Now they're gonna have to have a strong finish to get up to where I felt they should be, but I was calling for that anyway, so we'll see if that still plays out.

nixluva wrote:I think we should be playing better, but not by that much. I think we all came into the season with a certain idea of what we thought would happen. The reality of the actual season always shows things we may not have expected. I really didn't factor in not having gotten anything out of AR and I was hopeful that Turiaf would be able to have helped a bit more. I was pleasantly surprised at how good Fields has been and yet a bit down on the inconsistency of Gallo and Chan. Amar'e and Felton are doing about what I expected. Overall this team is a bit behind what I felt they could do, but they still have a chance to get it back together after the break and of course we don't know what will happen with the Trade Deadline. still I'd had to vote No, we should be playing better.

Now they're gonna have to have a strong finish to get up to where I felt they should be, but I was calling for that anyway, so we'll see if that still plays out.

fair enough... i pretty much agree w/what u said, i expected about .500 this year but after watching this team play this year i'm not really happy w/how they've played up to this point... same old defensive lapses, same bad shot selection, same lack of intensity for long stretches of the game... the talent is no doubt better than it's been in years, but we're falling back into many of the same bad habits that have plagued this team for a long time now.

Now that being said I think we should be playing much better

Melo deal needs to either go down or deadline needs to pass quickly but till then I see
Gallo , Fields , and Chandler all look distracted!

Young men making millions to play ball for a team they believe in but if you think your
not part of the plans its human nature to be affected

giving up too many points.

Id like to do a deal that changes the composition of the team a bit if we can.

This team is not working. Don't be satisfied with giving up all those points every night. It's time for a change with coaching. We are not getting any better with this team. D'Antoni refuse to trade Gallo for Anthony. I would trade Gallo ,Chandler, for Anthony. Hey We ain;t winning with this squard. What would we be with out Amare.

Can we return to our former glory of 20 games ago?

Tune in to find out.

Maybe one to address out needs. That is where we should go if the price for Melo is too high.

Gotta ask you TMS, is there a price too high for you where you walk away?

arkrud wrote:There a lot of fans who want miracles happened ASAP. It is nothing wrong with it. It is human nature.
But life is not like this. Sad but true.
There is no way the worst team in pro sport can be transformed in legit club in 2 years. Not talking about contender because this is plain madness.
I am surprised we get where we are in 2 years. It is pretty impressive.
But we have at least 2 more years to go until this team can contend with the best clubs in NBA.
If the fans, the owner and the stuff will lose patience and went into the blame game mode we are doomed.
I do not want to have one year freak success and 20 years of sucking before and after.
We need solid foundation and plan for years to come. And we are working just like this lately.
My hope is that Walsh will be given an opportunity to continue building success in NY and bring bbal back to relevance for years to come.

Nalod wrote:
TMS, if Melo-Palooza was not out there would there be such a panic to make a trade?

Maybe one to address out needs. That is where we should go if the price for Melo is too high.

Gotta ask you TMS, is there a price too high for you where you walk away?

personally i draw the line when it comes to giving up all 3 of our top young players to get Melo, these are not ordinary circumstances we're dealing with here... Denver has no other real options but to deal w/the Knicks... i think a reasonable offer for both sides is to give them their choice of any 2 of our 4 young guys (Gallo, Fields, Wilson, AR) & then whatever other scrap filler they want in terms of cash, expirings & TD, Mozgov or Walker in exchange for Melo... that gives them a good package of young talent & cap space & prevents us from having to completely gut the roster to get a player we might very well be able to sign this summer for nothing... i am willing to sacrifice 2 out of the 4 young guys to get Melo here now rather than risk waiting this out... i think the Nuggets would do well to accept that kind of offer rather than taking the risk that Melo will leave for nothing too.

if DEN is not going to be reasonable then i am fine with holding onto our cap flexibility & weighing our options this summer... if we still can't get Melo in free agency then there are players out there that i have in mind that i would want to pursue, but none of them appeal to me nearly as much as the thought of having Melo playing next to Amare does at this point.