow too :)

It’s all good…

That is completely irrelevant

and I don’t love Tebow, I have nothing against him and want him to do well because I’m a Broncos fan, but I much rather have a better QB running the team

We're debating over something that isn't gong to happen...

I’m just saying I love to watch JR play and look forward to his return to the NBA soon… Artest – I mean World Peace!

He's fun to watch

but not the solution to the Nuggets woes, he’s had too many years here to prove otherwise. Give Chandler a shot and improve the team through a much more likely scenario seeing he is a RFA.

that's a Iie, when he's got oppurtunities, jr has come up big for this team Iike against OKC in the pIayoffs.

and aIso Iast season when the offense was bad, it was jr who got it goin. when meIo was out for games, jr came in and easiIy repIaced his scorin. for the previous coupIe of seasons before that, when the team struggIed in the 1st haIf of the season, and went on a run down the stretch to make the pIayoffs, it was jr who carried them with his huge pIay off the bench.

One example

about a series the Nuggets lost 4-1. Not going to change my mind. It’s an opinion, it can’t factually be proven to be a lie.

yea and that's the onIy game he got pt in. at Ieast he won a game for this team, where the resst of the team is 0 fer against OKC.
Give it up Rys..

It’s like the tebow syndrome – personality overshadows performance – true ballers know….

just sayin karI Iost games by pIayin kobe feIton, and he chucked them out of games.

but somehow he stiII gets more Ieeway than jr.

Hilarious

Karl gets so much shit on this site while JR gets far less. Felton is hated by us all really. And btw Lawson had 27 points in game 4, he was pretty damn key too,

yea, but who won the game for the team when it was on the Iine Iate.
Just saying, Ty was just as important
are you sayin karI shouIdnt get fIack.

ppI Iike feIton and wanted to re sign him before the pIayoffs, same with chandIer.

No I'm saying it shouldn't be one sided

both deserve flack. I still want Chandler back, one playoff series won’t make me ignore his abilities. Felton just sucks. If JR comes back I won’t be bothered, rather have Chandler though. And JR isn’t happening quite frankly.

k, i dont want chandIer back, I feeI we have a bunch of soIid compIimentary pIayers on this team, and dont want to 8miI a season for another one.

I feeI that chandIers stats wouId onIy decIine here, and his trade vaIue wouId onIy get Iower. I feeI we couId reaIIy use a guy who other teams have to guard and someone who can make pIays for others and make great passes other than miIIer on this team. i rather have jr’s attitude than chandIers im afk attitude.

we are gonna win more games here and be a more improved team with jr here than chandIer. chandIers repIaceabIe, jr not so much, ppI taIk about guys Iike thornton and crawford, but they dont have the compIete game that jr has.

when he 1st got here, and got decent pt in games where he pIayed more than 20 min before the NYK brawI, he avg 18.7 ppg.

he avg 15 ppg in 27.7 min for a coupIe of seasons, comin off the bench. and oh yea’s he’s aIso got eIite offensive skiIIs, eIite shot makin abiIity, is un guardabIe reaIIy when he gets goin, exceIIent handIes, has post up moves has so many moves off the dribbIe can adjust on his drives and make pIays happen with his eIite athIeticism.

yea jr couId easiIy avg 20 ppg. gaIIos not that great so far, i see way more taIent in jr other than bein 6’10, the onIy thing that gaIIo has shown me here from NYK is he’s more buIky and soIid, and can drive to the rim more.

Damn - I thought I was the JR fanatic out here :0

Glad to have another crazy with me – I’m just glad he’s going to be back in the league! I was worried he’d lose the entire year and lose his edge….

JR

With what I’ve seen this season, I’m down for bringing JR back. I miss his energy and the excitement he brought

I want JR to come back

Can someone tell me where our scoring is going to come from if Gallo is out awhile?

yo i watched too many seasons of caIbert, Ieonard, and etc... so when the team traded for jr who i wanted before the draft, i was Iike yea, our sg probIems are no more.

and when he pIayed so weII before the NYK brawI, that onIy made my point more.

I remember the Lakers playoff series

When he almost pulled it out by himself. He was awesome to watch. Wish Karl would have given him half as much slack as he did Melo

I sit often in disbelief..

And watch Rudy jack up crap and last year I about threw my TV out the window watching Ray Felton shoot us out of games while JR caught the crap – ahhhhh!! I’m having a flashback and it’s DEPRESSING!!!

Here here

You could replace Rudy with Anthony Carter, Chauncey Billups, Gary Forbes, Aron Afflalo, Allen Iverson. They all took just as bad or worse shots and were poster boys. Never quite got how Karl made the distinction

Rotations

So what do you guys think our rotations will look like when we play Dallas?

You, me, and Morton off the bench
I could help too...
Lawson, Miller, Rudy, Stone and Harrington at Center
There is no way in flerking hell we will, or should even consider, JR for this team

He’s out. The (extended) trial had some success. But it’s over. He can score 60 points in China, but he’s still going to be hot and cold in the NBA. No thanks.

Fleurking hell.

This needs to be a thing.

JR is one Fleurking of a shooter!! LOL
Nah...it's gotta be fleurking hell together.
i wouId take jrs shootin against anyone on this team, ppI tried to say fernandez couId repIace jrs outside shooting yea... no.

jr’s not nash, but he’s stiII a Iot more consistent than ppI make him out to be, he’s more consistent that affIaIo, gaIIo, aI, pretty much anyone on this team.

You could safely take jr's shooting against...

most players in the NBA :) It comes down to personallity – some folks can’t get past who he is – some of us appreciate it, others can’t stand it – like Ali (who I loved) – people ignore their talent and base opinion on personality. I said this on a past thread – I’m sure Tebow is a great guy – to me he sucks as a quarterback – and just because he’s a great guy, does NOT make him a great QB – JR, to some folks, rubs them wrong – so they say he is a bad player… hmmm…. sounds like SPORTS FANS!

Also Chauncey Billups really hurt his achillies tonight

possible career ending injury

Depressing

Now the Clippers will definitely pursue JR
'didn't think of that....

Ya, I hope JR goes there – they’ll give him room to play :)

That;s the most realistic spot for him

and the best spot

The JR Smith ship has sailed

I would rather have Chandler than Rudy

Why does it have to be one or the other?

We waived Demarre and have a roster spot open

Ya... ya gotta like Rudy's effort...

and demeanor, but he just isn’t quite what we need – and DAMN he gets a lot of minutes!!!!

Rudy

He needs to his his free htrows. hell tthey all do

How long would the Rudy Fernandez 2011 highlight reel be?

5 seconds maybe?

Rudy highlight reel

That tip in against the clippers. That is all

umm...ally oop to Faried?
ok

so two plays. not very long highlight reel

didn't he have a game where he made like 4 treys in a row?

(not really trying to be a Rudy apologist :p)

Idk

maybe just saying those two plays would probably be it so far

Why are we mad at rudy? he was 5-13 14 points... harrington was 5-16

and took some ill advised shots… nonetheless both need to play better.. mostly rudy

I'm not mad at Rudy

someone brought up his highlight reel and I could only see two plays being in it

No hate

Just wish he would make wide open shots like he did against us when he was in Portland

Everyone

makes wide open shots against us because our scheme sucks

Haha

Wish we had two seven footers so we wouldn’t have to double all the time… oh wait

Just a question, how long do ankle chips usually last for?
No idea...I think it has a lot to do with if it's displaced or not.

They’re doing a CTscan on Tuesday to get a more definitive view.

We scored only 52 points after the first quarter

at home? Now that’s depressing!

"chips" not long

Fractures – 4-6 weeks – where bone pulls away with tendon…

Lost in the first half??!?!!?

Bullsh!t.

Huh?
George said we lost the game in the first half...
He's right

they could have been up 15 in the 1st

Ya they did, they had a chance to be up 10-12-14 points but kept turning it over
Ya - but we were in the game...

It was the second half where it all folded up…

In fact - NO game is over in the first half...

That’s why I don’t like GK – ADJUST and WIN instead of thinking like that….

we shoulda been up 15, shouldnt have been a 4th quarter game
You could say that about 10 other games as well

as there is this call for “someone to win it for us at the end” – lots of games shouldn’t be close – but 1 half never determines a game… I don’t think the players felt like that walking into the locker room…

Most of those teams arent as bad as the rockets
What about the third quarter when they went 0-10
If Kobe had a chip

it would magically be in a place where he doesn’t miss any games.

I'm starting to wonder if Gallo is injury prone

Last year he was banged up and ineffective as well

hes been pretty tough this year.. taken alot of shots... bound to happen sometime
Gallo has played the most minutes

of anyone on the team this year. More playing time, more risk of injury.

A chip fracture of the foot is not an indication of being injury prone

If you saw the replay Parsons stepped on his foot while it was bent. Freak accident

jeff do u expect a trade?
National attention

I liked when we were flying under the radar and nobody was paying attention to us. When the national media began to give us some props, that’s when things took a turn for the worse.

ZOMG It must be related!
Awww Rudy tweets
rudy5fernandez Rudy Fernandez
Thanks to all the fans!! Ur support now is very important GO NUGGETS!!

I think he likes being a Nugget

As I said, I like Rudy, his energy, his effort...

But… I was thinking he’s kind of a “tweener” – not quite and NBA’er and too good for international – tough spot…

Really cute.

Now make a fucking shot!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like we might be tied with Portland by the end of the night.

up 4 on the Thunder

Wow. Scott Foster just made the worst call I've ever seen.

Called a goaltend in the last 10 seconds to tie the game, when it was not (admittedly it was close, but you can’t make that call).

Can't let OKC lose you know
last years game 1 ring a BELL
I don't like them...

But the Thunder are TOUGH!!!

Really depressing to see gallo hurt... he has some nice post up moves.. very nice

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