Denver Nuggets @ Toronto Raptors - Game 33

Shady08 · Post #1 » by **Shady08** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:20 am

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Post #2 » by **corona** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:30 am

early game ftl.

i'm gonna have to drive like melo home from work to catch the start.

pickaxe · Post #3 » by **pickaxe** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:56 am

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- yo, Garnett has set the bar, you gotta want it to win it

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JRMelo15 · Post #4 » by **JRMelo15** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:09 am

Quenville = Fired
Shanahan = Fired
Karl =

Are we seeing a trend here? :eyebrows:

blue steel · Post #5 » by **blue steel** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:53 am

^
that should be kroenke's new year resolution, to see how this team does with an actual coach.

So is anyone else a little worried about melo's play this season? i know theres the injury and everything and it is definitely holding him back scoring wise, but he has just been playing worse and worse and his days of been mr consistent same like forever ago.

honestly, i thought with a real pg like billups, the floor being spread by a much better 3pt shooting team and better shooting team overall, would bring back the mvp level of play we saw out of melo before the AI trade. now i just watch melo and see him forcing and playing inefficiently overall. hes had some great performances this year, like the minny game or last game agasint the knicks (but that is the worst defense in the league) but hes not shown up for a lot of games and i feel like JR, Billups, and Nene have "won" more games than our star player.

so is anyone else starting to get worried about this and wonder if hes going to actually come out of this? is the injury really that bad that is causes him to turnover the ball a lot, drive clumsily to the basket, and make bad decisions offensively? after seeing a thread about Melo vs Granger on the player comparison board, i thought it was ridiculous...but at this point, hes playing at a higher level of melo and doing it with a worse team around him. in no way am i saying i would rather have granger than melo, i just dont see how this injury can be the cause of his bad play all around (props to him trying on d and rebounding better..the first 20 games) anyone else starting to wonder if our star player will actually come out of this slump and emerge as a star player? or is he going to become more and more overshadowed by new and upcoming players as the season goes on?

pickaxe · Post #6 » by **pickaxe** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:31 pm

I honestly don't see any problems with Melo other than the tired elbow. So he had a great thing going with Andre Miller and averaged 30 ppg for that stretch......getting AI changed everything. Not only is Melo not interested in trying to average 30 ppg, but he's doing other little things like rebounding and a little passing to round out his game.

So it's a new monster we're looking at. We'll only really know when it comes down to it. Good luck Melo for now.

blue steel wrote:^
that should be kroenke's new year resolution, to see how this team does with an actual coach.

So is anyone else a little worried about melo's play this season? i know theres the injury and everything and it is definitely holding him back scoring wise, but he has just been playing worse and worse and his days of been mr consistent same like forever ago.

pickaxe · Post #7 » by **pickaxe** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:34 pm

AIMelo15 wrote:Quenville = Fired
Shanahan = Fired
Karl =

Are we seeing a trend here?

I can't say we all don't have a little part of us that would like a new coach, but I would be shocked waking up to that news. I think Karl gets at least to end of this season but gets the highest scrutiny of his career where basically if he has no fire to improve from a one and done team.....he's one and done too.

Simple as that.

But we might wake up to Larry Brown. Who knows.

Shady08 · Post #8 » by **Shady08** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 12:02 am

Nene playing

b-lawson · Post #9 » by **b-lawson** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 1:02 am

If you see Melo driving and get bumped in mid-air

Why aren't you calling a foul

If that was Lebron, whistle would have been blown quickly

b-lawson · Post #10 » by **b-lawson** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 1:10 am

Nene hit a nothing but net 3

pickaxe · Post #11 » by **pickaxe** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 2:33 am

Nice game. New Year 2009!

PeTBuLL · Post #12 » by **PeTBuLL** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 3:49 am

b-melo wrote:Nene hit a nothing but net 3

WOW, fist 3 by nene in his career, and i missed...

SnakefromHell · Post #13 » by **SnakefromHell** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 2:51 pm

Damn streamline made me thinking Anthony Carter was suddenly bigger and blacker :lol:

apparently it's Nene hitting the three.

pickaxe · Post #14 » by **pickaxe** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 9:48 pm

SnakefromHell wrote:Damn streamline made me thinking Anthony Carter was suddenly bigger and blacker apparently it's Nene hitting the three.

Among other things.

:rofl2:

Post #15 » by **corona** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 10:17 pm

SnakefromHell wrote:Damn streamline made me thinking Anthony Carter was suddenly bigger and blacker apparently it's Nene hitting the three.

now i know why you said smith hasn't progressed at all. you've probably been mistaking him for anthony carter and/or chucky atkins.

SnakefromHell · Post #16 » by **SnakefromHell** » Fri Jan 2, 2009 3:07 pm

^lol

Really if I'm paid to tutor/ give him tips, he'd be much better... develop some high post game, I'd give him tapes of Ray Allen, T-Mac, Kobe going on the post... Once he masters it, he will put 20 pts on his off night... and he'll never look back. IN fact, Karl would be fired if he ever benches him again.