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Denver Nuggets Reply To Questions With a Blowout Win vs. LA Lakers

Posted: 14th November 2009 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
Carmelo AnthonyÆs 25 led the Nuggets in scoring, and Denver dominated the loathed LA Lakers 105-79 in the Mile High city Friday night. But to read just that would be to miss the importance of the victory, as Denver answered many questions that I asked prior to the game. As it turns out, all the answers were intertwined and everything fell into place for the Nuggets Friday. The first question I asked ...
The Denver Nuggets (6-3) sit atop the Northwest division, only ahead of the Portland Trailblazers (6-3) because of their head-to-head victory in the second game of the year. After the first 10 days of the season, Denver was the No. 1 team in the West at 5-0, but the Nuggets have struggled to win only one of their last four contests. And while the season is quite young, Denver still has ...
It seems like something written into a television program. A burgeoning star in the NBA, whose fame is dependent upon the name he's made for himself, decides to switch for no apparent reason at all. Was it because the player found his reputation too shrouded in negativity, and he hoped to start anew? No, although that would have been an acceptable reason for the young and somewhat troubled baller. According to the ...

The 2009 Denver Broncos: Shades of Super Bowl Years, or Last Year?

Posted: 10th November 2009 by Rich Kurtzman in NFL
Okay, Broncos fans, reality check time is upon us. Sure, Denver started out 6-0, and literally everything went the Broncos way in those games. First, Brandon Stokley caught an 87-yard tipped ball for a touchdown to beat the Bengals in Week One. Next, when the Broncos played the Cowboys, Champ Bailey stopped back-to-back passes that could have tied the game up. Then, Kyle Orton led Denver on a 98-yard drive to tie the ...
Sure, Denver is only two games into their 2009-10 season and itÆs so early some could say the games donÆt matter. Realistically, in an 82 game season, itÆs the games at the end of the season that matter more than the ones at the beginning, as some teams will go on a tear to start, only to fade late. It is so early in the season the Nuggets still donÆt have ...

Nuggets Season Preview: Denver Must Be On Guard to Go Far in 2009-10

Posted: 28th October 2009 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
What is the most important player on the court for a basketball team? The point guard. Luckily for the Nuggets, they landed veteran Chauncey Billups last offseason in a trade for Allen Iversonùa trade that has made the front officeÆs I.Q. look a mile high. Billups, the home town leader of the Nuggets, has been no-nonsense since his days at George Washington High School, and his approach to the NBA game greatly ...
Friday night, Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony both sat due to George KarlÆs decision, likely to get his biggest stars some rest with the regular seasonÆs start looming this Wednesday against the Jazz in Denver. But with the stars sitting, it gave the backups an opportunity to shineùand rookie Ty Lawson grabbed his chance and ran with an amazing 29-point performance against the World Champion Los Angeles Lakers. Lawson drove quickly and ...
A story was broken yesterday by our friends at the worldwide leader, ESPN, saying how a ôRef agreement closerö in the NBA. After both NBA Commissioner David Stern and refereesÆ union representative Lamell McMorris separately pulled out of negotiations weeks ago, many believed replacement refs were an undeniably sad reality. But now, referees are planning to vote on a newer version of an NBA/ref agreement, which may bring the referees back ...
Dwight Howard is now famous not only for his great basketball play, but his constant tweeting of "Heyyyy World!" Tonight, that tweet would be more appropriate for Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony as he brought his all star play back to Beijing, the site of the 2008 Olympics where Melo was a star in his own right earning a gold medal with Team USA. Carmelo was amazing tonight, as he ate former ...
The Broncos (4-0) came into todayÆs contest against the Cowboys (2-2) undefeated but many criticized that they had yet to play against any good talent. Denver beat Cincinnati (3-1), Cleveland (0-4), and Oakland (1-3). But Dallas brought a respectable team that had averaged over 200 yards per game coming into the mile high city. And even though some, like Troy Aikman, thought the game would be a shoot-out, it was anything ...