Comments on: A look at the Nuggets 10 games in

By: Garrett Olsen

Garrett Olsen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:38 +0000

Luke you’re correct. 25-30 is right.

As far as IIyasova is concerned, I read today that he will be starting for the Bucks now. Don’t see him getting traded. I have however, found a likeing for Brandon Haywood the last couple of days.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:54:13 +0000

You mean 25-30 minutes, right? Why on earth would he average 35-40?

Nuggets need Ilyasova from Milwaukee, who they flirted with drafting. A big that can spread the floor.

By: Garrett Olsen

Garrett Olsen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:37:31 +0000

Kris, with all due respect, I don’t think Kwame Brown s any better than Johan Petro. After doing some research, I found that Detroit would acually rather trade Jason Maxiell over Chris Wilcox. This is intriguing becaue Maxiell is younger and in my opinion better than Wilcox.

As far as Mbenga is concerned, I have a hard time seeing LA make any trade with Denver unless it was bringing Melo or Billups to LA without losing Kobe. Foster is tough because his 6 mil contract is hard to match without Denver including a key piece. Mikki Moore could be a possibilty though.

We’ll see how things turn out by mid December. There will be many injuries and a better look at team’s records and where they are heading by then. If Denver loses Nene, Martin or Birdman for an extended period, I think we may see an even larger name brought in to Denver over the players I mentioned above.

By: kris

kris — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:38:25 +0000

what about kwame browne?? seems like the detroit trade would work though…i think denver will pursue mbenga, moore, or foster

By: Garrett Olsen

Garrett Olsen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:52:35 +0000

Nuggets trade Malik Allen and Renaldo Balkman for Ronny Turiaf. Works under the cap.

Nuggets trade 3.6 mil TPE to Detroit for Chris Wilcox

Nuggets trade Renaldo Balkman to New Jersey for Josh Boone or TPE for Boone

Nuggets trade Renaldo Balkman and 1st round pick to Washington for Andray Blatche (highly unlikely)

Nuggets trade Malik Allen and 2nd round pick to Houston for Chuck Hayes

Nuggets trade Balkman and 2nd rounder to LAC for Deandre Jordan (highly unlikely)

Nuggets trade Johan Petro, and Malik Allen to Minny for Olekiy Pecherov

Nuggets trade Balkman and 2 1st rounders to Sacramento or Spencer Hawes (I’d love this deal but it’s a pipe dream).

Other possible bigs the Nuggets may persue are; Mikki Moore, Jeff Foster, DJ Mbenga, or possibly Aaron Gray from Chicago when he is healthy again in January.

By: Garrett Olsen

Garrett Olsen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:36:55 +0000

Matthew, once free agent contracts can be traded in December, Denver can offer Malik Allen’s expirering 1.5 mil contract, Renaldo Balkman’s 2 mil contract, Anthony Carter’s 1 mil contract or Denver still has a TPE (trade exception) worth 3.6 mil which could bring in a big with a contract equal or less to 3.6 mil. Let me work out a few traes as examples and post them on here in a bit.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:02:12 +0000

And who are we going to loose if we need another big man.

By: Garrett Olsen

Garrett Olsen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:57:32 +0000

Thanks Josh, I appreciate it! =)

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Great article!! Can’t argue with the facts, and there’s a lot of them, glad someone knows what they’re talking about!!

By: Garrett Olsen

Garrett Olsen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:11:03 +0000

Mark, I agree with a lot of what you’re saying. The Nuggets’ bigs have been lazy in all of the losses. Do keep in mind two of the losses were the second of a back-to-back so fatigue may have been a huge factor.

Anyways, the reason I call for another big man is because Martin is not your “average” power forward. He is an oversized small forward with the ability to guard small forwards, but playes the PF b/c Melo is at the 3. Nene is a natural PF. Idea size. I know 1 inch doesn’t sound like much, but when teams like LA throw three 7 footers at you at once (Odom, Bynum and Gasol) All the sudden Martin doesn’t look too tall an is outsized. That 1 or 2 inches is just that much more for those players to get rebounds.

Denver needs a “true” center who will rebound, box out and hit the glass hard. Nene is still maturing and tends to drag off on doubles and tends to get lost in the paint. While Martin is playing a jump shot or dibble one-on-one, that leaves no one to grab a board.

A Jeff Foster or David Lee, someone who is a true center is what denver needs. Right now I see Denver playing with two PF’s with a soft center off the bench that is more focused on blocked shots than blocking out the respected big. Once Denver adds that “true” center, I call them a legit elite.