air's Nuggets dynasty

[Sac-1]

Great rosters...good luck...hopefully you will make the playoffs again

[air]

NUGGETS WIN SEASON OPENER IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Denver 102
New York 89

Denver Nuggets took a winning start to the new season by beating New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden. The Nuggets played consistently through the game, extending their lead as each quarter passed and eventually building up a comfortable lead. Their scoring was led by Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin, who played his first game since injuring himself in the playoff series against Memphis last spring.

"It felt good to be out there playing again", said Martin. "It was frustrating to see us go out of the playoffs, but we all just had to put that out of our minds and start concentrating on the new season. We've all done a lot of work in the pre-season and this is the result of it. It's going to be an exciting season."

Starters:
Denver
C M. Camby
F K. Martin
F C. Anthony
G J. Johnson
G J. Williams

New York
C C. Frye
F J. Williams
F Q. Richardson
G J. Crawford
G S. Marbury

Player of the game:
Anthony DEN 28/5/2 ast

Team leaders:
DEN: Martin 30/6, Nene 15/9, Camby 8/10
NY: Crawford 19, Frye 14/6, Marbury 12/3/5 ast

Box scores:
Nuggets
Knicks

Pictures:


Anthony goes to the line at the start, he drew a lot of shooting fouls in the game.


Starbury lays it up.


Back to business for Martin. Check out the roof, it looks nice.

[air]

{SAC-1} Posted:

Great rosters...good luck...hopefully you will make the playoffs again

Cheers. I WILL make the playoffs.

Just realized Anthony shot 100% from the field against NY! Mostly dunks and layups but damn!

[Its_asdf]

It's always good to be 1-0 instead of 0-1, way to go. By the way, what is the overall of the rookies that you drafted?

[Sac-1]

Great win....wow Anthony 11-11 great job...keep it up

[Kobe101]

Good win!

[Keo]

Nice win on the Season Opener, keep it up.

[air]

asdf. Posted:

By the way, what is the overall of the rookies that you drafted?

Funky, Neckar has an overall rating of 55 and Grunfeld is at 48.

[air]

I hope I'll never have to play a game like this again. I mean... damn.. I have really tough settings, the Mavs are trying something that makes no sense. Not very realistic stuff. It's no fun playing games like this.
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NUGGETS BEAT TERRIBLE MAVS, MARTIN TAKES 6'5 ROOKIE FORWARD TO SCHOOL

Dallas 86
Denver 92

Whatever the Dallas Mavericks are trying to do, it's not working out. Playing a 6'5 forward against last season's MVP candidate Kenyon Martin is not a smart thing to do. Rookie Eldridge Gallagher did little to add fuel to discussions about him being the next Charles Barkley, when Martin dropped 51 points on him and Keith Van Horn, who was equally unimpressive. It could have been a much bigger margin of victory for Denver, but Dallas' three-point shooting kept them in the game, as well as stand-in center Dirk Nowitzki's jump shots. The Mavericks' rotation is raising many eyebrows, because two centers, Erick Dampier and Shawn Bradley started on the bench.

"I don't want to say this, but this game was a joke", said Kenyon Martin. "Nobody wants to see a game like this. This was no contest. If they don't want to play their big men, fine. Then they're gonna get destroyed. I don't know what they're trying to do, it's none of my business, but me getting 51 points with no effort is no good for the game."

Starters:
Dallas (1-1 before game)
C D. Nowitzki
F K. Van Horn
F J. Howard
G M. Finley
G J. Terry

Denver (1-0 before game)
C M. Camby
F K. Martin
F C. Anthony
G J. Johnson
G J. Williams

Player of the game:
Martin DEN 51/5

Team leaders:
DAL: Terry 18/4/4 ast, Nowitzki 14/7, Finley 17, Howard 12/3
DEN: Nene 17/4, Camby 11/13

Box scores:
Mavericks
Nuggets

Pictures:


Nowitzki's no center but his quick jumpers gave Camby some problems.


Look at this. Eldridge Gallagher (no. 45) is a power forward. Yeah, right.


Neckar, Kenyon and Camby are wondering what the hell is going on.

[nbalova2]

WTH are their ratings??? cause i know the com. likes to start the better players.

[air]

nbalova2 Posted:

WTH are their ratings??? cause i know the com. likes to start the better players.

I figured that's the reason, Nowitzki is at 87, Van Horn is at 75, Dampier at 67 and Bradley and Gallagher at 50. What a joke this Gallagher guy was.

Played another game, recap below. I'll be making my settings tougher, again. If I get injuries I'll be in trouble but it's been too easy last two games.
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SUPERIOR REBOUNDING HELPS NUGGETS TO BLOWOUT WIN OVER HORNETS

Denver 98
New Orleans 81

Denver Nuggets took an impressive win over New Orleans Hornets at the New Orleans Arena last night. The key factor was Nuggets' strong rebounding, which continued throughout the game. Denver had 37 rebounds against New Orleans' 23. It was a disappointing display by the Hornets, who had been strengthened in the summer with the arrival of shooting guard Bonzi Wells. They allowed easy drives to the basket for the Nuggets players, and Carmelo Anthony & co took advantage of the situation. Denver hardly had a jump shot to make during the entire game.

"It was a great rebounding performance by us", said Nuggets power forward Nene, who had 11 boards. "This is how strong we can be when everybody boxes out."

The Nuggets continue their games on the road against Houston, Cleveland and Washington.

Starters:
Denver (2-0 before game)
C M. Camby
F K. Martin
F C. Anthony
G J. Johnson
G J. Williams

New Orleans (1-2 before game)
C J. Magloire
F P. Brown
F G. Lynch
G B. Wells
G C. Paul

Player of the game:
Martin DEN 26/10/2 ast

Team leaders:
DEN: Anthony 19/2 ast, Nene 18/11, Camby 12/6
NO: Wells 19, Paul 16, Magloire 13/4

Box scores:
Nuggets
Hornets

Pictures:


New Hornet Bonzi Wells flies for a great alley-oop.


Martin makes the net disappear.


Hornets had NO interior defence. It was easy points all the time. This time Boykins finishes.

[Its_asdf]

3-0 Martin is actually looking like he's worth the max contract hehe...

That dunk that Martin did over the Dallas rookie was kind of funny.... What a tiny little bastard.

I've also noticed that in the last three games you've made a lot of shots...(All of your games you've shot over 50%). Maybe you should try shooting a mid-range jumper or two to make the stats a little more realistic.

[JoshD]

nice rosters Air. this time you can go all the way.

[Sac-1]

Great win against Dallas and New Orleans...very nice start 3-0...good luck next game

[air]

I've also noticed that in the last three games you've made a lot of shots...(All of your games you've shot over 50%). Maybe you should try shooting a mid-range jumper or two to make the stats a little more realistic.

Yep, I usually do shoot a high percentage. But there were times last season when I played just the way I do now and I shot less than .500. It's all down to defence. If my opponent has no interior D I will take it inside and destroy them. But I'll probably put a little more on-ball physical defence for the CPU because Martin's got a little better.
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Starters for Nuggets @ Rockets

Denver (3-0)
C M. Camby
F K. Martin
F C. Anthony
G J. Johnson
G J. Williams

Houston (1-2)
C Y. Ming
F J. Howard
F Z. Ouakili
G T. McGrady
G B. Sura

Rockets #1 pick, PF Mosi McGrady starts on the bench while second round pick Zan Ouakili starts at SF against Carmelo Anthony.

[air]

I've been thinking long and hard about trading Joe Johnson away. And why is that? He's averaging very few points and somehow it's dumb to have a player of his ability scoring 6-8 ppg.

Last season I wanted a long-range shooter who can play defence. I realized a player like this is always one of the big NBA stars.

I could score even more with a good catch-and-shoot player. Trouble is, there are NO players with an FG rating of over 85. I have players who can take it inside so I don't need my shooter to do that.

I figured Wally Szczerbiak could be a good long-range bomber, and at the same time I could get Trenton Hassell to bring in some defence.

It doesn't sound smart to trade away JJ, but in real life he would be pretty frustrated with his talents going to waste. Opinions?

[YoG!]

try getting wesley person if he still plays ball.

[air]

I'm still here so a quick reply to YoG (welcome to my thread also):

I have Wesley Person, he's good coming off the bench but I don't believe he can defend enough to start.

[Emiliano]

How bout Rasual Butler from Miami...he is a great 3PT shooter in Live(90 somethign i think) and he can play defense.
Nice win BTW

[Keo]

Not a complete blowout but still a dominating win. Keep it up.

[Sac-1]

Good luck against rockets...i don't think you should trade him....and if you will go for Wesley

[Its_asdf]

I've been thinking long and hard about trading Joe Johnson away. And why is that? He's averaging very few points and somehow it's dumb to have a player of his ability scoring 6-8 ppg.

Last season I wanted a long-range shooter who can play defence. I realized a player like this is always one of the big NBA stars.

I could score even more with a good catch-and-shoot player. Trouble is, there are NO players with an FG rating of over 85. I have players who can take it inside so I don't need my shooter to do that.

I figured Wally Szczerbiak could be a good long-range bomber, and at the same time I could get Trenton Hassell to bring in some defence.

It doesn't sound smart to trade away JJ, but in real life he would be pretty frustrated with his talents going to waste. Opinions?

I was sort of thinking the same thing. I think 85 can be too high. I can pretty much score consistently if I wanted to with a 70-75 shooter anyway. Try getting James Posey or Morris Peterson and maybe a few scrubs with potential.

[air]

Thanks for your suggestions everyone. Right now I'm not sure whether to go for an outside shooter, because I probably won't get many points with him anyway because there are other scorers in the team. Defence might be much more important.

Johnson is pretty much the perfect player, but I'm not really into keeping a great player who scores 3 points a game. I could go for a defensive stopper and a bench player who can shoot the three. It would be fun to have a new player anyway.

[air]

ROCKETS DISAPPEAR AFTER FIRST HALF, NUGGETS PICK UP WIN NUMBER FOUR

Denver 88
Houston 74

Denver Nuggets picked up their fourth win of the season at the Toyota Center in Houston last night. For much of the first half the game looked to be going the way it did when the teams met last season. The Rockets were giving all kinds of problems for the Nuggets team, hitting outside shots and forcing Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony into tough shots. Houston had the lead at half time, but that all changed in the third quarter, when Denver went on a surge taking an eleven-point lead going into the final quarter. When Tracy McGrady scored his first points of the second half with only minutes to go in the game, it was too late. The Nuggets again made the most of their opponents' weak links, with Anthony scoring against rookie Zan Ouakili, and Kenyon Martin getting the best of Juwan Howard, Vin Baker and number one pick Mosi McGrady.

"We always seemed to find the best matchup, especially in the second half", said Anthony. "It was smart play by us and that's how we got the win."

Denver will face the Cavaliers in Cleveland next.

Starters:
Denver (3-0 before game)
C M. Camby
F K. Martin
F C. Anthony
G J. Johnson
G J. Williams

Houston (1-2 before game)
C Y. Ming
F J. Howard
F Z. Ouakili
G T. McGrady
G B. Sura

Player of the game:
Martin DEN 31/11

Team leaders:
DEN: Anthony 25/3 ast, Nene 10/8, Camby 10/3
HOU: T. McGrady 20/3, Sura 15, Howard 12/4, Yao 9/7/5 blk

Box scores:
Nuggets
Rockets

Pictures:


T-Mac and surprise starter Ouakili stop Anthony.


The new number one pick goes up against Grunfeld.


Kenyon needs more of a challenge than Vin Baker.

[air]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention I made minor changes. On-ball physical defence and free throw difficulty a bit harder. Seemed to make a difference in the first half at least...