<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The game was called "sissy." When it was over, nobody called Reggie Evans that. During his days at Woodham High School in Pensacola, Fla., Evans and six or seven other big guys played a version of basketball that was more like rugby. The only scoring allowed was in the paint. "It wasn't easy going against those big sweaty guys," Evans said. "That's why I have no fear." That's also why Evans says he has no fear now when it comes to battling six or seven other Nuggets big men for playing time. The Nuggets were loaded inside as the summer wound down and Evans still was a free agent. He could have looked elsewhere but ended up signing a five-year deal with the Nuggets on Sept. 8 he said is worth $23 million. "I'm not worried we have a lot of big guys," Evans said. "That doesn't scare me at all. . . . They breathe like me. They eat like me." But most don't rebound like Evans or throw their bulk around like him. That's why it will be hard to keep the 6-foot-8, 245-pound power forward off the court. "He's playing at a high level right now," said Nuggets forward Eduardo Najera, who is fighting Evans for minutes. "He's playing like a beast." </div> Source
