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Mavericks vs. Nuggets: First half thread

The Mavericks are in town looking for some revenge tonight against your Denver Nuggets. Leave all your first half comments right here ... with the Birdman Chris Andersen! Well, not with him, because he's starting ...

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Hoping Lawson goes for 30 tonight ... not sure how...
I have made the first comment

I should be rewarded

LHWYA

refresh the page

Mods don't count in that part of the game!

Fail.

-200 Stiff points for you.

Dammit. I was kidding! Come on man....
Just -100 Stiff points....pretty please?
I hope buckets goes off tonight
HEH. Kmart with a tech already....

I miss that man, momma

I miss him saying fuck as loud as possible

“Get that sh*t outta here!!!”

Loved that!!!

“STAY DOWN BIRD!!!”

I think the Nuggets should draft Melo from Syracuse

It would be fitting.

You are a sick sick person .lol
Yeah

and have him wear #15

Fab Melo ... what a name! Where's throwitdown when you need him?
/snort
Whatever

happened to that sideline reporter that was there for the Lakers game? Do they just use him for the big time games?

For the Nuggets?

Maya Starks is pregnant, so they may use him more when she is on leave.

Damn

I did not know that. Maybe that’s why they used him for the Laker game

?

Maybe Maya couldn’t make it in with the massive amount of snowfall that night?

She’s a trooper. Being knocked up hasn’t stopped her before.

I'm really not sure what to expect tonight.

The last week has made it hard to remember what our team looks like when they’re playing well. I’m just hoping that they come out with a ton of energy on defense.

I have no expectations thus I cannot be disappointed.
good plan
I'm sure I'll yell and be mad and stuff

but if we lose I won’t be upset…unless it’s like a really terrible officiating thing

thats what they all say.

but a fan will be a fan.

I have high expectations every game

that’s the kinda fan I am

Don't misunderstand a lack of expectation

for not being a fan..

I'm not

just letting you know what kinda fan I am

TIME TO WIN THIS MOTHERFUCKA
a bit OT. but that lin guy is the best player in NYK all of a sudden. how'd that happen?
He's been really decent when I've seen him play

Watched him get some time last year off the bench for Golden State. Really liked his energy, and I thought he saw the floor/game well. Turns out he’s a good fit for D’Antoni, and those guys need all the steady play they can get. Plus, he makes the ball actually MOVE, unlike a certain former Nugget. A la my sig line…

Melo

The Knicks start winning when he’s not playing. shocker

You know, Melo has made some comments this year

that make me think he may finally be getting it. We’ll see…

Why not start Hamilton at the 3?
He likes coming off the bench

I would love to see him get some minutes. He can rebound and has a bit more offense than Stone, but I like Stone’s game a lot too.

Gosh yes, but Stone is PG

Maybe we could have players play, you know, their position! But I’m just ragging in my usual way.

Dear Nuggets

Beat the everlovin’ crap out of the Mavs

Thanks
Cat

wow did that shock anyone else that stone was starting?
George Karl

/nuff said

love the heart the kid has hope his O can improve
Kinda

But not really.

He’s a Karl type of player. Looks to pass and play defense first.

OK...pet peeve.

“Kidd missing this game with a calf” Duh he has a calf! Please commentators of sports in the United States to be stopping dropping of the word “injury.” TYVM

Starting lineup...

I would rather see Faried at PF and Nene at center, or Koufas at center and Nene at PF instead of Anderson being involved as a starter. More of an energy bench player IMO

My pet peeve ... wide open fucking threes...
Have a good game, Stiffs

Can’t watch and type. See y’all down the line.

Your lack of ability disturbs me good sir!
lol is stone scared of the ball or wat he passes it so fast
Stone's afraid

Karl is going to yank him if he shoots and misses

hes not very comfortable in the NBA game yet, but at least he brings good man to man defense, and excellent height at PG position

Afflalo bringing the disappointment
So...I see we still have forgotten that people in the NBA like to shoot 3pt'ers
make your damn free throws
Very nice slip Nene
I like Nene's energy
Nene got fouled three times on that drive
the nuggets need to work on there shooting bad
The entire team is in a slump...pretty amazing
AAA

still suckin hard

Now that was pretty! Nice Ty to Bird!!!
Aaron Afflalo

wish he would live up to his new contract. Is it injury problems?, or what? Last year he was one of the most promising Nugg players going forward

Mental

Pretty sure he is feeling the pressure of that nice new contract.

i think hes forcing his game to much
I think it's a combination

of not being in basketball shape early in the year, then pressing as a result, which lead to a bunch of nagging injuries which have perpetuated a downward spiral.

Send Affalo to the D league
cant other teams sign him off our d league squad?
No, that is not accurate.
I ask again

Did any other team even offer to AAA?

I doubt it

maybe Chicago

Too bad we didnt let CHI have him.
I did 't hear of any
very bad contract
very bad
At least it

Is only half of KMART and we didn’t havetogive any picks

Trying to be more positive tonight

like russcot said the whole nugget team has been in a shooting slump for awile now
How was that not a moving screen on Mahimi (sp)?
did rudy even touch him?
It looks like my wish of a ton of defensive energy has gone in vain :p
trivia question of the day...whose shot is uglier

A. air bud
B. shawn marion

B. all day everyday
Big Al In

Time to ROCK!

As usual

the opposing team is draining 3’s on us

For God's sake!

Please guard the three point line!!!! That’s all this team does is shoot 3’s

Lethargic Nuggets are lethargic :(
At some point

you have to blame Karl for them not coming out focused

Can Masai shake up this roster?

It’s getting pathetic how the nuggets are playing now

I'd say it's pretty shook up

by injury alone

I've been calling for Masai to shake up the roster for a long time
theres a certain player in Orlando i wouldnt mind having
I would want him too

but we would have to give up a lot for him

we have alot
Orlando would want lawson

no thank you

yea no way id get rid of lawson

but i wouldnt mind giving up nene

I wouldn't mind giving him up either
Ty + Gallo
I mean that's what I would ask for.
I would consider giving them Nene and Gallo

but not Lawson

yea i agree with this
maybe gallo

especially if we get chandler back

I'd give up Gallo, Mozzy, Faried, Dre

and 3 1st rounders

gallo nene and dre with the picks
I would give up

AAA and Nene for Dwight

nobody wants AAA
Otis Smith

He’s made some dumb moves so he might take AAA

OT: What's for dinner?

chicken soup with broccoli

Chicken nuggets

with Mac & Cheese

Corn chips and queso with sausage

Not very healthy at all.

:(

Al Harrington would be proud
peanut butter with bananas
My mom LOVES those sandwiches
sounds like a badass
put them on graham crackers
Caldo de Gallina

and beer

Chinese food, in honor of JR and Chandler.
Yay!

Andre!

someone

has to hit ’em!

Sure aint Affailo
Rudy needs to take that strong
Miller's actually turning into a semi-credible outside shoter
lol...not a shooting foul my ass
miller has more 3s this year than last 2 seasons
he's like a bad or inconsisten 3-pt shooter

instead of a non-3-pt shooter

is it me or does rudy remined you of a yonger jr smith when hes cold hes frozen
Yeah except he's white and has no tatoos
half of his 3 pt misses are end of qtr or time clock running out anyway
Yeah thats a good point

He’s missed a good 8 or 9 halfcourt chucks this year at the end of halves. Maybe even a dozen

Replace Nuggets with Generals

and it feels like this

33 pt quarter

Absolutely no D whatsoever

they can play much better D

And they have to. And I think they will.

They have in the past.

I just don’t understand what has happened to our D. It’s like we’ve forgotten the fundamentals of what to do on the defensive end.

Well this quarter sucked
We are only down by 8!
and we gave up 33pts.

that equates to a sucky quarter in my book :p

that's why they play 4 total quarters in the NBA
Yeah

but the d isn’t looking good

Please break the streak. Put up a second quarter thread
howard 25 pts 24 boards for orlando
We are still in the game

I think? Maybe? Whatever?

knix win without stoudemire, anthony
No sticky ball from melo
Playing against the Wizards should make it a half win
The Dallas rook is going to have a field day
As I mentioned the "rover" zone on the other thread.

Dallas plays it perfectly against us. Box plus 1.

I felt left out on the other thread

slow internet is killing me!

stone should be in over aaa
Pretty pass!!!
wonder what the knicks would want for amare
I'd rather get Melo back
moz and chandler?
In a scary moment

where I thought my laptop failed completely, I finally got it to turn back on again! But then I turned this game on. :(

so a net loss?
umm...how is it not a Travel when Odom misses everything and then catches it?
Thats fing travelling

Odom caught his own shot

Terry flop...sigh
Are you surprised?
no.

I just really would like for it to be cleaned up. Can you imagine the Detroit Bad Boys teams trying to play in today’s game? They’d all foul out in the first quarter.

Last night I had a dream Dwight Howard was tearing it up in a Nugget uniform

Then I woke up and was disappointed

Gk needs to run more plays for this team right now no one can get there own shot
and not just pick and roll
fack it, we reaIIy shouId have signed jr instead of affIaIo.

those ppI again taIkin about character, bunch of crap.

we cant really sign JR
why not?
hes in china?
And George Michael Karl is here
He's not coming back. No how...no way
for a couple more weeks
JR will never ever be a Nugget again.

Regardless of what AAA does

Get over the JR thing.

He is too hot and cold

and stiII more consistent than anyone eIse on this team.

at Ieast when his shootin is off, he can stiII be a pIaymaker on pick and roIIs, and reb and pIay some hard defense, then when his shot does get roIIin he cant be guarded.

You guys realize Dwight is not re-signing here?
Wait, he played here before?
it would have to be a trade and sign like melo did
So it would not happen

because he isn’t re-signing here. He’s a big market fucker like the rest of em

Nice block by Koufos

He’s played pretty well. Good backup guy

so far this is pathetic basketball.

We have no energy whatsoever

nice rebounding Nuggets
yay we are only down 10!
Ugh this game is Soo frustrating
Small ball sucks...We need Moz back!!!
We need our team to play with passion.
We need our team to play. Full Stop.
heart
What's that?

Saving that for next season!

Sort of like Karl's timeouts!
even if mozy was back GK still likes his small ball
this game is too painful to watch. going out instead. see ya guys.
If this keeps happening

say hello to the lottery

anyone get the feeling like...

chauncy is about to allen iverson his career?

What?
not hang them up when he should
Depends on how his heel heals.
wow no run back thats just shows a lack of heart
This is f**king pathetic!
I would like us to play some defense.
That would be nice...

(Hi Cat!)

i would like us to play
two TO's back to back. We aren't taking care of the ball,

and we’re getting out rebounded and out hustled at home.

Does GK call a time out and address that issue
I hate, hate, hate flopping!!!!
has rudy taken a 3 with his feet set in his career?
Scott Foster thinks he the President of the Basketball court
If by President you mean Emperor Palpatine
I meant Dictator

…emphasis on the first syllable

wtf are these fouls or wat
Oh, for fuck's sake!

Terry gets his own fucking rebound???!?!!

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
GK with his trusty

Down 16 TO!

looks like the nugs dont really give a fuck
i hate to say this

but right now Karl is not inspiring this team.

Karl

the guy needs to go

This team is in a funk

That is all, I just hope they can get out of it.

This schedule certainly doesn't help

magnifies any problems

Duke-UNC game is good!

go unc

!

I was at the game that UNLV upset them when they were #1

That was a great game.

Vegas is a good team too!
i would take all the main guys out for the rest of the game just to prove a point
at least this unit
that would be coaching, though :p
what is this coaching you speak of?
I think the wheels have come off.
Why doesn't 2K and Charmin play
Charmin @ the four and 2K playing the five
Our biggest problem right now,

is that we cannot hit a shot outside of 5 feet consistently – as an entire team. Dallas, like the teams we’ve played in the last 5 games, is just packing the lane, and making penetration pretty much a non-factor. Until we can punish teams for sagging off, they will continue to do so.

It's all slipping away.........

The lack of Gallo is hurting us

meh Im pretty sure we would be getting our ass kicked even if gallo was playing
the D needs to go to a zone since we are soo small and the GK needs to being runing plays for the O
Also, Dallas, though they play in slow motion, sets better screens

top to bottom, than anyone on the Nuggets.

We need to start hitting shots

that’s really the thing imo. Nothing will go right until they start shooting like a professional basketball team and not a low-major NCAA team. It will inspire the defense, make the other team’s defense honest, and set everything in motion. It’s scary that it really hasn’t happened this season yet though.

Would you guys mind if I recapped Modern Family and The Challenge instead of this game???????
I wouldn't mind at all
lol I love modern family
is there a game tonight?
Yes. I would prefer you recap Justified from last night

and Rock Center

Nice shot AAA
His front-of-the-rim percentage is about 95%
hahaha, dammit... true.
Thank you Rudy
can we stop switching everything plz
We could just stand around instead...

oh, wait :p

If I had paid for this game, I would be demanding a refund at halftime
Why wait
it would take me that long to get to the ticket office through the throngs of fans

vacating the pepsi center like rats leaving a sinking ship :p

LOL

Blue Sky Grill has a decent burger.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor???!!!
Yeah
urnotdointirite
How do you do it
it goes thusly.

Germans?!
Forget it, he/she’s rolling.

It’s an Animal House reference

This could be the greatest night of our lives!
TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!
Zit
Wrong part but same movie!
I'm the Law....Son!!!
Goldon State is going to kill us tomorrow
Can you worry about this game before giving up on this game!

FAIL!!!!

Well

this team is not giving me a reason to keep faith alive

I read that as can you worry about losing that game after we lose this game.

weird….

Yeah that confused me as well
My grammer sucks...Sorry!
It's cool

I’m just sick of the slow starts by this team

I wasn't making fun of your grammar

I was making a joke because that’s how it went in my head

Affailo

14:28, 4 PTS, 1-4 (0-2/three), 0 REB, 0 AST, 1 TO, -17

That's our $50 million man
You know what pisses me off about the AAA bashing

it’s not like he’s doing this on purpose. And no one MADE the Nuggets pay him that sum of money. What was he going to do say no?

Well as fans

we have the right to bash someone when they are underperforming

I think AAA is probably worried about being old and not getting any.

Physically he seems fine. Mentally he is having game problems.

Something ain’t right with him.

You laugh now whippersnapper
I'm just worried AAA caught something from Vince Carter

Big plans for that guy but now he’s just a bum.

dont worry man

i caught the pun in the name

This is when I miss Doug Moe yelling “Go! Go! Go!”

Better Defense for once
I also refuse to believe that Gallinari is THIS important to the Nuggets

there’s just something else going on right now…

yeah George Karl is going on
gallo is our best player by far!!!
Miller is not having a good game. Nene doesn't set picks at all
That rendition of "I want you back"

brought to you by fans-for-gallo.

George Karl at the half court

He must be leaving too.

I will say that the last few games the refs have done the Nuggets absolutely no favors,

such as calling the game correctly

I will reiterate this

The officiating has been really shitty this season

I will re-reiterate this
I wonder how much the schedule is affecting them...
i wish we could get kmart back even tho we have alot of F.

this team is baby powder soft and would could use someone hitting ppl out there like a bronco game

All the refs need are white canes
West reminds me of that guy at the Y

Just here throwing up bricks!!!

I'm not gonna let the refs get to me....

yeah, right

the refs have been bad all year
Charmin scoring tonight
and five boards
that's the way rudy!
Forget this!

I’m going home!

Where are you?
Sister's

Watching my nephew.

I’m not really leaving.

Sorry to get your hopes up.

Well that's not really what I meant...but you know whatever
"Screw you guys

I’m goin’ home"

What's with all the Mavs fans?
Shawn Marrion making shots is like your grandma getting some

Shouldn’t happen and definitely shouldn’t be seen in public

I hope like hell I'm gettin some

at that age!

SHUT UP EVERYONE

You maybe need to go on a date

Instead of spending your nights on this thing.

Really?

You’re going there?

Really?

What
Well what exactly are you doing here too?
I have a physics test tomorrow.

I’m kinda sorta studying.

But why aren't YOU out on a date....

etc…

because I have school tomorrow

I don’t have a car.

I don’t have a job.

I’m not old enough to worry about getting some when I’m a senior citizen.

Well let's say I'm not exactly "worrying" about it.

Oy.

Aren't you afraid of being old and alone?
What's wrong with being old and alone?
I don't know but old lonely people always talk about it.
But talking about it is great therapy.
No and no.

There’s a difference between being old and lonely, not old and alone. I’m not lonely and I’m not elderly. I’m just saying that if I live long enough to make people be horrified at the thought of getting some, I damn well hope I am getting some.

TMI

I just visualized an old person getting some.

That's your problem
I will be in about 20 mins

Better for my health and blood pressure than this game has been

When the ball clangs the rim

it changes the trajectory of said ball causing it to miss net completely

all the females in the house say whoaaaaaaaaaa
jeez this is ugly

the team can still turn it around. No need to go at each other’s throats! I’ve seen way too much of that here

You!

!!! Goat something something!

All your fault! Something! Rabble rabble!!

LOUD NOISES
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT
TEAM SUCKS!

ALL YOUR FAULT!

OR MAYBE MINE! So confused!

Damn ty is hurt
Are you joking?

Because if you are I’m going to bop you on the nose. And if you aren’t I’m going to bop you on the nose.

I'm not

Hastings said that he hurt his shoulder

/bops TMGCT on nose
God I hate the Mavs
this better be

on hell of a halftime speech.

Nah, GK will fold his arms and talk about “high level” zen crap

Like Phil Jackson?

He’s pretty good.

We should NEVER

compare Karl to Jackson

"Um, if you outscore the other team you will win."

But coach, how do we do that?

“Um, make all your shots, get all the rebounds, make all your free throws”

If ty is hurt badly

I’m going to cry

Since Moz went down this team has been in a funk

Maybe giving away the Memphis game was one too.
But we should have won vs. LAC, MEM, and HOU.
Whatever, I will be more detached. It will be good for my health

Nah

Team playing bad even before Moz injury.

But him and Gallo going down definitely doesn’t help.

Not as bad and disinterested

This is a different team now than the one that was winning well.
We aren’t as deep as we thought b/c someone likes running vets into the ground.

say hello to the lottery folks
Premature season over post is premature
well if Ty is hurt badly, i have a right to overreact
One always has the prerogative to overreact
Wouldnt mind the lottery

Too many injuries on this team. But lest we forget GK won’t play the rookie no matter how good he is unless he is from UNC

and he has to be a guard
Hopefully

if we suck, Karl gets canned. That is my hope

yea right so then we can hire mike brown when he gets fired from the lakers no thanks
We wouldn't hire Mike Brown

Karl has run his course in Denver. time to move on

and who would you get to replace him....

in case you dont remember what happened when Adrian Dantley took over this team…

Dantley never wanted to be a head coach

When you are in the market your first item on the checklist is ‘does he want to be a head coach’.

Not a valid comparison.

What has Karl done exactly in his 8 seasons in Denver?
He showed up for 7.3 seasons

Nearly perfect attendance!

What happened to Dantley anyways?
His contract not renewed

He was a bit sore about it. Said it was something to do with coach bench rotations. Don’t know what happened after that.

Our new coach will be

Stan van Gundy

I kinda like stan for some reason
Orland should blow up the whole thing

All those years of coming close but no cigar. Stan needs a change.

I like how he is such an active coach.

That's not necessarily a bad thing

This years draft will be a good one

That wish has been for years with me

he has the magic touch.
They will let him slide because of the injuries although it’s the same scenario in which he took over from his predecessor

Really hard to get upset about this game

When we knew all along that this was the plan all along. I mean, how many times did Karl and Ty say “We’re are going to go under the radar.”

That’s all they are doing.

Yeah but we can't get too far behind in the west
Buckets starting the 2nd half.
vince carter is not that good wtf
Never been so happy

To be down just by 10.

Nice adjustments Karl
Fire the coach! Trade all the players!

Drink all the beer!

stone should be in there instead of aaa
Give hamilton some run
i want bird, nene, big al, stone, ty in is was i ment
And I would rather see hamilton rather than stone
lol your not understanding i want hamilton in there 2
By lokking at your comment up above,

I don’t see hamilton in your lineup

looking
big all = hamilton
big al*
I never knew we had an Al Hamilton on this team. Is he any good?
We need some fresh legs.
i thought you kept saying harrington and the kid from texas
not the kid from texas*
Big Al = Harrington
yeah big al is harrington
oops your right i mixed up there names my mistake
Need Miller to come up in and play well

r we have no chance. Stone has no chance in this game if we want to win.

dallas has 9 3's ugh
not surprised no one guards the line
Karl puts in big lineup and we get killed

Goes with smaller lineup and we cant rebound

Karl's really in a no win situation

With a team lacking big men and no Gallo

OLD PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BREED!

There is already too many of them, sucking up social security.

I don't think that's how reproduction wo...

nevermind.

So what happened in the first 8 minutes of the second ha...

oh, I see.

cmon lawson wide open
Why can't Lawson make 3s this season?
Hey we are in the 2nd half thread
oh yeah. forgot stiffs does that
Great block, K2

Love him!

HELOOOOOOOOOOOO

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