Denver Nuggets: Climbing to the top of the Association

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Denver Nuggets

Last Season: 53-29
Team Salary: 61.78M
Cap Room: -3.78M
OVR: 10
OFF: 3
DEF:10

Coaching Staff for Nuggets
Head Coach: George Karl (Off B, Def C, Teach A, Pot, C, 4M/1yr)
Assistant Coach: Adrian Dantley (Off D, Def C, Teach B, Pot C, 500k/1yr)
NBA Scout: Clay Thomas (Lvl D, Pot C, 2M/3yr)
Prospect Scout: Chris Pittman (Lvl B, Pot A 750k/1yr)
Prospect Scout: Maurice Hopkins (Lvl B, Pot A 750k/2yr)
Prospect Scout: Wendell Cartwright (Lvl A, Pot A 1M/3yr)
Trainer: Jim Gillen (Lvl D, Pot C 300k/3yr)

2010-2011 Denver Roster
SF: Wilson Chandler (6'8", 220lbs, 23y/old, 4yr/pro, 1yr/2.13M)
C: Nene (6'11", 250lbs, 28y/old, 9y/pro, 1yr/11.36M, player option)
PG: Ray Felton (6'1" 198lbs, 26y/old, 6y/pro, 3yr/24.00M)
PG: Ty Lawson (5'11", 195lbs, 23y/old, 2y/pro, 2yr/3.20M)
PF: Kenyon Martin (6'9, 240lbs, 33y/old, 11y/pro, 1yr/16.55M)
SG: J.R. Smith (6'6", 220lbs, 25y/old, 7y/pro, 1yr/6.03M)
SG: Arron Afflalo (6'5", 215lbs, 25y/old, 4y/pro, 1yr/1.96M)
SF: Danilo Gallinari (6'10" 225lbs, 22y/old, 3y/pro, 2yr/7.49M)
PF: Al Harrington (6'9, 250lbs, 30y/old, 13y/pro, 5yr/33.44M)
C: Chris Anderson (6'10, 228lbs, 32y/old, 9y/pro, 4yr/17.52M)
SF: Gary Forbes (6'7", 220lbs, 25y/old, 1y/pro, 1yr/474k)
C: Melvin Ely (6'10", 261lbs, 32y/old, 8y/pro, 1yr/1.22M)

Team Overview:
After trading their superstar small-forward Carmelo Anthony(28.2ppg last season) to avoid going without getting any compensation, the Denver Nuggets are still trying to find a new direction as an organization one thing remains constant that is George Karl at the helm. New 23 year old GM Rich Williamson who replaces Masai Ujiri who had to resign his new post due to health problems, states that the team is going to be kept together this year and that they will look to grow from there. Important members of the team look to be Wilson Chandler, J.R. Smith, and the UNC point guards Ray Felton and Ty Lawson.

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Late October to November 2010

Denver Nuggets

Overall Record: 7-9

October-November Record: 7-9

Overall: 8

Power-Ranking: 21st

Conference Rank: T-10

Division Rank: 4

Chemistry: 45%

Game Recaps

Oct. 27^th

The Denver Nugget’s home opener would prove to be a good one as they were able to get a 106-97 win over their rivals the Utah Jazz. They were able to open up the lead in the third quarter with a plus 13 quarter. The scoring for the team was spread out as there were 7 players in double figures ranging from 10 to 21 points. Wilson Chandler was the leading scorer with 21 points and K-Mart was able to put up a 16 point 10 rebound double-double. The Jazz’s leading scorer was Al Jefferson who contributed 18.

Oct. 29^th

A close game that went down to the wire saw the Hornets prevail against the Nuggets 107-105. The star of the game was David West who had a game high 29 points and 8 rebounds. Chris Paul scored 13 and had 12 dimes for the hometown team. J.R. Smith led the Nuggets with 20 points.

Oct. 30^th

The Nuggets were able to run away from the Rockets with a strong 40-27 fourth quarter and a 124-100 victory J.R. Smith led the team again with 38 points and 5 steals on the other side of the box score Kevin Martin put up 23 points.

Nov. 3^rd

The Nugs used some good defense to beat a skilled Mavericks team 95-84. J.R. Smith for the third consecutive game had a team high 25 points and Wilson Chandler had a smooth 16 point 14 rebound game. JET was the leading scorer for Dallas with 23, Dirk was held to 18.

Nov. 5^th

Once again J.R. Smith led the team in points with 23, this time however it wasn’t enough as the next scorer Ty Lawson only had 11. Blake Griffin put up 25 and 11 in a 101-87, Clipper victory.

Nov. 6^th

J.R. Smith had 29 and Wilson Chandler had 28 points but it was not enough to overcome the Dallas Mavs this time around, Dallas cruised to victory off of a 44-20 fourth quarter eventually winning 128-109. Dirk put up big numbers with 36 and 9 and Jason Terry contributed 33 points in front of their home crowd.

Nov 8^th

D-Rose dominated the game with a 30 point 12 assist night that helped the Bulls come back with a plus 20 fourth and win the game 106-102. No surprise here J.R. Smith was the leading scorer with 22 and Chandler dumped in 21 on a 13 rebound night.

Nov. 9^th

The Nuggets were not able to win a single quarter while visiting the Pacers in Indiana. The final score was 101-83, Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert went for double-doubles with 23pt 11 reb and 19 pt 12 reb respectively. As usual J.R. Smith had his 22 points but no one else scored more than 14.

Nov 11^th

The game was never close against the defending champs the L.A. Lakers who cruised to the W 107-70. A measly 12 points in the 2^nd quarter didn’t help any. No Denver player was able to break 20 points, Ray Felton’s 5 assist 4 turnover night didn’t help any. Kobe showed why he is still up in the convo for best player in the game with a nice 27 point game.

Nov 15^th

Former MVP Steve Nash showed why he once was able to claim that title with a dazzling 29 point 14 assist game and led the Suns to a 118-104 win over the visiting Nuggets. J.R. Smith’s 30 points wasn’t enough to help the visiting team overcome Nash’s performance.

Nov 16^th

The Nuggets welcomed back former star Carmelo Anthony with boos from all over the arena throughout the game and sent him back to his new home New York with a 106-101 Denver victory. Carmelo’s 35 point performance reminded fans why they once loved him and the other end of New York’s dynamic duo Amare’ Stoudemire had a 26 point 14 board game. The Nuggets showed him why having two superstars isn’t always better than team ball with seven players in double figures and a 20 point team high from point guard Ty Lawson.
Nov 18^th

The home team Trail Blazers clamped down on the visiting Nuggets allowing only 74 points in their 15 point victory 89-74. Both teams had two players score 14 points for the team high. Wesley Matthews, Lamarcus Aldrige, Ray Felton, and J.R. Smith all had 14. The Nuggets 19 turnovers proved to be the difference in the game.

Nov 20^th

Denver lost again by way of the visiting Nets 102-95. Ty Lawson led the Nuggets with 21 points but Brook Lopez put up a 24/10 game while Deron Williams had a 23 point effort.

Nov 22^nd

The Nuggets got back to winning in a 107-100 W over the Golden State Warriors, J.R. Smith showed up to this game with a big 30 points 15 from 3, Nene had a 20/14 game while the lead was never surrendered from the beginning to end. Seth Curry managed to have a 28 point 7 assist game.

Nov 26^th

There was a shoot-out in Denver, and the Nuggets gimped away the loser in a 126-120 loss. D-Rose led the victorious Bulls with a career high 52 points on a 21-24 shooting night, Luol Deng contributed another 29. J.R. Smith also had a career night with a personal best 56 points, Wilson Chandler added 20 points in the loss.

Nov 28^th

After a career night J.R. Smith couldn’t muster another high performance but, led the team with 18 and both Felton and Chandler turned in 16 point games in a 118-104 winning effort over the Suns in front of their home crowd. Nash had another big night against the Nuggets with 29/12 game and Vince Carter added 31 points albeit in a losing effort.

Team Analysis

J.R. Smith has been the key for the Nuggets on offense this season, he leads the team with 24.1 ppg but also has 3.4 turnovers a game. Rich Williamson ,the new 23 year old GM, after the recently hired Masai Ujiri was forced to resign due to health issues stated, “I love the way J.R. has been able to score points but to take his game to the next level, he’s going to have to cut down the turnovers.” On the trading of former superstar Carmelo Anthony by management before he was named GM Williamson had this to say, “I can’t lie we lost one of the best players in the NBA, I feel like we got some good pieces though with Ray, Wilson, and Danilo. Hopefully they continue to develop in their roles and we can get to the playoffs and keep building.”

Player Stats through November:
SG: J.R. Smith (24.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, .508 fg %, 31.1mpg)
SF: Wilson Chandler (16.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg, .463 3P %, 33.2mpg)
PG: Ty Lawson (12.4 ppg, 5.9 apg, 2.9 topg, 34.2 mpg)
C: Nene (11.1 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 1.8 bpg, 32.3 mpg)
PG: Ray Felton (10.7 ppg, 4.0 apg, 1.9 topg, 24.1 mpg)
PF: Kenyon Martin (7.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.2 topg, 31.3 mpg)
PF: Al Harrington (6.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg 11.9 mpg)
SG: Arron Afflalo (5.0ppg, .525 fg %, 11.1mpg)
SF: Danilo Gallinari (4.7 ppg .407 fg %, 11.8 mpg)
SF: Gary Forbes (1.3 ppg, 1.7 mpg)
C: Chris Anderson (0.8ppg, 3.7 rpg, 10.7 mpg)
C: Melvin Ely (0.6ppg, 1.6mpg)

Western Conference Standings through November:
1. Lakers (14-4 .778% 0GB)
2. Thunder (14-4 .778% 0GB)
3. Spurs (13-4 .765% 0.5GB)
4. Kings (9-7 .563% 4GB)
5. Grizzlies (10-8 .556% 4GB)
6. Trail Blazers (9-8 .529 4.5GB)
7. Jazz (10-9 .526 4.5GB)
8. Warriors (9-9 .500 5.0GB)

11. Nuggets (7-9 .438 6GB)

League News for November:
LeBron James won 3 POTW awards for the Eastern conference while Stephen Jackson and Amar’e Stoudemire each won once. The Western Conference had a different winner each week, in order Kobe Bryant, Zach Randolph, Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki, and J.R. Smith. POTM went to Lebron James for the East he is currently averaging 27.8p/8.4r/6.2a while Dirk Nowitzki took home the award for the West with a 27.1p/8.4r month.
The only trade that has occurred so far this season was on 11/14 the Bucks sent PG Carlos Delfino to the Kings in exchange for Hassan Whiteside. The biggest injury news has been Monta Ellis being out with a broken ankle for 4-6 weeks, he was averaging 23.3 ppg and 6.0apg. Brandon Roy has apparently drawn strong interest around the league though it is doubtful that he will actually be traded this season.

[thelionheart3456]

December 2010

Denver Nuggets

Overall Record: 15-16

December Record: 8-7

Overall: 10^th

Power-Ranking: 17^th

Conference Rank: T-7

Division Rank: 3

Chemistry: 43%

Game Recaps

Dec 1^st

The Denver Nuggets opened up the month of December with a 103-99 win behind the play of Wilson Chandler who had a 21 point 6 rebound performance on the other side of the court John Salmons had a 20 point 7 rebound game.

Dec 3^rd

J.R. Smith led the Nuggets to a 131-94 victory over the L.A. Clippers with a 26 point game, Al Harrington helped with 23 of his own, and Ray Felton added 21 to go along with 7 dimes. The Clips were led by Chris Kaman’s 20 points.

Dec 5^th

The Nuggets got blown out at home and never led the duration of the game losing 117-85 behind a strong performance by Zach Randolph who had 30 points and 17 boards, Wilson Chandler led the Nuggets with 18 points and Smith added 17.

Dec 7^th

The Nuggets took out the past game’s frustrations on the host Bobcats with a 107-74 win after a 32-14 first quarter they never looked back. Ty Lawson had a great game with 25 points and Nene helped with 23 and 8 rebounds. Stephen Jackson was the lone bright spot for Charlotte with 25 points.

Dec 8^th

The Nuggets were able to overcome a 33 point performance by Paul Pierce while visiting the Boston Celtics and held off a late charging team to come out on top 120-114, J.R. Smith led the charge with 29 points for Denver.

Dec 10^th

After beating a top team 2 nights before the Nuggets fell to perennial bottom feeders the Toronto Raptors. Demar DeRozan had 22 and Jose Calderon had 19 points in their 101-100 win. J.R. Smith continued his scoring show with 26 points. Both Lawson and Felton had 10 assists.

Dec 12^th

Suffice it to say the New York Knicks wanted payback for their loss in Denver earlier in the season Amar’e had 33 points and 11 boards, Carmelo went for 29 and 10, and their third partner Chauncey Billups had 21 points and 12 assists in the Knicks 107-87 blowout win. Wilson Chandler had 18 points and Kenyon Martin contributed 15 points and 14 rebounds.

Dec 14^th

After the latest loss 105-94 to the Magic the Nuggets are on a 3 game skid, Chandler and Smith both had 19 but that wasn’t enough to beat the guard driven Magic who got 23 and 21 from Nelson and Arenas respectively. D12 dominated with a 19/13 performance.

Dec 16^th

Denver bounced back and beat another good team in the Spurs 121-83. J.R. Smith continues to amaze with a strong 34 points performance with 18 coming from three. Nene had 18 points and 14 boards and Ty Lawson added 10 assists. Tony Parker led the Spurs with 22.

Dec 18^th

Wilson Chandler had 27 and J.R. Smith had 24 in a 115-105 W over the T-Wolves. Denver didn’t allow Minnesota a scorer to have more than 15 points.

Dec 22^nd

After a long layoff the Nuggets lost to San Antonio 107-95. The Spurs got 22,19 ,19, and 18 from Duncan, Manu, Parker, and Jefferson respectively. J.R. Smith led Denver with 26 points in the loss.

Dec 25^th

KD showed why he led the league in scoring last year with a 33 point game in the win over Denver 105-101. James Harden helped the Thunder with 23 of his own points and Russell Westbrook had 16/8 for the game. Nene led the Nuggets with 20 points.

Dec 26^th

The Nuggets took the lead in the first by 11 and didn’t look back as they cruised to an easy 113-94 win. J.R. Smith led with 37 points and Marreese Speights had 29 for the visiting Sixers.

Dec 28^th
Kenyon Martin was lost in the first 9 minutes of the game against the Blazers but the combo of Smith, Felton, and Chandler scored 65 of the team’s 113 to beat the Blazers by 8. Ty Lawson added 16 assists to the mix. Brandon Roy had a game high 26 in the losing effort.

Dec 29^th

Michael Beasley showed why he was the number 2 overall pick in the 2008 draft with a strong 32 point performance in a 108-101 W. Ray Felton had 20 points and 6 assists to lead Denver who had 6 scorers in double figures.

Team Analysis

J.R. Smith’s point production has fallen off as he has started to cool off shooting wise but the team posted a winning record for the month which had GM Williamson very happy, “Hey, I know it’s only 1 game above .500 for the month but it’s a small step in the right direction and we need that.” On Kenyon Martin’s replacement for injury, “A lot of people thought we’d go with Al but we wanted to give Danilo a chance to shine putting him at PF sure we give up size but he can stretch the defense with his shooting.”

Player Stats through December:
SG: J.R. Smith (22.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, .462 fg %, 31.6mpg)
SF: Wilson Chandler (16.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg, .425 3P %, 33.7mpg)
PG: Ty Lawson (12.7 ppg, 6.6 apg,1.9 topg, 33.7 mpg)
C: Nene (10.6 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.6 bpg, 31.2 mpg)
PG: Ray Felton (12.3 ppg, 4.8 apg, 1.8 topg, 24.5 mpg)
PF: Kenyon Martin (7.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 28.9 mpg)
PF: Al Harrington (7.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg 12.3 mpg)
SG: Arron Afflalo (4.8ppg, .446 fg %, 11.9mpg)
SF: Danilo Gallinari (6.1 ppg .443 fg %, 13.0 mpg)
SF: Gary Forbes (1.6 ppg, 2.2 mpg)
C: Chris Anderson (1.0ppg, 3.9 rpg, 10.9 mpg)
C: Melvin Ely (0.6ppg, 2.0mpg)

Western Conference Standings through December:
1. Thunder (28-6 .824% 0GB)
2. Lakers (25-8 .758% 2.5GB)
3. Spurs (23-9 .719% 4.0GB)
4. Mavs (19-12 .613% 7.5GB)
5. Grizzlies (18-14 .563% 9.0GB)
6. Trail Blazers (18-15 .545% 9.5GB)
7. Nuggets (15-16 .484% 11.5GB)
8. Suns (15-16 .484% 11.5GB)
League News for December:
Lebron James swept POTW in the East and Steph Curry and Caron Butler both won once in the West while Kevin Durant won the award twice. The month saw John Kuester fired from Detroit and hired in Washington after Flip Saunders was fired. Larry Brown, Jim O’Brien and Kurt Rambis also got the boot.
Movement around the league saw Kurt Thomas go to the Clips for a 2^nd rounder. Marvin Williams was shipped to Sacramento for Beno Udrih and a 2^nd rounder. Jamario Moon will now be a 76er in an exchange of 1^st rounders between the Clippers and 76ers as well as Darius Songaila. Jordan Hill left the Rockets for Memphis in exchange for Leon Powe and Hamed Haddadi. Josh McRoberts will now be a Buck for Larry Sanders to play in Indiana. Tracy McGrady was traded to the Sixers for Craig Brackins to go to Detroit. The big injury news is that Chris Paul is out with a broken back for 4-6 weeks.

[thelionheart3456]

January 2011

Denver Nuggets

Overall Record: 28-20

December Record: 13-4

Overall: 10^th

Power-Ranking: 8^th

Conference Rank: 5

Division Rank: 2

Chemistry: 48%

Game Recaps

Jan 1^st

The bench led the way in the new year with 19 from Al Harrington and 17 from Arron Afflalo to a 116-98 victory over the Kings. A 20 point margin in the 2^nd quarter sealed the deal for Denver who had 7 players in double digits points. Tyreke Evans game-high 26 points weren’t enough to boost the Kings to a win.

Jan 3^rd

Kevin Martin and Luis Scola combined for 55 points but it wasn’t enough to win the game for Houston who lost 104-97 to host Denver. Ty Lawson had a strong game for Denver with 21 points, Wilson Chandler also helped out with 17 of his own.

Jan 5^th

A pathetic 6 point first quarter doomed the Clippers from the start as no player scored above 15 points. They were blown out 103-76 at home by the Nuggets who were led by J.R. Smith’s 26 and Wilson Chandler’s 24 points which combined tied 3 of the Clippers quarters.

Jan 6^th

This time around Tyreke had 34 and Marcus Thornton had 26 but it still wasn’t enough to overcome Denver in Sacramento who was led by Ty Lawson’s 31 points in a 102-95 win.

Jan 9^th

The Chris Paul-less New Orleans Hornets fell to the Denver Nuggets by a tune of 122-105 J.R. Smith paced the Nuggets with 29 points and Danilo Gallinari added 22 in 26 minutes. David West had a double-double of 22/11 for the visitors.

Jan 11^th

Phoenix’s Steve Nash and Vince Carter snapped Denver’s 5 game win streak with 51 combined points in a 116-111 win. Wilson Chandler scored 28 points in the loss. Kenyon Martin had a strong 2^nd game back with a 12/13 performance.

Jan 13^th

Tied all the way until the end the Heat prevailed over the Nuggets 106-105. J.R. Smith had 27 in the loss as Denver had 6 players in double figure points. Wade(27), James(24), and Bosh’s(14) led the way for the Heat.

Jan 15^th

Baron Davis had 33 points for the Cavs however 19 turnovers for the team sealed their fate against Denver who won 117-103 with 6 players in double figures in points for the second game in a row.

Jan 16^th

Manu’s 32 points led the Spurs to a 113-79 beat-down of the Nuggets, Tim Duncan added 19 points and 15 boards, while Parker had 18 and Jefferson 20. Wilson Chandler was the only Nugget to score above 15 with 20 of his own to go with 5 blocks.

Jan 19^th

Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook combined for 78 points in a 124-107 W throw in newly acquired old Nugget Al Harrington’s 15 points and you have yourself an easy win. J.R. Smith led the Nuggets with 28 points but had 4 turnovers, no other Nugget scored more than 17.

Jan 21^st

The Nuggets used a plus 13 4^th to break the tie and win 107-94 against the LA Lakers who were led by Andrew Bynum’s 21 and followed by Kobe Bryant’s 20. Nene had 22, Smith 20, Wilson Chandler 19 and Kenyon Martin had 16/14 in the win over the defending champs.

Jan 23^rd

The Nuggets avenged their early season loss to the Pacers 121-92. Tyler Hansbrough had 20 points in the loss. While J.R. Smith had 38 points, 18 from three, and Nene had a 30/15 game in the win.

Jan 25^th

The Nuggets continued to win big winning 126-94 over Washington who was led by John Wall’s 22 and Blatche’s 17. J.R. Smith had 32 points and Wilson Chandler had 26 for the winning Nugs. The team had 6 players in double figures.

Jan 26^th

J.R. Smith’s 27 led Denver 108-91 victory over Detroit. Wilson Chandler had 18/11. Rodney Stucky, Rip Hamilton, and Ben Gordon combined for 63 of Detroit’s 91 points. The only reason they lost was because of 23 turnovers most by the before mentioned players.

Jan 28^th

A plus 12 fourth quarter propelled the Nuggets to a 3 point victory over the Cavs 83-80. The Nuggets scored only 46 points through the first three quarters. J.R. Smith had 23 in the win while Antawn Jamison had 21 in the loss.

Jan 30^th

Tied until the final 5 seconds Denver pulled out a win in Philly behind Wilson Chandler’s 31 points and 8 boards to in a 109-107 win. Jrue Holiday turned in a 25 point effort. Iggy was held to only 13 although he almost managed a trible-double with 13/9/7.

Jan 31^st

Deron Williams had 30 points and 8 assists at home but that wasn’t enough to overcome a strong team effort by the Denver Nuggets who had 6 players in double figures led by J.R. Smith with 22 and Chandler with 19. K-Mart added a double-double with 14/10.

Team Analysis

The new year saw Denver kick off a 5 game winning streak that was interrupted by 4 losses in 5 games but saw an even better run of 7 in a row. “We’re really meshing as a team everybody’s settled into their roles now, I especially like how Danilo’s points have increased since he’s gotten more time.” –Rich Williamson
Player Stats through January:
SG: J.R. Smith (22.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 31.9mpg)
SF: Wilson Chandler (17.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 33.7mpg)
PG: Ty Lawson (13.3 ppg, 6.8 apg, 1.8 topg, 33.1 mpg)
C: Nene (11.1 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 30.9 mpg)
PG: Ray Felton (11.2 ppg, 5.0 apg, 1.8 topg, 24.3 mpg)
PF: Kenyon Martin (8.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 28.9 mpg)
SG: Arron Afflalo (5.1ppg, .452 fg %, 13.6mpg)
SF: Danilo Gallinari (8.6 ppg .493 fg %, 18.1 mpg)
SF: Gary Forbes (1.3 ppg, 2.1 mpg)
C: Chris Anderson (0.8ppg, 3.9 rpg, 10.3 mpg)
C: Melvin Ely (0.6ppg, 1.8mpg)
C:Nazr Mohammed (2.1ppg, 3.0mpg)

Western Conference Standings through Januaryr:
1. Thunder (35-12 .745% 0GB)
2. Lakers (35-13 .729% .5GB)
3. Spurs (34-13 .723% 1.0GB)
4. Mavs (29-18 .617% 6GB)
5. Nuggets (28-20 .583% 7.5GB)
6. Grizzlies (28-21 .571% 8GB)
7. Trail Blazers (25-22 .532% 10GB)
8. Warriors (25-22 .532% 10GB)
League News for January:
LeBron won POTW twice this month with Gilbert Arenas, Dwayne Wade, and D-Rose getting in on the action. Dirk won 3 times while Tyreke Evans and Manu also won once. LeBron took home his third POTM while Dirk took his second.
Trade action involved Anthony Randolph and a first to Toronto for DeMar DeRozan and Reggie Evans. Al Harrington of the Nuggets was sent packing to OKC for Nazr Mohammed and a first rounder. The T-Wolves got going again by trading Sebastian Telfair and former 2^nd overall Darko Milicic to the Bobcats for Joel Przybilla. The Bucks traded Earl Boykins and Drew Gooden to Washington for Maurice Evans and Hamady N’diaye. The big trade so far this season is the Celtics sending Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic to the Rockets for Luis Scola and Jamaal Tinsley. The Rockets also sent Brad Miller to Washington for Kevin Seraphin. The Raptors made more moves sending Julian Wright and Sonny Weems to the Clips for DeAndre Jordan and Brian Cook.

[JaySaen916]

NICE!
good to see a Denver association on here

[thelionheart3456]

February 2011

Denver Nuggets

Overall Record: 34-27

December Record: 6-7

Overall: 10^th

Power-Ranking: 11^th

Conference Rank: 7

Division Rank: 3

Chemistry: 40%

Game Recaps

Feb 2^nd

J.R. Smith’s 30 points weren’t enough as Denver fell to Portland 111-100. The Blazers won the T/O battle 23-6 which played a big part in their win. Aldridge had 21/10 game and the Blazers had 6 men in double figures.

Feb 4^th

Jefferson and Millsap combined for 49 of the Jazz’s 100 points in a 100-94 W over the Nuggets. J.R. Smith put up 21 while no other player managed over 12 for Denver. Once again the Nuggets had 20 turnovers which killed any chance at a victory.

Feb 5^th

Michael Beasley won the game scoring again with 33 but lost the game 121 to 108 in favor of Denver. For what feels like the hundredth time J.R. Smith led the scoring and there were six Nuggets in double figures.

Feb 7^th

J.R. Smith 33 Kevin Martin 30 but the real difference was five next scorers on the team all were in favor of the Rockets for their 11-107 win away from home. Three of their players had double-doubles while the same can be said for the Nuggets.

Feb 9^th

Monta Ellis went for 30 and Seth Curry had 21 but it wasn’t enough as the Nuggets came back and won by 3 after being down by 10 before the 4^th quarter started. Danilo Gallinari had 27 points in 26 minutes to lead the Nuggets to the win.

Feb 10^th

J.R. Smith added another highlight performance with 38 points 21 from three point range for a 112-97 victory over the Dallas Mavericks who were led in scoring by Dirk Nowitzki who managed 28/7.

Feb 14^th

Zach Randolph and Rudy Gay went for double-doubles with 22/11 and 21/11 in their win over the Nuggets 108-100. O.J. Mayo also added 21 points to the total. Ty Lawson had 20 points and 7 assists in the loss.

Feb 15^th

Kevin Martin 35 J.R. Smith 28 and that was the story as no player for the Nuggets exceeded 16 in a whooping in Houston 121-93. Terrence Williams was 21/13 and Patrick Patterson 14/13 for the Rockets.

Feb 17^th

Brandon Jennings scored almost a third of the team’s points with 25 in a 106-79 loss at home to the Nuggets. J.R. Smith and Nene made sure of the win with 24 and 21 outings from the pair.

All Star Game
The West beat the East in a low scoring all star game 91-83 with Tony Parker getting MVP with 15 points. J.R. Smith the lone Nugget had 10 points.

Feb 22^nd

J.R. Smith had 22 points and 10 boards to blow out the Grizzlies 106-80. Randolph was finally held to 15 points with only 8 boards.

Feb 24^th

J.R. Smith again lighting it up for 46 while Wilson Chandler added 24/15 to beat the Celtics 133-115 in Denver. Pierce had 27 points in the loss.

Feb 25^th

Brandon Roy’s 28 points led the Blazers to a 98-88 win over the visiting Nuggets. No player from Denver scored more than 19

Feb 28^th

Joe Johnson(34), Josh Smith (18), and Jamal Crawford(18) combined for 70 points in a 95-91 win over the Nuggets. J.R. Smith managed to score 31 points in the loss.

Team Analysis

“We took a step back J.R. went up in points while the rest of the team didn’t help too much we need more consistent play out of Wilson he’s shown he can be a potential star and he needs to play like he is every night in order for us to stay in the race for the playoffs.”-Rich Williamson

Player Stats through February
SG: J.R. Smith (23.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 31.9mpg)
SF: Wilson Chandler (15.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 32.8mpg)
PG: Ty Lawson (13.1 ppg, 6.9 apg, 2.3 topg, 33.2 mpg)
C: Nene (11.0 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 30.9 mpg)
PG: Ray Felton (11.0 ppg, 4.8 apg, 1.8 topg, 24.2 mpg)
PF: Kenyon Martin (8.7 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 28.9 mpg)
SG: Arron Afflalo (5.3ppg, 14.0mpg)
SF: Danilo Gallinari (9.0 ppg, 19.6 mpg)
SF: Gary Forbes (1.3 ppg, 2.2 mpg)
C: Chris Anderson (0.9ppg, 3.9 rpg, 9.9 mpg)
C: Melvin Ely (0.8ppg, 1.8mpg)
C:Nazr Mohammed (2.0ppg, 2.8mpg)

Western Conference Standings through February:
1. Thunder (44-14 .759% 0GB)
2. Spurs (43-16 .729% 1.5GB)
3. Lakers (40-21 .656% 5.5GB)
4. Mavs (37-22 .627% 7.5GB)
5. Trail Blazers (37-22 .627% 7.5GB)
6. Grizzlies (36-25 .590% 9.5GB)
7. Nuggets (34-27 .557% 11.5GB)
8. Warriors (29-29 .500%, 15GB)
League News for February:
East All Stars
Derrick Rose
Dwayne Wade
LeBron James
Josh Smith
Dwight Howard
Carmelo Anthony
Deron Williams
Stephen Jackson
Danny Granger
Brook Lopez
Gilbert Arenas
Joe Johnson

West All Stars
Russell Westbrook
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
Dirk Nowitzki
Al Jefferson
Manu Ginobili
Rudy Gay
Zach Randolph
Emeka Okafor
Steph Curry
Tony Parker
J.R. Smith

The Lakers traded Matt Barnes to Sacramento for Rafer Alston. Spurs sent Steve Novak to Bucks for Jon Brockman. The Suns sent Josh Childress to the Clips for Craig Smit and Ryan Gomes. Finally the Suns traded Grant Hill and Channing Frye to the Blazers for Wesley Matthews and Jeff Pendergraph.