Nuggets Preseason

cold_cowboy · Post #1 » by **cold_cowboy** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 2:14 am

on now vs the Lakers. good start so far.

cold_cowboy · Post #2 » by **cold_cowboy** » Tue Oct 7, 2014 2:39 am

- our bigs can't hit free throws
- defense is poor so far up towards the end of the 1st
- offense is great with afflalo
- 2nd unit looks poor, but apart from chandler it's with rooks

skywalker33 · Post #3 » by **skywalker33** » Wed Oct 8, 2014 11:28 pm

Looks like they're keeping Gallo, Nate, JaVale an Hickson out until regular season, maybe working them in gradually maybe. Hard to get an idea of how they'll mix with the other players, but they are all vets. so....

skywalker33 · Post #4 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Oct 9, 2014 5:17 am

Pulled one off against OKC, Mozgov is looking like a beast, the light is coming on !! He had 20/8 in 24 mins. Nurkic had 15 rebs. (6 offensive) and Harris is looking promising as well. Lawson had 12pts with 7 dimes, a true team effort.

Mass Rig · Post #5 » by **Mass Rig** » Thu Oct 9, 2014 8:30 am

Wow, the Nuggets look stacked! I'm definitely keep an eye on you guys this year.

cold_cowboy · Post #6 » by **cold_cowboy** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:59 am

gallo's back, 14 points 4/5 2/3 from three in the 2nd.

Joel Embust · Post #7 » by **Joel Embust** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:46 pm

Jusuf Nurkic is currently number one in rebounds per game in preseason with 12.0 rebounds per game through 3 games playing 21 mpg.

Very impressive stat for the 20 year old rook.

willywazza · Post #8 » by **willywazza** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:40 pm

Nurkic is going to be a fan favorite.

Love his rebounding tenacity!

Mac1958 · Post #9 » by **Mac1958** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:15 pm

Yep, Nurkic may turn out to be a real gem.

And with Mozgov improving, the McGee contract is looking pretty lousy.

cold_cowboy · Post #10 » by **cold_cowboy** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:24 am

goddamnit i miss these nuggets.

cold_cowboy · Post #11 » by **cold_cowboy** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:45 am

mcgee is looking disposable right now. nurkic is a beast, love how the bench is responding.

GreenRiddler · Post #12 » by **GreenRiddler** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:50 am

You guys got a steal in Jusuf aka JuNu

King- · Post #13 » by **King-** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:58 am

Nurkic has potential to be an absolute monster. That last foul call was ridiculous lol wtf, he should not have 4 fouls!

Also Mozgov looks really, really good. I mean I saw the improvement last year. He looked great towards the end of the year, especially with his 93 point game..... but man he's taking it up ANOTHER level!

Your team is so deep. I love Wilson Chandler off the bench. Gary Harris is going to be a stud as well, IMO. It's also good to see Gallo playing like old Gallo

Powder Blue · Post #14 » by **Powder Blue** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:40 am

I get that Shaw is experimenting with the rotation but we're halfway through the preseason, at some point you gotta start playing to win the game.

The team isn't shooting well at all, could be a result of all the bodies that are playing but it's not an encouraging sign.

Also the Moz, JuNu hype train is picking up steam, I'm not ready to hop on yet.

RRFB · Post #15 » by **RRFB** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:59 pm

It's so disappointing that McGee still might not be ready for the regular season. We really need him to get on the floor and prove something. Anything, really. Whether he shows that he's good enough to warrant keeping around, just barely good enough to boost his trade value so we can get something decent for him, or even if he proves that he'll never get "it" so we can finally dump him and move on - none of that can happen until he sees the damn floor. Regardless of how good Nurkic looks, Shaw has to give those minutes to McGee in the regular season.

skywalker33 · Post #16 » by **skywalker33** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:49 pm

I know preseason is about tinkering with lineups, seeing who can play, conditioning and finding chemistry and all, but WHERE WAS THE DEFENSE that Shaw is supposed to be implementing ???? We has a 21 pt lead at one time that evaporated quickly, have seen this before in the GK days, tell me what has changed ?

skywalker33 · Post #17 » by **skywalker33** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:40 am

Just read McGee is up to 270lbs of muscle, had to do something while rehabbing that leg. Looking forward to see what a bigger McGee can do. Size isn't a problem with the Nuggets centers, Mozzy is the smallest at 250lbs.

Joel Embust · Post #18 » by **Joel Embust** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:02 pm

I predict double technicals on Nurkic and Bogut if they're on the court together.

Onus · Post #19 » by **Onus** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:12 pm

Eleqtrique wrote:I predict double technicals on Nurkic and Bogut if they're on the court together.

Bogut is getting the night off I believe

skywalker33 · Post #20 » by **skywalker33** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:24 pm

Nuggets lost to the Warriors on a 20-6 run in the 4th qtr. Neither Klay or Curry were on the court during this run, so again I ask, where's the defense that Shaw was supposed to be bringing to this squad ???