He might be waiting to see if Oden is playing, or not. With Oden, I'd bet we'd do OK against Houston.
Why is that people get so bent about what Barkley says? I remember last year when he claimed the Blazers would miss the playoffs because they were too reliant on jump shots, and he said this right around the big win streak -- oh my god, the uproar and gnashing of teeth!
Sir Charles knows his hoops. He's not in love with mediocre players like KP. He calls it like he sees it and he absolutely right on that point.
denver is a slightly better team than portland at best. they're pretty close. neither is going anywhere in the playoffs this year.
The Nuggs have a much better chance to make noise in the playoffs, simply for the fact they will likely have HCA. They beat the crap out of us tonight without KMart and Anthony Johnson.
It was just as correct as pointing out that the Celtics couldn't beat a Portland team missing Roy. Just as devoid of useful information, too.
Yes. Anthony Johnson doesn't play for the Nuggets. Also, as Minstrel said, it was devoid of useful info. You mention Martin being out, but you fail to mention that we were missing Greg, and Martell. And the beatdown was expected. We'll do the same to them when they come to the RG.
Please, stop with the Celtics non sequiturs on all your threads replying to me. So the team that will likely win the NW Division (Nuggs) doesn't have an upper hand in making noise in the playoffs? Come on.
I wish I shared your optimism, ABM. I have yet to see anything from Oden that makes me think he's going to be a "difference-maker" this year.
KMart has played well this season for the Nuggs. Martell won't be a factor for the Blazers this season. That's a false equivalence in your argument.
Sure, we'll make a deal. You start working some logic into your posts, and I won't keep bringing up the Celtics in inconvenient ways. I was responding to rather bigger claim implicit in your post, that this win shows that the Nuggets are significantly more likely to win the division. I'm sure Portland being on the second game of a back-to-back combined with being less used to Denver's altitude had nothing to do with the outcome. Going into this game, both teams were essentially even in record. Denver winning a game in which it had virtually all the advantages doesn't mean a whole lot.
Martin has been below average this season. Oden has played better and Portland was missing him. Anthony Carter's been crap this year.
They will likely have HCA? After tomorrow night they will once again be tied with us in the loss column, and the one head-to-head meeting is at the Rose Garden. How do you figure?
