Boozer, being a douche that he is, always freaking kick his legs when he's in the air.....unfortunately for Nene his knee took the blow.....
Two man game of Boozer and Williams is just too good. If the Jazz win the game tonight, will Okur and Kirilenko come back for the next series?
Your son wouldn't have known what a scary monster even is without prior exposure. Even then, the only guy you would need to worry about is Chris Andersen, since his tattoos are the only ones that really stand out.
Jones wasn't worth the money he got. Afflalo is a good, younger, cheaper substitute. It was a smart move by the Nugs to let Jones go and get Afflalo in his place. Kleiza was so inconsistent he was worthless. There is a reason he's not in the NBA now. He wasn't "money" for anything except disappearing or doing something stupid at the worst time. Basketball IQ can't be learned. I think part of the problem is the Nuggets offered him a very good contract extension, he wanted more and they pulled it from him.
i think they do miss kleiza (though he was very inconsistent at times, esp. in the reg. season) but he showed up for them in the playoffs. he provided another 3pt shooter for them. but that's not the reason they're losing. the main problem is their defense. they're back to their TERRIBLE ways. they were very good last year. but for some reason, this season and into the playoffs, they're just terrible. the jazz have so many layups and open shots and that's just a recipe for losing: the jazz are a pretty damn good offensive team when you play good defense on them. another thing is the disappearance of chauncey. chauncey basically cancelled out chris paul last year, the best PG last year. but this year, deron is just tearing him into pieces. he needs to step it up if they want to come back. and i don't think it's age. the thing is: billups had one of his best reg. seasons EVER. i think deron's size eliminated his post-up game and he usually has an advantage there. 1) better D 2) billups play to his reg. season potential
Just because he wasn't worth the money he got (which I agree with) doesn't mean he wasn't better than Afflalo. Jones as a starter was pretty solid scoring wise but where he really made his impact was on the defensive side. Kleiza was key component to the Nuggets success in the playoffs last year, he shot .470 form the field and .425 from the perimeter. I know George Karl missing is a big part why Denver isn't playing well but the departure of Jones and Kleiza hurt them too.
The main reason that the Nuggets are struggling is because Billups has been abused by Williams. Billups is showing signs of age and is not as effective as he was last year.
well looking at billups' stats, they're not that bad. but b/c williams has been so dominant, deron has made billups non-existent
As much as I hate the Jazz, i think they have this series wrapped up. Boozer is dominating the way he did before when he played against us a few years back.
this has been deron's best stretch of games in his career. he is on another level right now, along with lebron, from any other player in the playoffs.
