Nene soft BIG MAN by Amundson.

[almost famous]

Who the **** is Amundson?

[pickaxe]

Exactly.

[sportsmikegm23]

Nuggets fans just wish Nene could ever become a good defender like Amundson.

Amundson played a few decent games because no NBA team has had the need to scout his macho pony-tail or his game. He did his job, he got under Nene's skin and got him to react. Arizona"playa" if you have been watching any of the Nuggets games this year, you would understand that Nene is a very good to great post defender. I hope you are the gm of the Suns next year because if you think Amundson is that good...he will be starting and I know the Suns will be out of playoff contention very early on. Now take your trolling and go away.

[DaDragicShow]

Nuggets fans just wish Nene could ever become a good defender like Amundson.

Amundson played a few decent games because no NBA team has had the need to scout his macho pony-tail or his game. He did his job, he got under Nene's skin and got him to react. Arizona"playa" if you have been watching any of the Nuggets games this year, you would understand that Nene is a very good to great post defender. I hope you are the gm of the Suns next year because if you think Amundson is that good...he will be starting and I know the Suns will be out of playoff contention very early on. Now take your trolling and go away.

Good luck and enjoy another first round exit.

[DePastino]

A guy who talks **** and then just walks away when the man confronts him.....that's what makes you soft. Not confronting a boy who can only flop and talk, because he is too much of a pussy to do anything else.

You're right...Amundson should have punched Nene in the nads.

[The Rebel]

A guy who talks **** and then just walks away when the man confronts him.....that's what makes you soft. Not confronting a boy who can only flop and talk, because he is too much of a pussy to do anything else.

You're right...Amundson should have punched Nene in the nads.

Wouldn't surprise me if he tried, in between the times he walked up to Nene and fell down like an idiot.

[pickaxe]

A guy who talks **** and then just walks away when the man confronts him.....that's what makes you soft. Not confronting a boy who can only flop and talk, because he is too much of a pussy to do anything else.

You're right...Amundson should have punched Nene in the nads.

You obviously don't know much about Nene.

[eathy]

someone who will be out of the league shouldn't be calling players dirty.

[sportsmikegm23]

Nuggets fans just wish Nene could ever become a good defender like Amundson.

Amundson played a few decent games because no NBA team has had the need to scout his macho pony-tail or his game. He did his job, he got under Nene's skin and got him to react. Arizona"playa" if you have been watching any of the Nuggets games this year, you would understand that Nene is a very good to great post defender. I hope you are the gm of the Suns next year because if you think Amundson is that good...he will be starting and I know the Suns will be out of playoff contention very early on. Now take your trolling and go away.

Good luck and enjoy another first round exit.

And what Championship have you won lately???? are you proud of your Suns never getting passed the Spurs or the Mavs... choking when it counted the most... if you don't win a ring...it don't mean a damn thing... so until you have some jewelry... take your weak @!!@ and go get ready for your mock draft in the lottery. Nice game on the road against Portland...you really looked like a quality team there big guy....

[manchambo]

This is exactly the type of crap that's ruining this league.

That team flops the entire game and they get a key player thrown out and two key possessions out of it. Falling down is not basketball.

Now a guy with no talent, whose only role is to piss people off, is talking trash because he managed to flop enough to get a good player thrown out of a game.

This is why you shouldn't be suspended for the rest of you life for fighting. There was a time when people were accountable for their words and actions. The league would be a better place if someone could just beat the crap out of this little boy.

[el loco]

I wonder how many games Nene would have been suspended for if he had caught something besides air on the play in question?

[denvers_finest]

^^ 15 sounds about right

[pickIBL]

If i was amundson I'd probably be playing exactly how he is playing to trying to earn myself one good nba contract. however with the economy and 2010 situation it is kinda hard for teams to bite on giving contracts like that.

Anyways I just can't criticize amundson too much because I never did rodman. There is a major difference though. Rodman did enough to run his mouth. Amundson has not. Amundson's gamesmanship got Nene to do something dumb. It was a mistake on Nene's part. It happened lets move on as Nene has had a great season. As for Shaq. He is starting to sound like an angry old man at times. Upset with Dwight Howard's success in Orlando. I think just the fact that Dwight (if he stays healthy) is going to be better than Shaq pisses Shaq off. However Shaq might have a good year left in him. So if he takes a buyout with the Suns over the summer I could see him ending up in the East someplace like say Cleveland to try and show the Lakers who will snup him this summer. I am getting tired of Shaq though. He has become basically irrelevant in Phoenix. Can't say I'll miss him when he retires. I just hope he doesn't become a commentator. He'll hate on every big man that has a good game.

[eathy]

Well... its turned out that the suspension was a good thing now.

Nene has gotten 2 days of rest, and should be fully rested against Warrriors.

[pickaxe]

If i was amundson I'd probably be playing exactly how he is playing to trying to earn myself one good nba contract. however with the economy and 2010 situation it is kinda hard for teams to bite on giving contracts like that.

Anyways I just can't criticize amundson too much because I never did rodman. There is a major difference though. Rodman did enough to run his mouth. Amundson has not. Amundson's gamesmanship got Nene to do something dumb. It was a mistake on Nene's part. It happened lets move on as Nene has had a great season. As for Shaq. He is starting to sound like an angry old man at times. Upset with Dwight Howard's success in Orlando. I think just the fact that Dwight (if he stays healthy) is going to be better than Shaq pisses Shaq off. However Shaq might have a good year left in him. So if he takes a buyout with the Suns over the summer I could see him ending up in the East someplace like say Cleveland to try and show the Lakers who will snup him this summer. I am getting tired of Shaq though. He has become basically irrelevant in Phoenix. Can't say I'll miss him when he retires. I just hope he doesn't become a commentator. He'll hate on every big man that has a good game.

Shaq just needs to realize he won his championship. He is known for being "the diesel" and just a huge damn player that can chug along with the best of them. He's improved his free throwing and is going nowhere on the Suns. Howard is just an entirely different body type, different kind of player. Just because he's the next big big doesn't mean Shaq needs to be jealous.

[PeTBuLL]

http://www.indenvertimes.com/2009/03/29 ... on-stupid/

Nene fires back, calls Amundson “stupid”
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By Chris Tomasson

Nuggets center Nene has fired back at Louis Amundson.

Four days after Amundson, a Phoenix forward, referred to Nene as a “dirty player’’ and a “fake tough guy,’’ Nene had his say. He called Amundson a “stupid dude’’ and a “nobody,’’ and said a real blow to Amundson would have resulted in a “break all of his face.’’

It all started last Monday when Nene head butted Amundson midway through the fourth quarter of Denver’s 118-115 loss at Phoenix. Nene then banged into Amundson’s chest and elbowed him, and was whistled for a flagrant foul 2, an automatic ejection.

On Wednesday, Nene was suspended two games from the NBA, which cited the head butt and Nene bumping official Bill Spooner following his ejection. That was a day after Amundson, a graduate of Louisville’s Monarch High School, had blasted Nene in an interview with InDenver Times.

Nene returned to the lineup for Saturday’s 129-116 win over Golden State. In an interview after the game with InDenver Times, he said he learned from his suspension, but still took several shots at Amundson.

“You learn that you don’t let a stupid dude take you out of the game because he’s nobody,’’ said Nene, an upper-echelon NBA center while Amundson is a role player. “He doesn’t have much (game). He just goes over there and tries to get a contract.

“Coach (George Karl) told me I’ve got to be in more control. I just said, “George, I know have a lot of control. But I now learning even more patience.’’’

While the NBA described what Nene did as a head butt, Nene disagreed with that terminology.

“That was no head butt,’’ Nene said. “That is nothing… If I do a head butt, I break all of his face. That was nothing.’’

Nene insisted he wasn’t bothered by what Amundson said about him.

“I don’t care,’’ said Nene, who had eight points and seven rebounds in 24 minutes Saturday. “Who’s him? His comments don’t make any effect on me.’’

But Nene does care about his teammates. After the Nuggets lost to the Suns, Nene apologized to all of them because of his ejection.

“He came to us like a man and said he was sorry that he couldn’t be in the game,’’ said guard Anthony Carter. “He came up to each guy… when we were coming into the locker room. He was saying to everybody coming into the locker room, ‘My fault. My fault.’’’

The Nuggets did win games Wednesday at New Orleans and Friday at Dallas with Nene suspended. But Nene wondered if they might also have beaten Phoenix had he not been tossed.

“Definitely apologized,’’ Nene said of what he said to his teammates. “If I’m in there (against the Suns), maybe we can win the game.’’

Despite some remorse, that didn’t mean Nene agreed with the two-game penalty. He said he immediately appealed the suspension through the NBA Players Association.

Obviously, Nene can’t get his missed games back. But Nene, who lost $176,000 of his $9.68 million seasonal salary because of the suspension, said he’s trying to recoup money.

“Everybody agreed,’’ Nene said. “I talked to the coach, I talked to management. Everybody’s agreed that (the suspension was) not fair.’’

Still, Karl hopes Nene learned a lesson.

“I’m sure there’s a frustration to what happened, but I think now it’s for him to learn from it,’’ Karl said. “He’s got to value his individual frustration versus the team need and that’s something that’s very hard to do. I think he went with the individual frustration over the team need.

“We survived and fortunately won two of three games. But I’m not going to sit here and say we’re a better team without Nene. I think Nene would have helped us in the Phoenix game and he would have helped us in the two wins we got.’’

At least Nene was able to help the Nuggets on Saturday, opening the game with a thunderous slam dunk as if to signal his return.

With the Nuggets winning big in the second half, Karl kept Nene’s minutes down. That was fine with the big center, who admitted he got tired in his return.

“It feels hard to run,’’ Nene told reporters after the game. “Altitude here, it made my chest winded… I feel great to be back on the court… It’s hard to come back here after a couple days off.. My legs are fresh, but the altitude kills me. Not only me, but other players, too.’’

But it sure was a lot better than having watched Denver’s past two games in hotel rooms.

Chris Tomasson can be reached at christomasson@hotmail.com

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[J Smitty]

ownage.

[waltoni2010]

no wonder zach randolph punched him in the face this admunson bum just go in there and shove people then act all confuse when he gets beat up for it back what a wuss

[pickaxe]

Just a note to Nene, when the "head butt" occurs, Amundson breaks his face on Nene's head, not Nene break Amundson's face with his head. Kind of like running into a wall versus the wall running into you.