Game 8: Denver Nuggets (5-2) @ Chicago Bulls (4-2)

Post #1 » by **MHZ** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:07 pm

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-----------------November 10, 2009 :violin:

6:00 MT

United Center-------------------

Random Tidbits:
:onfire:

Carmelo Anthony is second in the NBA in scoring, averaging 31.4 points per game.

:sour:

John Salmons is fifth in the NBA in steals, averaging 2.33 steals per game.

:banghead:

Denver lost their only game in Chicago last season. Yours truly was in the house. They've lost three consecutive games in Chicago.

:clap:

JR Smith is serving his first game of a 75 game non-suspension.

:sleep:

Kenyon Martin is day-to-day with a bruised fibula.

:eyebrows:

Carrie Underwood co-hosts the CMA's on Wednesday. She will look good.

Post #2 » by **MHZ** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:26 pm

Smith won't start right away — he thrived as a sixth man last season with 15.2 points per game — and Karl likes having that hot hand ready to burn opponents' second units. But Smith will play starter's minutes. He averaged 27.7 a season ago, and he played better defense and smarter offense as the season progressed.

So Karl has a quandary. Whose playing time gets trimmed? The coach doesn't have the answer in a sealed envelope. It's going to be a feeling-out process.

Initially, one could have assumed Joey Graham would be the odd man out, but there was Graham in Saturday's starting lineup at Atlanta, because Karl liked Graham's defensive matchup. Anthony Carter, a Karl favorite, played just 7 1/2 minutes in the Atlanta game, while rookie Ty Lawson, matched alongside guard Chauncey Billups at times, totaled nearly 27.

Lawson is the future, but he's already thriving in the present. And there's shooting guard Arron Afflalo, another Karl favorite after just a couple weeks.

"There's going to be a combination of J.R. and Arron on the floor together, maybe moving Arron more with the first unit, I don't know," Karl said.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13744709

We can only hope.

Post #3 » by **corona** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:33 pm

imma let you finish, but this is 2009. it's all about taylor swift.

Post #4 » by **MHZ** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:35 pm

Nuggets open as two point favorites.

Carrie opens as a 1,000,000 point favorite over Taylor Swift. I like her to cover.

Post #5 » by **MHZ** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:53 pm

corona enjoys covering songs and posting them on youtube, I see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEllaaX ... re=related

A_wildstabatanything · Post #6 » by **A_wildstabatanything** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:29 pm

Do you guys expect JR to get a lot of PT tomorrow?

bullski21 · Post #7 » by **bullski21** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:39 pm

Ahhh, the bulls (my favorite team) vs the nuggets (my 2nd favorite team)

Im really interested to see ty lawsons speed measure up to Drose.
and how jr will perform. he's really my favorite 6th man. but i think the bulls much improved defense will hold the nuggets. But we will see.
im so pumped its nba tv and i dont have to watch some **** stream.

Bulls offense is down but defense is up.

Nuggets offense is up and defense is down. Lets see what happens!!!

Post #8 » by **MHZ** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:40 pm

I think that he's a lock to get 30 or so minutes.

Nutty Nats Fan · Post #9 » by **Nutty Nats Fan** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 10:47 pm

A_wildstabatanything wrote:Do you guys expect JR to get a lot of PT tomorrow?

Even those who follow the team have no idea. Karl does whatever Karl does.

pickaxe · Post #10 » by **pickaxe** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:22 pm

MHZ wrote:I think that he's a lock to get 30 or so minutes.

Most definitely. I just hope it becomes apparent to GK this is finally the right season to start him.

If we don't see AC in the starting lineup......phew.

Post #11 » by **corona** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:23 pm

MHZ wrote:corona enjoys covering songs and posting them on youtube, I see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEllaaX ... re=related

well, i am dreamy looking. and nearly 300,000 chicks probably want to do me after watching that video. :dontknow:

Post #12 » by **corona** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:24 pm

A_wildstabatanything wrote:Do you guys expect JR to get a lot of PT tomorrow?

"I don't know," Karl said

pickaxe · Post #13 » by **pickaxe** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:27 pm

MHZ wrote:corona enjoys covering songs and posting them on youtube, I see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEllaaX ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJbJs-9 ... re=related

bangs wants to take taylor to the moovies

Post #14 » by **corona** » Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:46 pm

jesus. why would you post something so terrible?

i wonder what the production cost of that was. $30?

Post #15 » by **MHZ** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:18 am

But you can learn geography and get great musicianship at the same time...

pickaxe · Post #16 » by **pickaxe** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:34 am

I don't know I got it stuck in my head now though. :usa:

Powder Blue · Post #17 » by **Powder Blue** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:19 am

Wow, the pictures in the background are great...a stack of money, a roulette wheel and city sky lines...

Lemme take you to the moooooives shorty......

pickaxe · Post #18 » by **pickaxe** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:38 am

JR says lemme take you to the movies :onfire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSm_Tpi7DPw&feature=fvsr

eathy · Post #19 » by **eathy** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:39 am

Latest Denver Post article quoted KMart saying that he'll play, and Karl saying that JR will come off the bench and play 'low 20s minutes unless he has a huge game'.

Also mentioned somewhere that one of AC or AA will start.

FML if AC starts again.

Post #20 » by **MHZ** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:57 pm

Positive thoughts. It will be AA.

Also, I'm not overly worried about JR's minutes. Unless he's clearly rusty and clanking, he's going to get solid minutes. It's not like they're trying to work him back from injury slowly.