The Titanic went down slower than this

Ron Artest proved that good defense against Carmelo Anthony is an easy way to beat the Nuggets. He dominated Melo in the midst of a King-ly thrashing of the Nuggets. Afterwards Artest offered up a critique of Melo: "He's got to move a little more, pass to his teammates a little more, do more without the ball." Artest is right - not only about Melo but the whole team. The Nuggets are horrific in the half-court. They're even worse than a bunch of geriatric people at a community dance: slow, painful, virtually no chance of scoring, and someone's gonna blow out a knee. At least the old folks are having fun. Unfortunately, with an emphasis on defense the playoffs are about 85% half-court offense. Ummm....go Nuggets...I guess.

I'm also concerned with the team's apparent lack of conviction. They're playing like the guy who finishes the first mile of a marathon and then hits the bars claiming a moral victory. Home-court advantage was clearly in reach, yet the Nuggets turned in one of the most dismal stretches of the season. Despite their #3 position, the Nuggets might enter the postseason with the 8th best record. Talk about a confidence booster. You know your team's in trouble when the Clippers enter the playoffs with a better record. And at the rate they're going, the Nuggets will probably lose the first two in L.A., drop the next two at home, and play Madden all summer on their giant-screen TV's. Right now, I don't think the Nuggets could take two of three against the Knicks, Bobcats, and Raptors even if all the games were at the Pepsi Center.


There's no excitement in D-Town. The Nuggets might as well be playing for a lottery pick cause the playoffs are gonna be like a midget on crack: short, ugly, exciting at first but then mostly just depressing. And that's being generous. . . .to the Nuggets. It's not looking good folks. We might as well pack it in until next season when we just might hear - "At guard, a 6-4 rookie from Duke Univeristy, J.J. Redick!!!" I for one plan to hit the bowling alley with copious amounts of booze. I'll see you on lane 14.