Coby Karl Getting Ready

Coby Karl was signed by the Nuggets towards the end of the 2009-2010 season. He has been in the Pepsi center working hard to prove he belongs in the league he is in. Coby Karl is the son of George Karl as we all know and he has bounced around the league and the D League over the course of the four years he has been in the NBA.

Coby started his NBA career for the Lakers for two seasons and went to the Cavilers for his third season. Now Coby is on the Nuggets and he feels he has found a home with the Nuggets and his father.

Coby is preparing for the summer league where he plans to play for the Nuggets along with point guard Ty Lawson. Coby is working hard to show that he belongs in the NBA but I'm sure all his hard work will payoff in the long run and benefit both him and the Nuggets organization. Coby desires to have his name called by his father to come in the game and contribute.

Even though he is 27, Coby feels he is still a prospect for NBA teams. At this point now the only team he wants to play for is the Denver Nuggets. An Coby feels he has a chance and opportunity in Denver.

Ty Lawson's Exceptional Rookie Season is Over and he now Looks ahead Towards the Future

Ty Lawson was one of the best rookies this year. He was one of the few rookies to be playing on a championship contending team and accepted a backup role behind Chauncy Billups, unlike the top picks who started on losing teams. 

Ty played exceptional this season backing up Chauncy Billups and showed that he can lead the team. He started in 8 games for the Nuggets while Chauncy Billups was injured. During those games he averaged 17 points and 6 assist which is great for any rookie to average. He was one of the few rookie point guards to get regular rotation minutes and alongside Brandon Jennings as the only two rookie point guards to make the playoffs.

A few memorable moments Ty Lawson had this year was when he dunked on 7 foot Dj Mbenga of the Lakers during the regular season and when he dunked on 7 foot Kosta Kofus of the Jazz during game six of the first round series which put the Nuggets up by two later in the game.

This offseason Ty Lawson looks to get much better for next year. Lawson will spend part of his offseason working out with "The Hoops Whisperer" Idan Ravin along with Kevin Durant. Ravin has made many great players better such as Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant. Durant and Lawson were high school and AAU teammates. 

Ty Lawson is no longer a rookie and has to get ready for the rest of his career which starts this offseason and this summer.

Chris "The BirdMan" Anderson is Recovering from Knee surgery

Chris "The Bird Man" Anderson under went knee surgery for an injury he suffered during game 2 of the Nuggets first round playoff series against the Utah Jazz. Though injured Bird Man played all 6 games in the series and endured the pain.

Im sure we all know Bird Man did not look like himself at all during the playoffs. He was some what slower, less hyper, active and less "The Bird Man" in general. Im pretty sure most people thought it was because he didn't have his signature style of hair throughout every game that he was also known for and had "Normal Guy Hair" which was unusual for him and for the fans to see. The truth is he was this way due to the injury he suffered in his knee which took some of the flight from "The Bird Man".

The Nuggets lacked defense throughout the playoff series and that's where Bird Man's injury slowed him down the most in. For the season he was averaging 1.88 blocks per game but in the playoffs he was averaging 1.00 blocks per game. Since K-Mart wasn't himself due to injury the Nuggets needed more from the Bird Man on defense and offense which everyone one on the Nuggets squad lacked except Carmelo Anthony after game 1.

The Bird Man should and is expected to be back to full health by next season and be ready to go back to being The Bird Man we all know, love and need if we expect to get far next year.

Should Melo Stay or Go

We all know Carmelo Anthony will be a free agent next season if he doesn't take a contract extension this offseason. The question is should Melo take the contract extension and stay a Nugget or don't take it a move on from Denver as Lebon is doing most likely doing with the Cavaliers.

The Nuggets team either needs to be reconstructed, consistent or add more stability to the team. Chauncy Billups is getting older and unlike Nash he is not getting better with age. Billups is no longer the Billups that was one of the the top 5 point guards in the NBA. J.R Smith continues is inconsistent play and is starting to not look like starter material at all. Nene gives us a 20 10 every couple of games and it seems as if Kenyon Martin career will soon be over due to his knee.

Carmelo really has no reason to stay in Denver. Even though I am a Denver fan, I know what's a lost cause and unless the team is rebuilt this offseason I see no need for Carmelo Anthony to stay a Nuggets because he is a player dat deserves a title. 

If I were Carmelo I would only stay if they gave me a consistent team that gave me an actual shot at the ultimate prize which is a NBA championship.

Karl Feeling Better, Future beginning to Look Bright Again

George Karl is beginning to feel better after his treatment ended a number of weeks ago. Before the only place he went to was the doctor and back, but now he is starting to go other places and walk around a lot more than he did right after his treatment ended. Karl is feeling better but is not fully recovered yet.

The people that should be most excited about this news is me along with the rest of the Nuggets fans and the players themselves who broke down in the playoffs with Karl to guide them in their journey for a championship. 

The Nuggets future is beginning to look bright again and their composure is coming back into the light. What was lost during the playoffs of this year will more than likely be back with Karl guiding them next season. Karl being back will most certainly inspire them to try an win a champion along with their own desire. Karl's health is the most important thing to the Nuggets organization at this point and time.

Improvements for next year

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Life Without George Karl

George Karl's departure and sickness towards the end of the season has been very hard for the Nuggets players an staff to handle. All the players were greatly affected which can be seen in their play after he announced his sickness and his departure.

The outcomes of his departure of such a crucial part in the season only led to the Nuggets going 12-12 with Adrian Dantly, team chemistry getting "shaky" and nearly destroyed, an early exit from the playoffs an last but least the Nuggets at home instead of preparing to play the lakers in the western conference final. His departure ultimately killing this Nuggets team in the end. 

Its kinda hard to think and focus all your attention on a game where you need all that when your head coach is sick with throat an neck cancer and has to watch the game rather than coach

the game. It seems as if the Nuggets weren't ready to move on without George Karl and that was reflected in their play on the court. Basically the Nuggets weren't in the right state of mind to continue and muster a come back in the playoffs.

At least now the worst is over and now the Nuggets can focus on their plans for next season where they expect everybody to be back and fully healthy, so they can make their championship run that was delayed by George Karl's departure and sickness. 

Embrace the Past, Look Ahead Towards the Future and Learn from Their Mistakes

The Nuggets should look at their upsetting first round exit as an experience they never want to have again. Where they were during that series should be a building ground for where they should start working their way up towards the top and back into a NBA championship contender. Their playoff early exit should be looked at as a mistake they should learn from. 

The Nuggets now know that when George Karl is not in their presence, they fall apart or when their best defender goes down with a knee injury with 21 games left in the season bad things can happen.

In the future the Nuggets will now know that they need to be fully healthy in order to get back up to the level of play they had in their previous season when Chauncy Billups joined the team and they made it to the western conference finals. J.R. Smith should now know that he will have to become a consistent player if he expects the Nuggets to keep him for next season. Ty Lawson who had an excellent rookie season should learn from all the little mistakes and work to become the proficient leader the Nuggets need of the bench when J.R. Smith isn't "Feeling It". The Birdman needs to start flying high again like he did in his previous season with the Nuggets. Last but not least Melo has to keep doing what he's doing, just do it a little better every time.

This offseason the Nuggets need to take care of all the little wounds that were created towards the end of the season with the departure of George Karl and Kenyon Martin and nurse them back to health in order for the Nuggets to come anywhere close as they did in the 2008-2009 season to an NBA championship.

Have to prepare to run for it all next year

The Denver Nuggets have to be prepared to make a run for it all next season. Carmelo Anthony will be able to leave after next season, so the nuggets will have to get far to make him want to stay.

Knowing Carmelo Anthony this off season he will be preparing extremely hard for next season after that shameful first round exit to the Utah Jazz. He improved his game greatly for this season but not all his fellow teammates did the same, which ultimately led to there downfall in the end. The Nuggets will have to make sure they add another good big man to their roster for next season because it seems as if Kenyon Martin is slowing down due to pain in his knees. Everyone will have to be fully healthy and stay healthy all the way through next year for The Nuggets to get far.

I know for sure none of the Nuggets want Melo to leave, so therefore they should give him what he wants which is "Help". The Nuggets started out their year on mission which is something they need to do next year but just not lose sight of their goal towards the end of their season like this year.

Improvements for next year

With an early unexpected exit from the playoffs this year, the Nuggets will have to greatly improve and solidify their team so that they can start strong and finish strong. which they lacked to do this season. The season for them started good, with everybody playing consistent including J.R. Smith.

At the beginning through middle it looked as if Carmelo would win MVP and the Nuggets would knock the Lakers off their throne to advance to the championship. But somewhere between mid - end of the season the Nuggets started recieving injury's to key people on their team such as Kenyon Martin, Ty Lawson, Chris Anderson, and most importantly George Karl. These injury's slowed down the Nuggets greatly and eventually led to their early exit from the playoffs. 

Next season the Nuggets will have a few things to worry about, the consistency of J.R. Smith, the Health and defense of Kenyon Martin, will Chauncy Billiups slow down due to age, and the health of their leader George Karl. The Nuggets will have to make a decision work with J.R. Smith to get him more consistent or deal him for another player who can provide a good spark off the bench. They will also have to make sure Melo keeps getting better because he is currently in the prime of his career. The Nuggets as a team has to improve and become more consistent rather than just Carmelo because as he stated "I need help" especially since George Karl is currently not available to lead them. The Nuggets also should look to sign a big man who can do damage in the post incase another injury plagues the rising Nuggets team big men.

Next season will be a key season to determine if the Nuggets can do it or not, so therefore they will need to solidify their team with consistent and healthy players that will keep the Nuggets flowing the right way all the way through the NBA championship.

Down fall of the Denver Nuggets Video

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Down fall of the Denver Nuggets in the end

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Nuggets Fall to Jazz in 6 games

The Denver Nuggets fell to the Utah Jazz in 6 games on friday night. Final score was 112-104.  The Nuggets didn't look the way they looked in game 5 at all. there was very little ball movement for a big part of the game. 

The real Nuggets started to show 6 minutes before the half where Joey Graham came in off the bench and scored 19 points to end the half. Also the Nuggets started to play real good in the last 10 minutes of the game when the Nuggets came back from being 15 down to taking an 8 point lead. I felt at that moment that the Nuggets weren't going to let the game go that easily. The run was sparked by Ty Lawson and the Dunk by Ty Lawson also gave the team energy. The run also ended with Ty Lawson being called for a charge.

At that moment Paul Millsap repeatedly scored on Chris Anderson also including an and 1. There was no coming back for us at that point. J.R Smith was virtually a non factor in this game and was seen sulking on the bench. 

The loss of Nene greatly impacted this game because in game 5 he got us ahead in the game and was the central of the ball rotation. Nene constantly got the ball and instead of looking for his shot kicked it out for a open jump shot or cutter which everyone converted those passes into points. The loss of Nene ultimately resulted in less ball movement and the loss of the game. Moreover the Nuggets lucked out in game 6 with the loss of Nene who had found a way to make everything click.

 

Nuggets regroup and look like former selves. Live to see another game

The Nuggets were down in the series 3-1 going into wednesdays game with the weight of being eliminated on their shoulders. The Nuggets have never won a elimination game before being 0-7 and the Jazz have never lost an elimination game at 8-0. Everything looked in the Jazz favors but beating the Nuggets at home is not an easy task to do.

The Nuggets knew they had to win this game or go home and they certainly weren't choosing to go home early. The main things the Nuggets needed to focus on in this game was ball movement, 20+ assist, bench players and especially J.R Smith getting hot late in the game. In fact all these things happened for the Nuggets who looked like their former selves and won 116-102.

Everything went good for the Nuggets, Carmelo did not get into foul trouble, the ball was being rotated and kicked out to open shooters especially from the post. The Nuggets had more than 20 assist and everybody stepped up especially Affalo who hit 3 of 3 from behind the 3 point line. J.R. Smith was also connecting on his three pointers and helped the Nuggets extend the lead. Chauncey Billups played exceptionally well also by keeping his dribble alive, dishing to big men inside for lay up's and scoring when the Nuggets needed a bucket.

The Nuggets need to continue that excellent style of play if they expect to shock the basketball world and come back from being 3-1 down in the series. The only way to do so is to play like the way they played game 5 as the "Real Denver Nuggets".

Nuggets need to pull up intensity throughout the entire game in order to make a comeback and win the series

The Denver Nuggets are down 3-1 after winning the first game and dropping the next three to the Jazz. The first game they played very hard and their intensity was hard and only got heavier throughout the game. In games 2, 3, and 4 the Nuggets intensity was low and they played very sloppy. They didn't hustle after loose balls or make the extra pass. Carmelo Anthony was the only sign of life in the Nuggets but he couldn't do it alone.

The Nuggets need all their players to step up if they expect to advance to the next round. They will need 3 straight wins if they don't want to be sent home early.

Chauncey Billups was down 3-1 once when he was on the pistons and led them to the championship that year. The Nuggets will need Chauncy to lead them to three straight wins and the next round. In order for that to happen they will need for everybody to step up as they did in game 1 when they won by 13.

There is no doubt that George Karl's absence is having a major effect on this team. His absence slowed down this team greatly and propelled them into a slide from the solid 2 seed to as low as the 5th seed. Luckily the Nuggets got the 4th seed due to the rules of the tie breaker.

This is where the Nuggets need to play like the Nuggets before Karl's absence and take the series in 7 games. They will have to work harder than they have ever worked before if they expect to prove to everyone that they belong in the NBA finals this year.

The importance of coaches on a NBA team

The Denver Nuggets have come into the playoffs without their head coach George Karl. The importance of coaching is now seen through the Nuggets last 18 games when they went 10-8. Karl's absence is one of the main reasons the Nuggets are currently tied with the Utah Jazz in their series at 1-1. 

Every team has a coach that best fits them an helps them thrive and win. For example the Suns last year had Terry Porter and missed the playoffs. But now with Alvin Gentry they finished the season with the third best record in the west and have become the running guns Phoenix Suns team of the past. The Nuggets were dominating most of the season by beating all of the good teams and that was because Karl in the first seat on the bench leading the team. For an assistant coach to suddenly make a jump to head coach is hard for the assistant coach and the team to adjust to.

If the Nuggets are going to get far in the playoffs Chauncey Billups is going to have to step of an be the on and off court voice of the Denver Nuggets because it seems as if Adrian Dantly voice isn't being heard

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