Wednesday, January 30, 2008
AI's Double-Double is Nuggets Winning Formula
I've said this over and over on different forums, even Melo's Yardbarker Page. Basically with this win on the Road (finally) against the Grizzlies, the Nuggets now improved to 19-1 when AI has a Dub-Dub in Points and Assists. The only loss if I am not mistaken is his very first game with the Nuggets.
My suggestion to my favorite player AI is to go after the Dub-Dub because I'm no genius but with that stat of 19-1 it is a virtually guaranteed win, so why not?
It translates into about 3 assists per quarter, and with all the attention he gets, it should be easy, provided that the recipient of the pass makes the open shot. It will turn him into more than just a scorer, and more than a 1-dimensional player and most importantly, the Nuggets will keep winning! Win-Win situation don't you think?
Winning Formula: AI > 10 pts + AI > 10 ast = WIN
Simple right? Not really, AI needs to first find this blog, then AI needs to challenge himself to do this for the team. He has proven to the world that he can score, now he needs to prove that he can make his team better and win. Think about it, THE FORMULA WORKED EVEN WITHOUT MELO, NENE AND ON THE ROAD EVEN.
If I know him and his desire to win like I think I do, this is what he wants, and he is capable of doing it.
If you in any way can get him to read this, please do, for the Nugget's sake.
Go NUGGETS!!
NuggSter
Monday, January 28, 2008
Nuggets Blown Out by the Hornets
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - MLK
Without Melo and Nene, we had little hope. Without Camby doing his thing, we had no chance in hell. Why? I don't know since it wasn't televised in my area but if any of you know please let me know. In the meantime, I'm sure CP3 showed us all why he should be an All-Star.
For now,.. we need to support the guys who are left out there.
Go AI?
Go NUGGETS!!
NuggSter
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Nuggets lose another on the road to Nowitzki, Mavericks
We only lost by 5, but we still lost. We could have made 2 or 3 more shots, or we could have made more free throws to get the win but, hey, at least we didn't get blown out considering that AI's usual help on Offense didn't show up today. It was unfortunate that both K-Mart and Kleiza weren't able to continue their excellent play on the road.
Usually Kleiza plays very well when it is a televised game, so it was an even bigger surprise to me that he didn't play too well. This is the 2nd game in a row that was televised that I scheduled my recorder to record which I will not watch because I hate watching the Nuggets lose, period.
At any rate, I hope Melo comes back for the game against the Best of the West because AI can't do it alone. Well, maybe if he could maybe play them all 1-on-1 and beat them one at a time? ;) At this rate, with our losing streak on the road, and playing the best team on the West, I don't think anyone expects the Nuggets to win. For me, I hope they do, I really do, but I'm not totally confident they will.
Go NUGGETS!!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Nuggets Win another game without Anthony over Nets.
AC was 1 for 8, JR was 1 for 7 and Diawara was 0 for 3. Again, we shot a horrendous 21.7% from the 3-point line, which obviously is the weakness that I have been mentioning over and over again. We didn't have a lot of assists either.
Luckily what we did get is a Win.
Not being able to watch the games leaves me only room for speculation so all I can hope for is that Karl is doing something to address their issues.
For now, we are back on top of the Division, but next up is a road game in Dallas which will not be easy enough to win with these problems that we have.
As a fan, all I can hope for is the best especially because the last time My DENVER NUGGETs played a game on TV they got blown out by the Lakers.
Here's hoping for the best, Go NUGGETS!!
#6 NuggSter
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Nuggets Defend Home without Melo & Nene.
I was thinking, if they can't win WITH Melo, how the hell are they going to win WITHOUT him? Well, the answer was simply that the guys who don't usually step up did tonight. Also, the Hawks didn't quite shoot as well as they did the last time they played the Nuggets.
Although as I was afraid of, another career night happened for one of the opposing players wherein Josh Smith got what I believe to be his first Career Triple Double. As I stated earlier, "THE NUGGETS ARE GAINING THE REPUTATION AS THE TEAM WITH NO DEFENSE THAT ANY PLAYER CAN GET A CAREER NIGHT AGAINST."
We still shot poorly from the 3 point line but luckily they didn't do that much better.
All that happened was we won a game that we were supposed to win, yes even without Melo and Nene. I still can't believe we got swept by the Lakers,.. especially by Vujajic and Fisher. =P'
I hope that Linas realizes that this team needs him to be consistently agressive like he has been playing lately.
All I can do as a fan is hope for the best and wish that coach Karl cares for this team at least half as much as I do and does something to fix our issues.
6 NuggSter
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Anthony and Nuggets Fall to Lakers.
On a positive note, Nene's tumor has been removed and it was caught very early so Nene should be recovering. Thank You God.
Uh oh,.. here we go with the Negatives, I just hope I am able to stop:
- As I've said before, the NUGGETS are more often than not beat by the 3 pointer. They need to learn how to make them AND defend them.
- Who the hell was defending Fisher?? hint: I didn't watch the delayed TNT Telecast.
- Now the NUGGETS have a reputation for being the team that can give you your Season or Career highs. I can just imagine guys on the bench of other teams excited to play the NUGGETS because they can probably score 30 or 40 for once. =P'
- Obviously Karl doesn't see any reason to concentrate on the NUGGET'S weakness but hey, he's happy that his son on the Lakers scored 1 point. =P'
- Nene is still out.
- Najera is also injured.
- Now Melo is out on a sprained ankle too.
- If AI is as passionate as I think he is, he is very frustrated right now.
- Nothing new here... I might as well stop.
For now, I am just going to hope that this injury bug finally gives the NUGGETS a break and leave us for awhile so we can get our Shtuff together.
Hopefully Karl is smart enough to start with:
G Carter, G Iverson, F Martin, F Kleiza, C Camby
I hope JR and Von Wafer gets a lot more playing time out of this at least too.
I'm not coach though so whatever.
GoooOOo NUGGETS?..
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Iverson bails out the Nuggets for a Series Sweep over the Wolves
- The Nuggets gave up an early 14 point lead in the first half,
- The Nuggets allowed 60 points in the first half on about 60% shooting,
- Of course Nene and Martin are out and noone knows when their comin back,
- Who knows when Hunter will be able to help,
- Coach Karl publicly doesn't seem to believe in his own team!
From ESPN:
"I feel like a thief tonight," said Karl, whose team finished 4-0 against Minnesota this season. "We weren't the better team, but we won. I'm happy we don't have to play them again. If we did, we would probably lose."
WTF!!?? How the hell does a coach say that about his own team??! I would understand if Pat Riley said it about the Heat but Karl on the Nuggets??!! Ok maybe that is not what he meant but he could have been more specific don't you think? If he means considering they are short-handed or considering how lousy our play was we would lose if we tried that again, .. then that's how he should have said it.
I d0n't know about you but it is really hard to win when your own coach doesn't believe you can win.
Then, our next stop is at the Lakers, where Karl's son plays, so who is he gonna support? The Nuggets or his son's Lakers?? =P
As for us,... We really could use a road win especially against the Lakers who have manhandled us in previous meetings.
Go NUGGETS!!
#6 Nuggster.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Nuggets End their 2-game skid and the Jazz's 4-game winning streak at home.
Nuggets need a lot of work if they want to go further in the Playoffs.
Things that the NUGGETS NEED to work on in my (non-expert) opinion:
- 3-Pointers, defending them and making them
- Learn to Never Expect the referees to make the call
- Learn some Triangle Offense a la 90's Bulls and some Pick & Roll a la Stockton & Malone
- Get everybody back, well at least Martin & Nene
- Melo, Camby & AI should keep shooting for those Double Doubles, Melo & Camby in Points & Rebounds and AI in Points & Assists (7-0)
- and the rest of the Nuggets to show up and want it as bad as AI, Melo & Camby want it.
It's a pretty tall order but hey, all we can do as 6th Men is hope and wish.
GoooOOOO NUGGETS!!
Monday, January 14, 2008
No Heroes for the Nuggets Today.
Basically we got out shot from the 3 point line AND surprisingly from the Free-Throw Line. =P'
There were no heroics from our Nuggets this time in the closing of the game though,.. but hey,.. what can I say, you literally Win some and you Lose some. Today was that some.
If I were coach, I would have my players (the 3 pointers e.g. AI, Melo, AC, Kleiza, JR etc.) MAKE at least 100 3-Pointers every practice as well as Free Throws. When it comes right down to it, they are "Professional" Basketball Players who get paid to do what they Love. Why not be sure to be Professional and be able to do the things expected of you.
Bottom-Line: We lost by 3. The outcome could have been different by a better 3 point Percentage or a couple more Free Throws.
Go NUGGETS!!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Nene out indefinitely, Nuggets get win over Magic.
Thanks to another Double-Double from our Favorite Forward in the League MELO with 32 points and 11 rebounds, we were able to get another win from one of the surging teams in the Orlando Magic.
Speaking of Magic, there was a little Magic when Dwight Howard tried to intercept an Alley Oop to K-Mart and he accidentally tipped the shot in. I wonder how they assigned those points? Does anybody know? If you do let me know ok? =D
AI and AC had similar stats for this game with 21 pts each, 5 rebounds each but AI had 2 more assists with 13 while AC had 11. Pretty damn good for the backcourt huh?
The Bad News is, Nene is out indefinitely to attend to a medical matter, while we the fans and the team pray for him and respect his privacy we can't help but feel the loss, again. The Nuggets are just going to have a harder time realizing their potential without one of our vital components in Nene who one of our 3 BigZ that makes our front court one of the best in the league.
For now, let's just pray for him and his family and hope for the best for our Nuggets going forward.
Go NUGGETS!!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Nuggets first loss of 2008
End of Story.
By the way as I had mentioned before, we need to learn how to defend the 3s because that's how the Spurs beat us last year.
Go NUGGETS!!