Let me tell you a little bit about my team. It has alot of talent and alot of heart, even more than I thought. It has a player who is only 5'5" tall who had 7 rebounds and 29 points in tonight's game. It has a star center who has proven that he is a total leader on and off the court and who had 17 rebounds, 7 blocks, and 25 points. It has a point guard who shakes off all trouble and achieves whatever is necessary for a win. It has a coach not afraid of David Stern or Isaiah Thomas or anyone else when he tells everyone why they are wrong. It has a whole crew of "benchers" who proved they would be starters if the league had more teams, and who played their guts out tonight to get a win almost no one thought they could get. And it has two very young and extremely talented scoring machines who have been wronged by a system that does not work and that does not make sense. They could only watch as their team, and my team, earned a win through sheer effort and will against one of the hottest teams in the league, a team that was 8-2 in the last 10 games. They will be watching, and waiting, as their team, and my team, seeks to overcome the failure of the league, to defy the predictions that they are history, and to move forward in the quest for the Ring. My team is a team that the league can slow down, but you can not stop my team. It will rise up and overcome all things. My team is powerful. In time, I believe my team will win the quest for the Ring.
I would've waited at least a few more games before making this. The Nuggets played well though, Camby was huge, 5 assists and 3 blocks short of a quadruple double. Valiant effort by the Nuggets, now the real test comes, wether they can keep it up, or flounder under the pressure of no Melo or J.R.
They have yet to prove themselves against a playoff worthy team, they beat Miami but miami isnt what they were last year.
Teams who go through this experience usually step up for two or three games, before the law of averages catches up with them. Being without Melo for a month is going to create a lot of opportunities for other players, but they have been overly dependent on Melo to score points. Denver will have to rely on Miller and Boykins to have monster nights every game for the Nuggets to score points. Maybe someone like Linas Kleiza emerges out of this or DerMarr Johnson.
