Weems Out

[DrewDawg0808]

Nuggets rookie guard Sonny Weems will spend the next two months trying to get his legs back under him after having sports hernia surgery Thursday.

Weems, whose draft rights were acquired from Chicago on June 26, is expected to be ready for the start of training camp Sept. 30.

Nuggets guard Chucky Atkins needed about eight weeks to return from the same surgery last season.

Former University of Arkansas guard Weems, 22, averaged 9.2 points and three rebounds for Denver's summer league team in Las Vegas. He was the 39th pick in the draft in June.

[JRMelo15]

He will need to work hard to make it to that date, as recovery from hernia surgery can last a long time (We all know what happened to Chuky last season). If he's still injured by the time training camp comes, I highly doubt Nuggz will offer him a contract.

[DaFan334]

If the Nugs don't offer him a contract, do we still keep his rights? Might be a blessing in disguise. If he isn't signed this year, we would have to pick up another player, probably another big which would help depth alot. If we like what we see, we can bring Weems in once hes healthy. If not, we keep him in the mix until next year and see if we want to bring him in then. Kinda sucks we wont get to see him, but he wouldn't have played much this year with the Jones signing and large depth at the wings.

[eathy]

it's not like he's gona get minutes anyway.

[almost famous]

I really don't think he has much to offer us. Tell him what we need from him and send him to the DL to see if anything pans out.

[Gogo Babaroga]

Weems scores 20 in debut
Sonny Weems, assigned to the NBA Development League by the Nuggets last week, scored a game-high 20 points in less than 16 minutes in his Colorado 14ers debut, leading the team to a 129-108 victory Sunday over the Reno Bighorns at Broomfield Event Center.

Cheikh Sahm, whom the Nuggets acquired from Detroit in the Chauncey Billups trade, also debuted with the 14ers, scoring 10 points and blocking five shots off the bench.