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Life After Melo….. Seems Pritty Good

Anthony Tomashefsky — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:35:26 +0000

After a quick press conference, some fairwells the nuggets had to get on the court for the first time with out Carmelo Anthony. The playoff guarrenty seemed pritty unlikely at first, but with the way guys stepped up it nows making me feel optomistic about it. Heres the box score from the game with the final score Nuggets 120 Grizzlies 107:

Memphis Grizzlies

STARTERS

MIN

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OREB

DREB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

+/-

PTS

Zach Randolph, PF

6-10

0-0

0-2

-23

Tony Allen, SG

8-15

0-0

10-14

-5

Marc Gasol, C

3-6

0-0

4-5

-18

Sam Young, SG

5-11

0-0

0-3

-16

Mike Conley, PG

4-6

2-2

0-0

-20

BENCH

MIN

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OREB

DREB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

+/-

PTS

Jason Williams, PG

0-1

0-0

DeMarre Carroll, F

1-2

0-0

+14

Hasheem Thabeet, C

1-1

0-0

Darrell Arthur, PF

4-8

0-0

2-2

Greivis Vasquez, G

0-0

O.J. Mayo, SG

8-14

2-7

3-5

-9

Xavier Henry, SG

2-4

0-0

TOTALS

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OREB

DREB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

PTS

42-78

4-10

19-31

107

53.8%

40.0%

61.3%

Fast break points:   17
Points in the paint:   52
Team TO ( points off ):   21 (25)

+/- denotes team’s net points while the player is on the court.

Denver Nuggets

STARTERS

MIN

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OREB

DREB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

+/-

PTS

Kenyon Martin, PF

2-5

0-0

1-2

J.R. Smith, SG

9-22

6-11

2-2

+12

Nene, C

5-10

0-1

5-7

+26

Arron Afflalo, SG

7-12

3-7

4-6

+10

Ty Lawson, PG

8-15

1-4

4-5

+16

BENCH

MIN

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OREB

DREB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

+/-

PTS

Al Harrington, PF

3-4

1-1

0-0

Chris Andersen, C

3-3

0-0

9-12

-9

Gary Forbes, F

4-12

1-4

1-2

Melvin Ely, C

DNP COACH’S DECISION

TOTALS

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

OREB

DREB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

PTS

41-83

12-28

26-36

120

49.4%

42.9%

72.2%

Fast break points:   20
Points in the paint:   48
Team TO ( points off ):   14 (16)

+/- denotes team’s net points while the player is on the court.

Half way done, how do teams look now compared to the start of the year

Anthony Tomashefsky — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:53:55 +0000

With the All Star break finaly over and the Carmelo Anthony trade completed we can take a good look at the ways teams have played out.

Top 10 before the season started:

1. Lakers

2. Celtics

3. Heat

4. Magic

5. Thunder

6. Spurs

7. Hawks

8. Bulls

9. Nuggetts

10. Mavericks

of course thing have changed quite a bit at this point in the year. Heres my top 10 now:

1. Heat( they are very dominated when they play a different color then green )

2. Spurs( the recent losses to the bulls and lakers have made me question some things, but they are still looking at 65 wins or so)

3. Celtics( as of late they havent been great, but I think injurys to shaq and a few shooters have hurt them more than we though. When healthy I think they are number 1 ranked)

4. Mavericks( on a 4 game winning streak as of late, I would expect at least 55 wins from them, deffently top contenders)

5. Bulls( playing very well this year, and yet they havent been able to keep either of their big men healthy consistantly. when healthy the bulls can beat any team in the league)

6. Magic( not playing great, but not bad. That 3 way trade made a big difference)

7. Lakers( This will seem high for some and low for some. Lets face it though losing 3 and a row, with one being to a team with less then 10 wins isnt a good thing at all. And health can no longer be used as an excuse. the lakers have some big issues right now, and I think it starts out with kobe. His production in the past 10 game has been bad. real bad, hes had to take in 25 plus shots to get even 15 points. But dont blame it on his team mates, because even phil jackson said he “screws them over in the 3rd quarter”)

8. Thunder( mabey not playing up to expectations, but still 35 wins puts them on pace for arround 50 again. )

9. Hornots( even with tons of distractions chris paul has shown that he can lead a team to the playoffs when healthy)

10. 76ers( Ive never ranked a team under 500 so high but their play as of late deserves it)

Nuggets beat Bucks, In Possibly melos last game

Anthony Tomashefsky — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:02:02 +0000

The bucks played hard early but still lost in the end 94-87. Carmelo had a great possible last game as a nugget with 38 points, 12 rebounds, and 2 assist. Billups had a 20 point game and John Salmons led the bucks with 33 points.

Anthony Trade Rumors Continue

Anthony Tomashefsky — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:39:33 +0000

While the Carmelo Anthony rumors have been going on since lebron signed in miami, it seems apparent that melo’s situation for the rest of the season and into the future will be decided in the next 2 weeks. The lakers and Knicks have shown interest, however one question is are the lakers involved just to have the knicks up their offer? My take on this is yes. The knicks have offered several different packages, and have even offered 3 and 4 team trades, however its yet to be enough. I would be shocked if denver does not trade him as if thats the case they will lose him in Free Agency and get nothing, while they could get picks, and developing players now. The nuggets will likely make the move sometime this week. My thoughts all along have been that their not only gunna get value for him with picks and players, but their gunna wait till the last minute to trade him, so they can get wins from him too. From what it looks like the knicks will likely deal anthony randalth for a 1st, and trade denver that 1st as well as the 1st for 2 seasons, with wilson chandler and landry fields.