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Andre is a starter IMO. Having him coming off the bench is ehhhhh.
2009 Denver Nuggets Off-Season thread - 9/25: Joey Graham signed
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- Jan 29, 2007
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miller wouldnt be happy with the amount of minutes he would get. fact. and money.
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There's no chance of landing Andre Miller.
He's one of, if not the top non All-Star PG in the league. He's going to get paid; no sense in him taking a pay cut and minute cut.
He's one of, if not the top non All-Star PG in the league. He's going to get paid; no sense in him taking a pay cut and minute cut.
- Jan 27, 2001
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Looking at Denver's roster, they have the pieces to legitimately contend for a championship next year. They have 3 important ingredients already in place:Good post defense, depth with the bigs, and a superstar who will put pressure on the refs to make calls.
The areas they lack in are back-up point guard and another wing player who can take it off-the-dribble. Melo can NOT be the only guy who is able to create fromthe wing. JR is the next best option and he simply doesn't do it often enough. Dahntay Jones is the starting 2 guard at times and he can't eveneffectively take it to the hole. He's basically another Diawara or DeMarr Johnson. A guy who is scrappy on D but is a liability on O. And in the NBA,that's unacceptable from your starting 2.
If Denver can somehow acquire a combo guard in the mold of a Randy Foye for instance, that would be great for them. That player would be able to maybe start atthe 2 and then slide over to the pg to give Chauncey a breather. Similar to what they do with Rose, Gordon, & Hinrich in Chicago.
As for the Nugget free agents, bring back Dahntay if only for his hard-nosed defense. He could back up whoever they bring in to be the starter at SG.
And of course, bring Birdman back. It'll be tough b/c as others have said, he'll be sure to receive a ton of good offers from other teams.
Kleiza can walk.
The areas they lack in are back-up point guard and another wing player who can take it off-the-dribble. Melo can NOT be the only guy who is able to create fromthe wing. JR is the next best option and he simply doesn't do it often enough. Dahntay Jones is the starting 2 guard at times and he can't eveneffectively take it to the hole. He's basically another Diawara or DeMarr Johnson. A guy who is scrappy on D but is a liability on O. And in the NBA,that's unacceptable from your starting 2.
If Denver can somehow acquire a combo guard in the mold of a Randy Foye for instance, that would be great for them. That player would be able to maybe start atthe 2 and then slide over to the pg to give Chauncey a breather. Similar to what they do with Rose, Gordon, & Hinrich in Chicago.
As for the Nugget free agents, bring back Dahntay if only for his hard-nosed defense. He could back up whoever they bring in to be the starter at SG.
And of course, bring Birdman back. It'll be tough b/c as others have said, he'll be sure to receive a ton of good offers from other teams.
Kleiza can walk.
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Denva Bring back Dahntay Jones, Chris Andersen & Linas Kleiza
Nuggets finna b ranked 3-4 seed next year...
Nuggets finna b ranked 3-4 seed next year...
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if they bring back Andersen, they will be really good again next year.
Jones and AC are not that important IMO, they can find decent free agents at SG and backup PG
since, they pretty much will have the same team next year, if they stay healthy, they will be very good and contend for the title
but I just wish they weren't so dirty with all the grabs, trips, and pushes
maybe they will learn from all the technicals and flagrants
Jones and AC are not that important IMO, they can find decent free agents at SG and backup PG
since, they pretty much will have the same team next year, if they stay healthy, they will be very good and contend for the title
but I just wish they weren't so dirty with all the grabs, trips, and pushes
maybe they will learn from all the technicals and flagrants
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I agree with you on pretty much everything said, but Denver's problem is money.
Next year, their salary looks like this:
Carmelo Anthony - $15.8 Mil
Kenyon Martin - $15.4 Mil
Chauncey Billups - $12.1 Mil
Nene - $10.5 Mil
JR Smith - $5.5 Mil
Steven Hunter - $3.7 Mil
Antonio McDyess - $3.26 Mil
Renaldo Balkman - $2.1 Mil
Sonny Weems - $736,420 (Non-guaranteed)
So that's close to $70 Mil already spent on 9 players next year.
With these economic times, the salary cap declining and owner's not wanting to pay luxury tax, there's no way the Nuggets would be able to sign alegitimate starting wing. I say re-sign Jones because although he does have a tough time scoring, at times he can be effective when slashing and is a greatdefender.
I have no problem with Dahntay Jones starting because while he's out there, there's no real lack of offensive talent on the court. He's always outthere with Carmelo, Chauncey and Nene.
Would it be nice to be able to start JR? Yes, but why bother when you have Billups, Anthony & Nene out there? JR would be less efficient playing alongsidethe other starters, and would make them less productive as well. Not to mention the lack of scoring power that would be on the second squad. (AC, Dahntay,Balkman, Keliza, Andersen)
Bring back Dahntay to start at the 2, and simply because nobody will offer him any money and he's a great defender.
Spring the money for Andersen; if the Nuggets let him walk they'll have no big men on the bench other than Steven Hunter and will have to go searching fora cheap FA post.
Look around for a veteran free agent PG (Jason Williams, Stephon Marbury) who will be willing to take the minimum and his role on the bench. Only re-sign ACafter looking around and finding nothing.
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Encore? That could prove difficult
DENVER -- After two and a half months of exquisite basketball, the Nuggets were overdue for a stinker. And unfortunately, they delivered itat the worst possible time.
This was a reversion to the style of play that had made them so hard to love even as they won 50 games a season ago -- lazy defense, poor offensive decisionsand periodic combustibility. Denver gave up too many wide open shots, tried too many crazy passes and picked up yet another senseless technical foul in fallingto the Los Angeles Lakers 119-92 in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
"We tried to outscore them instead of outdefend them," said Nuggets coach George Karl, but his team ended up getting neither done.
For L.A., it's back to the NBA Finals, where the Lakers can head with confidence after their most complete outing of the postseason.
For Denver? It's an offseason full of question marks.
First, the good news. What the Nuggets accomplished this season was borderline miraculous from a financial perspective -- Denver's front-office team ofBret Bearup, Mark Warkentien and Rex Chapman not only met owner Stan Kroenke's mandate to get under the luxury tax by shedding nearly $20 million inpayroll, but also moved up six spots in the conference standings and reached the conference finals. Once there, they gave a 65-win team everything it couldhandle for five games.
Teams are fond of saying "nobody believed in us," but in the Nuggets' case it's really true -- not one of our experts had them making theplayoffs before the season, much less moving into the upper crust of the vaunted Western Conference and taking the Lakers to six games.
To a man, the Nuggets felt things might have been different with a bit more experience and a bit more composure. Denver had no answer for L.A. in the Game 6beatdown, but goes into the offseason also ruing defeats in Games 1, 3 and 5. Denver led the first two of those meetings late in the fourth quarter, and wereup late in the third in Game 5, but faltered down the stretch in all three games.
"In this game and in this series there were too many times our inexperience was exposed," said Chauncey Billups, who bizarrely found himselfeliminated in Game 6 of the conference finals for a fourth straight season. "Now we know as a team what it takes in these situations. I think we learned alot of lessons."
Getting this far again, however, could prove extremely difficult. Despite all the salary shedding they did this season, the Nuggets remain in a tight spot interms of the salary cap and luxury-tax line, and they have several free agents to deal with this summer.
Let's start at the top. Kroenke is a real-estate billionaire whose wife is a Wal-Mart heiress -- clearly, if he decides he wants to spend a few millionmore, he can. Equally clearly, he's decided that fiscal restraint is desirable after he paid an enormous luxury tax bill for a team that failed to win aplayoff game in 2007-08.
Kroenke also owns the NHL's Colorado Avalanche (and a majority stake in Arsenal, the English soccer team), and I'm told that until recently the successof the Avalanche helped subsidize losses by the Nuggets. Now that the Avalanche stink, that's no longer the case, which is one reason the Nuggets had tocut back this year.
Here's where it hurts the Nuggets -- despite all last year's cutting, they're likely going to be several million dollars over the luxury-taxthreshold unless they trim even more. Because their player contracts have built-in raises but the salary cap is expected to go down next season, they'recaught in the whipsaw.
Denver will be nearly at the tax line with the contracts of just six players -- Billups, Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Kenyon Martin, Steven Hunter, and Nene(who broke his arm in the fourth quarter of Game 6, by the way). Add in the $3 million on the books as part of Antonio McDyess' buyout and the smallercontracts of Sonny Weems and Renaldo Balkman, and they're already at $69 million -- with the luxury-tax threshold expected to fall between $69 and $71million next year. And things get even worse a year later, when the tax level may drop again while the salaries of the Nuggets' core players once againrise.
All of that is before they attempt to re-sign Chris Andersen, Linas Kleiza, Dahntay Jones, or Anthony Carter, or add any additional players, or draft anybody.
"We want everybody back, we want our same team," Anthony said. But it's going to be extremely difficult for the Nuggets to have that.
Denver's biggest priority is bringing back Andersen, the high-flying shot-blocker who returned to the Nuggets as a fan favorite and energized the secondunit. The Nuggets are hoping to sell their lone draft pick, at No. 34, and use the money to keep Andersen. Denver also will probably trade the futurefirst-round pick it owns (via Charlotte) to any team willing to take Hunter off its hands, opening up some more wiggle room.
Of course, if Kroenke decides to open the checkbook again, it could be a very different story. The Nuggets are sitting on a huge trade exception from the AllenIverson-Billups deal with Detroit. If they decide to exercise it, they can essentially get a high-priced player from another team for free, a possibility allthe more enticing in the current economic environment as teams are looking to move out high-salaried players -- there should be lots of sellers and few buyers.
But such a move would put them back where they were in the Iverson days, with a roster that's well into the luxury tax. If the team is a genuinechampionship contender, it might be worth it to Kroenke to pursue that option. (While Kroenke is invisible publicly, he's a passionate fan.) But my sourcesconsider that kind of move unlikely unless a Pau Gasol-esque trade landed in the Nuggets' laps.
The wild card in all of this, I'm told, is what happens at the box office this summer. If Denver's deep playoff run leads to a torrent of season-ticketsales, then the team might be able to pay the tax and keep the financial losses acceptable. In their current state, though, the team isn't profitableunless their player salaries are in the $55 million range, so going up to $75 million in payroll and paying the luxury tax on top of that probably isn't inthe cards.
All of which takes us back to a basic, somewhat universal problem -- it's hard getting to this point in the first place, but often it's even hardergetting back.
The Hornets thought they'd be back in contention when their season ended a year ago, and the Jazz thought the same thing the year before that when theymade it to the Western Conference finals. The Nuggets learned a lot in this group's first venture past the first round of the playoffs, but it remains anopen question whether they'll have a chance to apply what they learned next spring.
DENVER -- After two and a half months of exquisite basketball, the Nuggets were overdue for a stinker. And unfortunately, they delivered itat the worst possible time.
This was a reversion to the style of play that had made them so hard to love even as they won 50 games a season ago -- lazy defense, poor offensive decisionsand periodic combustibility. Denver gave up too many wide open shots, tried too many crazy passes and picked up yet another senseless technical foul in fallingto the Los Angeles Lakers 119-92 in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
"We tried to outscore them instead of outdefend them," said Nuggets coach George Karl, but his team ended up getting neither done.
For L.A., it's back to the NBA Finals, where the Lakers can head with confidence after their most complete outing of the postseason.
For Denver? It's an offseason full of question marks.
First, the good news. What the Nuggets accomplished this season was borderline miraculous from a financial perspective -- Denver's front-office team ofBret Bearup, Mark Warkentien and Rex Chapman not only met owner Stan Kroenke's mandate to get under the luxury tax by shedding nearly $20 million inpayroll, but also moved up six spots in the conference standings and reached the conference finals. Once there, they gave a 65-win team everything it couldhandle for five games.
Teams are fond of saying "nobody believed in us," but in the Nuggets' case it's really true -- not one of our experts had them making theplayoffs before the season, much less moving into the upper crust of the vaunted Western Conference and taking the Lakers to six games.
To a man, the Nuggets felt things might have been different with a bit more experience and a bit more composure. Denver had no answer for L.A. in the Game 6beatdown, but goes into the offseason also ruing defeats in Games 1, 3 and 5. Denver led the first two of those meetings late in the fourth quarter, and wereup late in the third in Game 5, but faltered down the stretch in all three games.
"In this game and in this series there were too many times our inexperience was exposed," said Chauncey Billups, who bizarrely found himselfeliminated in Game 6 of the conference finals for a fourth straight season. "Now we know as a team what it takes in these situations. I think we learned alot of lessons."
Getting this far again, however, could prove extremely difficult. Despite all the salary shedding they did this season, the Nuggets remain in a tight spot interms of the salary cap and luxury-tax line, and they have several free agents to deal with this summer.
Let's start at the top. Kroenke is a real-estate billionaire whose wife is a Wal-Mart heiress -- clearly, if he decides he wants to spend a few millionmore, he can. Equally clearly, he's decided that fiscal restraint is desirable after he paid an enormous luxury tax bill for a team that failed to win aplayoff game in 2007-08.
Kroenke also owns the NHL's Colorado Avalanche (and a majority stake in Arsenal, the English soccer team), and I'm told that until recently the successof the Avalanche helped subsidize losses by the Nuggets. Now that the Avalanche stink, that's no longer the case, which is one reason the Nuggets had tocut back this year.
Here's where it hurts the Nuggets -- despite all last year's cutting, they're likely going to be several million dollars over the luxury-taxthreshold unless they trim even more. Because their player contracts have built-in raises but the salary cap is expected to go down next season, they'recaught in the whipsaw.
Denver will be nearly at the tax line with the contracts of just six players -- Billups, Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Kenyon Martin, Steven Hunter, and Nene(who broke his arm in the fourth quarter of Game 6, by the way). Add in the $3 million on the books as part of Antonio McDyess' buyout and the smallercontracts of Sonny Weems and Renaldo Balkman, and they're already at $69 million -- with the luxury-tax threshold expected to fall between $69 and $71million next year. And things get even worse a year later, when the tax level may drop again while the salaries of the Nuggets' core players once againrise.
All of that is before they attempt to re-sign Chris Andersen, Linas Kleiza, Dahntay Jones, or Anthony Carter, or add any additional players, or draft anybody.
"We want everybody back, we want our same team," Anthony said. But it's going to be extremely difficult for the Nuggets to have that.
Denver's biggest priority is bringing back Andersen, the high-flying shot-blocker who returned to the Nuggets as a fan favorite and energized the secondunit. The Nuggets are hoping to sell their lone draft pick, at No. 34, and use the money to keep Andersen. Denver also will probably trade the futurefirst-round pick it owns (via Charlotte) to any team willing to take Hunter off its hands, opening up some more wiggle room.
Of course, if Kroenke decides to open the checkbook again, it could be a very different story. The Nuggets are sitting on a huge trade exception from the AllenIverson-Billups deal with Detroit. If they decide to exercise it, they can essentially get a high-priced player from another team for free, a possibility allthe more enticing in the current economic environment as teams are looking to move out high-salaried players -- there should be lots of sellers and few buyers.
But such a move would put them back where they were in the Iverson days, with a roster that's well into the luxury tax. If the team is a genuinechampionship contender, it might be worth it to Kroenke to pursue that option. (While Kroenke is invisible publicly, he's a passionate fan.) But my sourcesconsider that kind of move unlikely unless a Pau Gasol-esque trade landed in the Nuggets' laps.
The wild card in all of this, I'm told, is what happens at the box office this summer. If Denver's deep playoff run leads to a torrent of season-ticketsales, then the team might be able to pay the tax and keep the financial losses acceptable. In their current state, though, the team isn't profitableunless their player salaries are in the $55 million range, so going up to $75 million in payroll and paying the luxury tax on top of that probably isn't inthe cards.
All of which takes us back to a basic, somewhat universal problem -- it's hard getting to this point in the first place, but often it's even hardergetting back.
The Hornets thought they'd be back in contention when their season ended a year ago, and the Jazz thought the same thing the year before that when theymade it to the Western Conference finals. The Nuggets learned a lot in this group's first venture past the first round of the playoffs, but it remains anopen question whether they'll have a chance to apply what they learned next spring.
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Great article NaS.
It will definitely be very interesting to see what Denver does next year. If Andersen walks though, it's pretty much a wrap for their championshipaspirations.
And Blazers21, you brought up some excellent points (some of which were confirmed in that article). I see your point on starting Dahntay. And I agree that theywill be able to find a quality backup pg on the market for cheap. AC will be cheap. But he's not "quality".
Steph? I love his talent but I don't know if he'd be a good fit in Denver.
J Will might be a good match though.
Bibby will probably be available. But his price will surely be too high....
It will definitely be very interesting to see what Denver does next year. If Andersen walks though, it's pretty much a wrap for their championshipaspirations.
And Blazers21, you brought up some excellent points (some of which were confirmed in that article). I see your point on starting Dahntay. And I agree that theywill be able to find a quality backup pg on the market for cheap. AC will be cheap. But he's not "quality".
Steph? I love his talent but I don't know if he'd be a good fit in Denver.
J Will might be a good match though.
Bibby will probably be available. But his price will surely be too high....
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I threw Marbury out there because it seems that there a few free agent PGs this year.
I would love for Jason Williams to come in and play the back-up role for Chauncey, I think he would be a perfect fit for the team.
Mike Bibby, as you said, is still going to want a hefty contract. Even though his game is clearly on the decline, he seems like one of those guys who would notbe willing to accept a cheaper contract and a bench role.
Maybe try making a run at younger point guard like Ramon Sessions, Shannon Brown or Ronnie Price, depending on what the market is like for each of them?
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[h1]Birdman doesn't want to fly away[/h1]
Free-agent center, others prefer to stay
By Chris Dempsey
The Denver Post
Posted: 05/31/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
On Saturday, Nuggets center Chris Andersen was asked the same forward-looking question all players whose season just ended must endure: What's the next step for the team?
The Birdman's answer, however, was anything but routine.
"Re-signing me," he said.
Andersen is the Nuggets' most urgent priority in a summer that will test the organization's ability to continue to be frugal, yet field a championship-caliber team. He is one of possibly seven free agents.
Andersen wants to return.
"What better place to play than at home?" Andersen said. "I love this city, I love this state. I appreciate everybody in the whole town for backing us and helping us prove others wrong."
But getting Andersen back into the fold won't be easy - or cheap. Andersen played last season on a one-year, $998,398 contract. He'll command a multiyear deal that could be in the neighborhood of the mid-level exception, which was $5.585 million last season.
Andersen, in his first full season back after a two-year NBA drug suspension, was second in the league during the regular season in blocked shots at 2.5 per game. He quickly became a fan favorite, the kind of player that makes it easier to market the team and get people in the stands.
Forward Linas Kleiza has decisions to make as well. He and the team were unable to reach an agreement during the season on a four-year contract extension. Kleiza is a restricted free agent, meaning the Nuggets can match any offer tendered to him by another team. Kleiza also had said he would go to Europe and play, but he has backed off that stance.
"I'm going to be playing in the NBA next year, that's what I want to do," Kleiza said. "But if a great opportunity comes along, you got to look at it."
He said his first desire is to come back.
Dahntay Jones played his way from a fringe player to one that at least is on the minds of NBA coaches and players. He played this season on a one-year $926,678 contract.
"I think my services may be wanted by other people," Jones said. "But I enjoyed my role here, and the guys I'm able to play with and able to have an impact on the organization. I'd be willing to come back (in that role). . . . I have to do the best thing for my family."
Guard Anthony Carter played on a one-year, $1,147,523 contract.
"I want to stay here," Carter said. "The family's happy here. We're going to make this our home. We don't want to move nowhere, but we got to see what the situation is and go from there."
Center Johan Petro is a restricted free agent, and guard Jason Hart is an unrestricted free agent. The Nuggets may be able to find some wiggle room if center Steven Hunter, who missed the season with a knee injury, exercises an early termination option in his contract. He made $3.8 million this season and would be in the same neighborhood next season.
He has until July 1 to decide.
If the Nuggets want any input from Chauncey Billups, he said he'd gladly share his opinion.
"I think I know what wins," Billups said. "I think I know what pieces are important to put in place. If they ask me, I'll certainly tell them what I feel. But I'm not going to go to them. That's not my job."
Chris Dempsey: 303-954-1279 or cdempsey@denverpost.com
[h3]Nuggets' free agents[/h3]
The Nuggets have several free agents they must decide whether to re-sign or not:
Restricted (Nuggets can match any offer): Linas Kleiza, Johan Petro
Unrestricted: Chris Andersen, Anthony Carter, Jason Hart, Dahntay Jones
Early termination option: Steven Hunter
Chris Dempsey, The Denver Post
Free-agent center, others prefer to stay
By Chris Dempsey
The Denver Post
Posted: 05/31/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT
On Saturday, Nuggets center Chris Andersen was asked the same forward-looking question all players whose season just ended must endure: What's the next step for the team?
The Birdman's answer, however, was anything but routine.
"Re-signing me," he said.
Andersen is the Nuggets' most urgent priority in a summer that will test the organization's ability to continue to be frugal, yet field a championship-caliber team. He is one of possibly seven free agents.
Andersen wants to return.
"What better place to play than at home?" Andersen said. "I love this city, I love this state. I appreciate everybody in the whole town for backing us and helping us prove others wrong."
But getting Andersen back into the fold won't be easy - or cheap. Andersen played last season on a one-year, $998,398 contract. He'll command a multiyear deal that could be in the neighborhood of the mid-level exception, which was $5.585 million last season.
Andersen, in his first full season back after a two-year NBA drug suspension, was second in the league during the regular season in blocked shots at 2.5 per game. He quickly became a fan favorite, the kind of player that makes it easier to market the team and get people in the stands.
Forward Linas Kleiza has decisions to make as well. He and the team were unable to reach an agreement during the season on a four-year contract extension. Kleiza is a restricted free agent, meaning the Nuggets can match any offer tendered to him by another team. Kleiza also had said he would go to Europe and play, but he has backed off that stance.
"I'm going to be playing in the NBA next year, that's what I want to do," Kleiza said. "But if a great opportunity comes along, you got to look at it."
He said his first desire is to come back.
Dahntay Jones played his way from a fringe player to one that at least is on the minds of NBA coaches and players. He played this season on a one-year $926,678 contract.
"I think my services may be wanted by other people," Jones said. "But I enjoyed my role here, and the guys I'm able to play with and able to have an impact on the organization. I'd be willing to come back (in that role). . . . I have to do the best thing for my family."
Guard Anthony Carter played on a one-year, $1,147,523 contract.
"I want to stay here," Carter said. "The family's happy here. We're going to make this our home. We don't want to move nowhere, but we got to see what the situation is and go from there."
Center Johan Petro is a restricted free agent, and guard Jason Hart is an unrestricted free agent. The Nuggets may be able to find some wiggle room if center Steven Hunter, who missed the season with a knee injury, exercises an early termination option in his contract. He made $3.8 million this season and would be in the same neighborhood next season.
He has until July 1 to decide.
If the Nuggets want any input from Chauncey Billups, he said he'd gladly share his opinion.
"I think I know what wins," Billups said. "I think I know what pieces are important to put in place. If they ask me, I'll certainly tell them what I feel. But I'm not going to go to them. That's not my job."
Chris Dempsey: 303-954-1279 or cdempsey@denverpost.com
[h3]Nuggets' free agents[/h3]
The Nuggets have several free agents they must decide whether to re-sign or not:
Restricted (Nuggets can match any offer): Linas Kleiza, Johan Petro
Unrestricted: Chris Andersen, Anthony Carter, Jason Hart, Dahntay Jones
Early termination option: Steven Hunter
Chris Dempsey, The Denver Post
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Chris Andersen & Dahntay Jones will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night, Sunday at 7pm ET.
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Fire George Karl
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I could have sworn that Jason Williams was retired? Jason would be AWESOME for the atmosphere in Denver.
I don't think Bibby wants to leave ATL, I think he likes his role and situation in ATL, and he wouldn't take a nice contract just to have a back-upposition.
If the Nuggets get a guard in the off-season, I'd like to see someone who could score the ball, not to bring up ATL intentionally again, but someone likeFlip Murray. Ronnie Price would be a nice project to see. I don't think Shannon Brown leaves LA unless he really wants some $$$.
I think Ramon Sessions is out of question, I know Skiles has clashed with him before, but the kid is a great prospect, and they won't be letting go of himwithout a bit of a bidding war.
FA Guards available this upcoming year:
-Flip Murray (as I said, someone like him would do really good in Denver, but behind JR Smith, I'm not too sure).
-Bibby (too much $).
-Marbury (risky move, but could prove to turn out nicely, if he played like he did in BOS, which is a big IF).
-Lindsey Hunter (someone I'd consider, he'd come relatively cheap, and he could provide something off the bench).
-Iverson (
-Marcus Williams (A very interesting young player, who got benched for the longhaul in GS, I'd pick him up as a third string).
-Luther Head (Bad fit, he'd be behind JR and isn't a very good ball handler).
-Sessions (Pricey as all hell, a great ball handler, but I think he would demand too much $).
-Shaun Livingston (I THOUGHT I saw him get locked up for a long-term deal with the Thunder, but I can't find any scource to this. If this isn't true,he'd be the first name I'd call).
-Andre Miller (once again, very pricey, and I don't like him in a reserve role).
-Bobby Jackson (Not worth considering anymore in his career).
-Jacque Vaughn (ehh, no thanks).
-Anthony Parker (could be nice, but a two guard reserve is filled with JR Smith assuming they re-sign Jones).
-Ronnie Price (could come cheap, very interesitng prospect, he'd be high on my list of potential guys to bring in).
It all really depends on how much the contracts they give to Birdman and Dahntay are. Birdman should get anywhere between 4-7 million a year. Dahntay I say 3-4million a year.
Just hope that both stay motivated, but as long as Chauncey's there, I see that happening.
The guys I'd definitely consider if you're bringing in a PG: Flip Murray, Ronnie Price, Shaun Livingston, Lindsey Hunter, Marcus Williams.
If you want to spend some more money... Go after Sessions.
And get rid of that bum George Karl.
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Thanks for contributing JA21, I know you're a die hard Mavericks fan.
Jason Williams applied to be reinstated to the NBA back in February. All 30 teams had to approve for him to come back, and the Clippers would've had hiscontract which he signed in Summer of '08. The Clippers were 1 of 6 teams who voted against letting Williams back mid-season.
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Jason Williams applied to be reinstated to the NBA back in February. All 30 teams had to approve for him to come back, and the Clippers would've had hiscontract which he signed in Summer of '08. The Clippers were 1 of 6 teams who voted against letting Williams back mid-season.
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And honestly? I thought AC was AWESOME behind Chauncey. I really don't feel like it's a necessity to find a back-up for him, if anything, one moreathletic wing player, a Trevor Ariza/Mikael Pietrus/Matt Barnes kind of guy.
Each time Jason Williams tries to reinstate, does he have to go through that voting process? Or how long does that last?
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AC had a solid first two rounds of the playoffs, and even played well for the majority of the Conference Finals. Watching him all season... he hadsome great games, but the amount of poor games he had outweigh those.
J-Will is hoping to get reinstated in July so that he can shop himself around with the other free agents. If he's denied once again, he'll have to waituntil September before signing with a team. (Has to wait 365 days unless teams allow him to come back)
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Do you think adding a PG is more important than adding another wing player?
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No, but I do believe it is more realistic.Originally Posted by JapanAir21
Do you think adding a PG is more important than adding another wing player?
You can get a solid PG for pretty cheap, I don't think you'll find an offensively talented wing for a good price.
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--Outside of Game 6 of the WCF, this team really impressed me. They are dangerous.
--If they can retain the same players and stay healthy, I can see them takin the West 1 seed in next year's postseason.
--If they can retain the same players and stay healthy, I can see them takin the West 1 seed in next year's postseason.
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I like that idea better than Patty Mills. If only for the big game experience that Lawson has.
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Nuggets Jones Undergoes Successful Surgery
DENVER, Jun. 9, 2009 -- Nuggets guard Dahntay Jonesunderwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder to remove a bone spur on Monday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Steve Traina of WesternOrthopedic Group.
Jones is expected to make a full recovery in 4-6 weeks.
DENVER, Jun. 9, 2009 -- Nuggets guard Dahntay Jonesunderwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder to remove a bone spur on Monday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Steve Traina of WesternOrthopedic Group.
Jones is expected to make a full recovery in 4-6 weeks.
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Turk in the off season?
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Nuggets to Face Pacers in Taipei this October
The October 8th game will be the first-ever NBA game played in Taipei
TAIPEI, Jun. 19, 2009 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced it will play its first-ever game in Taipei when the Denver Nuggetsand Indiana Pacers tip off at the Taipei Arena on October 8, 2009. The announcement took place today in Taipei with NBA Greater China CEO Tim Chen, Mayor ofTaipei Hau Lung-bin, Minister of the Sports Affairs Council Tai Hsia Ling, and President of Chinese Taipei Basketball Association Wang Ren-Da. Taipei willbecome the seventh Asian city to host an NBA game, following Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao, Shanghai, Tokyo and Yokohama.
"October 8th will be an historic day for the NBA and for the millions of basketball fans in Taiwan," said NBA Greater China CEO Tim Chen."Taiwan fans are very passionate about the game and we are honored to be able to present a matchup of these two great teams for them."
The game at the Taipei Arena, capacity 12,874, will showcase two talented teams and some of the NBA's best players. The Nuggets made it to the WesternConference Finals this season and are led by two-time NBA All-Star CarmeloAnthony and the 2004 NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups. The Pacers areled by NBA All-Star Danny Granger who was the winner of the NBA's 2008-09Most Improved Player award presented by Kia Motors and the fifth leading scorer in the league this season. The dance teams and mascots from both teams will beonsite to further provide an authentic NBA experience for fans.
As part of the league's commitment to social responsibility, NBA Cares will conduct community events in Taipei designed to positively impact the cityand its youth. Since it began in 2005, NBA Cares has created 418 places where kids and families can live, learn or play in 20 countries across fivecontinents.
"NBA fans in Taipei have been waiting a long time to see an NBA game in person and we are very excited to be hosting these two great teams inOctober," said Taipei Mayor, Mr. Hau Lung-bin. "Working together with the NBA, we plan to host an unforgettable event that will benefit our citizensand raise Taipei's profile as a premier destination for sporting events."
The game in Taipei is the fourth preseason game the NBA has announced that will be played outside the United States and Canada this October. NBA Europe Livepresented by EA SPORTS will feature the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz in London on Oct. 6 and the Jazz against the Euroleague's Real Madrid in Madrid onOct. 8. NBA Mexico Game 2009 will feature the Phoenix Suns and the Philadelphia 76ers in Monterrey, Mexico on Oct. 18. To date, the NBA has staged a total of93 games outside of the U.S. and Canada in 31 cities in 16 countries and territories.
The NBA, which opened its office in Taipei in 1997, continues to demonstrate its commitment to growing the game. During the 2008-09 season, three broadcastpartners aired up to ten live games per week. In August 2008, former NBA Champions, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Glen Rice and B.J. Armstrong teamed up withplayers from Taiwan's Super Basketball League to play two exhibition games as part of the NBA Legends Challenge. The league has organized dozens of otherinteractive fan events including NBA Madness, NBA Jam session and NBA 2-ball.
The October 8th game will be the first-ever NBA game played in Taipei
TAIPEI, Jun. 19, 2009 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced it will play its first-ever game in Taipei when the Denver Nuggetsand Indiana Pacers tip off at the Taipei Arena on October 8, 2009. The announcement took place today in Taipei with NBA Greater China CEO Tim Chen, Mayor ofTaipei Hau Lung-bin, Minister of the Sports Affairs Council Tai Hsia Ling, and President of Chinese Taipei Basketball Association Wang Ren-Da. Taipei willbecome the seventh Asian city to host an NBA game, following Beijing, Guangzhou, Macao, Shanghai, Tokyo and Yokohama.
"October 8th will be an historic day for the NBA and for the millions of basketball fans in Taiwan," said NBA Greater China CEO Tim Chen."Taiwan fans are very passionate about the game and we are honored to be able to present a matchup of these two great teams for them."
The game at the Taipei Arena, capacity 12,874, will showcase two talented teams and some of the NBA's best players. The Nuggets made it to the WesternConference Finals this season and are led by two-time NBA All-Star CarmeloAnthony and the 2004 NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups. The Pacers areled by NBA All-Star Danny Granger who was the winner of the NBA's 2008-09Most Improved Player award presented by Kia Motors and the fifth leading scorer in the league this season. The dance teams and mascots from both teams will beonsite to further provide an authentic NBA experience for fans.
As part of the league's commitment to social responsibility, NBA Cares will conduct community events in Taipei designed to positively impact the cityand its youth. Since it began in 2005, NBA Cares has created 418 places where kids and families can live, learn or play in 20 countries across fivecontinents.
"NBA fans in Taipei have been waiting a long time to see an NBA game in person and we are very excited to be hosting these two great teams inOctober," said Taipei Mayor, Mr. Hau Lung-bin. "Working together with the NBA, we plan to host an unforgettable event that will benefit our citizensand raise Taipei's profile as a premier destination for sporting events."
The game in Taipei is the fourth preseason game the NBA has announced that will be played outside the United States and Canada this October. NBA Europe Livepresented by EA SPORTS will feature the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz in London on Oct. 6 and the Jazz against the Euroleague's Real Madrid in Madrid onOct. 8. NBA Mexico Game 2009 will feature the Phoenix Suns and the Philadelphia 76ers in Monterrey, Mexico on Oct. 18. To date, the NBA has staged a total of93 games outside of the U.S. and Canada in 31 cities in 16 countries and territories.
The NBA, which opened its office in Taipei in 1997, continues to demonstrate its commitment to growing the game. During the 2008-09 season, three broadcastpartners aired up to ten live games per week. In August 2008, former NBA Champions, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Glen Rice and B.J. Armstrong teamed up withplayers from Taiwan's Super Basketball League to play two exhibition games as part of the NBA Legends Challenge. The league has organized dozens of otherinteractive fan events including NBA Madness, NBA Jam session and NBA 2-ball.
