Seems like OKC is having the same problems with their star player. I just re-watched them getting man-handled at home against Boston. They looked just as flat as we did and they laid an egg in front of an amped up crowd at home. Nuggets don't look nearly as good as they have in the recent past and Carmelo wants out. Billups has been awful! Utah is struggling as much as anyone in the league right now. Getting locked up defensively the other night by a Golden State defense. The star player is bitching out a rookie on the court because of a missed assignment the second game in to the season. The Northwest division hasn't impressed me at all, this thing is wide open. We aren't the only team struggling. We need to put this loss behind us and take care of business this week. All will be good in P-town again. That said, we definitely have some issues that need to be resolved. I think we'll be alright though.
At least Minny is entertaining ... in an "Oh my god, what has David Kahn done to that team?" kind of way.
The Nuggets are getting a fudge-packing right now against Indiana. Down 24 late in the 3rd. Miami having its way with the unimpressive Jazz as well.
hahaha They must be jumping off bridges in Denver right now. They're down 37 right now in Indiana. The Pacers have 120 point with 10 minutes left in the 4th.
IND didn't miss a FG the whole third quarter, while scoring 54 pts. wow http://espn.go.com/nba/playbyplay?gameId=301109011&period=3
I've watched a little bit of the game, Denver is literally walking around on defense. They look like they don't give a shit. Has George Karl lost that team? Billups is playing like he's washed up. Maybe playing FIBA wasn't the best idea on that old body of his.
Collison looks pretty good.. 29 points off 12-13 shooting, with six dimes? Not bad... Do I read that right, 54 points in the third quarter for Indy? Holy hell...
Holy Shit! Paul Millsap! 3 straight threes to finish this quarter. But a dumb foul by Deron. Utah still has a chance.
O M G! PAUL fucking Millsap ties it at the buzzer. 44pts for the guy. WTF. Unfortunately for Utah, Deron fouled out.
Speaking of lackluster. Miami had talks about winning 73, they've got just as many losses as our Blazer team thats in disarray. I do say though, Utah got lucky that game. Millsap will never sniff three 3 pointers in a row like that in his career.
It is baffling that we weren't in the mix for him. I'll never understand that decision, and PG will be an issue as soon as the trade deadline. Armon Johnson looks promising, but he doesn't seem like someone who is ever going to be potentially elite like Collison may be in a year or two.
It's tough to say what Armon is going to turn into, and the fact that Collison played four years at UCLA makes me question just how much more growth he has left in him. But, yeah I was hoping the Blazers would have made a play for him (assuming they had a shot).
