After boxing day X-Mas comes early for Nugg fans
The Denver Nuggets seem to have the dates on their calendar mixed up somewhat and are treating their fans to an early Christmas present. Firstly last Saturday night they celebrated Boxing day way early in NYC and now Tuesday afternoon they opened their presents early and completed a trade that would be sending Joe Smith, Andre Miller and two first round picks to the Sixers for Allen Iverson and Ivan McFarlin
Skeets at the NBA Fanhouse:
Skeets at the NBA Fanhouse:
"Billy King and the Sixers wanted
three things in return for Iverson:
talent, salary cap relief, and draft picks.
Amazingly, they got all three
-- a borderline All-Star in Miller,
Joe Smith and his $6.8 million
expiring contract,
and two first-round picks.
Unfortunately,
that's the problem right there.
What the Sixers should've done
was pick one or the other
and hone in on it.
Instead, King settled for
some half-ass combination
of the three and got burned.
Brutal."
three things in return for Iverson:
talent, salary cap relief, and draft picks.
Amazingly, they got all three
-- a borderline All-Star in Miller,
Joe Smith and his $6.8 million
expiring contract,
and two first-round picks.
Unfortunately,
that's the problem right there.
What the Sixers should've done
was pick one or the other
and hone in on it.
Instead, King settled for
some half-ass combination
of the three and got burned.
Brutal."
FD's Shoals meshes the fight and the trade:
"it hinders any post-brawl attempts to hate.
And it's not just for the Nuggets.
This experiment
—believe, it is very much that—
has displaced the negativity
with a bough of fantasy."
once everyone's on hand,
this doesn't rival the Suns
for must-watchitude.
Swagger out of this world."
"this is Iverson's chance for redemption.
And part of me firmly believes
that his underdog complex
will kick in when he realizes
that this is his legacy right here."
by all means plz read the whole post but if you scroll down to the comments section salt bagel sounds off on how the Ai / Melo combo will have to work to succeed:
And it's not just for the Nuggets.
This experiment
—believe, it is very much that—
has displaced the negativity
with a bough of fantasy."
then looks at the Nuggets' lineup:
"There is absolutely no way that,once everyone's on hand,
this doesn't rival the Suns
for must-watchitude.
Swagger out of this world."
"this is Iverson's chance for redemption.
And part of me firmly believes
that his underdog complex
will kick in when he realizes
that this is his legacy right here."
by all means plz read the whole post but if you scroll down to the comments section salt bagel sounds off on how the Ai / Melo combo will have to work to succeed:
"I think that the only way
these Nugs will be truly great
is to have cycles of deference,
depending on who
has the hot hand.
I mean, it's impossible
for two players to dominate
the scoring at the same time.
So I picture an ideal world in
which both Melo and AI
are able to say,
he's hotter right now,
I'm gonna get the ball to him"
these Nugs will be truly great
is to have cycles of deference,
depending on who
has the hot hand.
I mean, it's impossible
for two players to dominate
the scoring at the same time.
So I picture an ideal world in
which both Melo and AI
are able to say,
he's hotter right now,
I'm gonna get the ball to him"
Cheers to hoping the West Coast beat themselves to pulp
