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[Magical_Retard]

got to watch back to back nuggets games the past 2 nights.

AI and Melo are a deadly combo but this team can not play defense at all. sad really because with a little defense they could be the team to come out of the west.

oh well they are fun to watch, like a lot of teams from the west.

[reese125]

although its still great to see AI blast it up on the offensive side, watching him play defense at the top of the key is still brutal.

He still has it in his head that he can do the reach around and steal the ball from the dribbler, but the same result happens every time--drive, dish and score

He can still steal a pass though-- I give him that

[phattymatty]

i was in denver all last week and saw the nuggets a few times.  i was amazed that AI only had like 2 30 point games this year until he had 30 at halftime the other night. 

and their starting 5 has more tats than anyone i've seen in a long time.  pretty bad ass. 

[BigEd76]

An interesting situation could be developing in Denver.

Allen Iverson said he would like to opt out of his contract at the end of the season and sign a six-year extension with the Nuggets that would last until he's 39 years old.

Iverson, who is making $20.1 million this season, would be walking away from $21.9 million in 2008-09 in hopes of adding on a bunch of years.

The problem is that anything longer than a three-year extension would kill Denver from a luxury tax standpoint. And the Nuggets probably don't think the 33-year-old Iverson is worth more than $130 million over six years at this stage of his career.

If Iverson opts out and cannot come to terms with Denver, no team would be able — or willing — to give him close to what he's being paid now (ironically, the team that'll have the most cap room next summer is the Sixers). His only chance in that scenario would be a sign-and-trade deal.

[MDS]

Stay away.

[reese125]

If anyone gets a chance to see a Lakers game, keep your eye on Andrew Bynum. Hes looking more and more like Dwight Howard when he came out. The guy is all over the place and lighting it up on the stat sheet

Yes, Im a Lakers fan

[BigEd76]

Bulls fired Scott Skiles

[reese125]

Portland goes for #12 in a row tonight against Minnesota at home and should get it--but you never know

whats most impressive about them is the fact they have done it without Odem, no LaMarcus Aldridge for 5 games, have beaten some very good Western teams, and have won 3 straight on the road

Brandon Roy is playing out of his mind and looks like a legitmate All-Star with his consistent block of stats. How they win on the road will define them as a team. Good stuff

[ice grillin you]

whats most impressive about them is the fact they have done it without Odem, no LaMarcus Aldridge for 5 games, have beaten some very good Western teams, and have won 3 straight on the road

missing just odem is one thing but dont forget they dont have oden either...they are gonna be sick next year with both of them back

[reese125]

nice

[PhillyGirl]

Salmons scores 32

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280102018

[ice grillin you]

johnny is quietly having a very good year

[reese125]

mug is putting up some serious minutes. good for him.

[SD_Eagle5]

It's almost like Heckert and Thomas share the same mind

Though Knicks in last place, Thomas talking about leaving 'championship legacy'
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer
January 2, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) -- Isiah Thomas is still talking about winning championships -- with many of the same players that currently comprise one of the worst teams in the NBA.

And the same coach.

"I know people will laugh even more at me, but I'm hell bent on getting this accomplished and making sure that we get it done," Thomas said Wednesday night the New York Knicks' 107-97 loss to the Sacramento Kings. "And I'm not leaving until we get it done."

The Knicks fell to 8-22, last in the Atlantic Division and ahead of only Miami in the Eastern Conference.

Still, Thomas, also the team president, said he doesn't expect the Knicks to be active before the Feb. 21 trade deadline -- apparently because he doesn't think they need to be.

"I believe in (the team) and I believe that this is also the time that you can make serious mistakes with your roster that could set you back another three, four years," Thomas said. "We have good talent, we have good players, we have young players.

"We have a good nucleus and we just (need) them to play well together. It's not about breaking them up or tearing them down, it's about getting them to play better as a team."

Thomas arrived as team president in December 2003 and is in his second season as Knicks coach. New York has made only one playoff appearance since his arrival, getting swept by New Jersey in 2004, and speculation is rampant that Thomas' job is in jeopardy.

"I believe that one day we will win a championship here," Thomas said. "And I believe a couple of these guys will be a part of that. And I believe I'll be a part of that."

That would be up to Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan, who hasn't spoken publicly since giving Thomas a multiyear extension last March. But Thomas isn't talking like a man who thinks he's on the way out.

"This is a dark time for us," he said. "But I know that there's a light at the end of this tunnel and I'm going to keep digging, and I'm going to keep pushing, and I'm not going to quit. I'm going to do it here."

Plenty of New Yorkers would disagree. Fans routinely chant for Thomas to be fired during Knicks games, and last month a group held a giant pink slip during a rally to express those wishes.

But Thomas said he wants to be remembered in New York as he is in Detroit, where he led the Pistons to two NBA championships during a Hall of Fame playing career.

"I don't necessarily just want to win a championship. I want to leave something that's going to stand for a long time. I want to leave a legacy, I want to leave tradition," Thomas said. "I want to leave an imprint, a blueprint in terms of how people play, and how they coach and how they respond when they put on the Knick uniform.

"And I want to leave what I left in Detroit. Every person that walks through that door as a Piston, when they put on that uniform, there's a certain pride that they carry. And I want to put that here and I want to leave that here in New York. I want to leave a championship legacy."

[rjs246]

Shouldn't he be slapping subordinates in the face with his cock or something?