This is OT but Jimmy is perfect for this team.....Denver has the youth to trade so it could happen....

I just love it when teams get their final piece....in equals good basketball.

Yeah, he is perfect for them. He's much better than Voshon Lenord and should help make the team better than it was last year.

Skita out of patience riding bench, decides to renew request for a trade

By Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News
January 19, 2005

SEATTLE - Denver Nuggets forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili asked to be traded during the preseason. Through the urging of general manager Kiki Vandeweghe, he backed off on his request and decided to see how the season unfolded.

Tskitishvili is tired of being patient. On Tuesday, he reiterated his desire to be dealt by the Feb. 24 deadline.

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"That's what I wish for," Tskitishvili said before the Nuggets faced Seattle at Key Arena. "I want to go to a team where I can play and they also say they're going to use me next year."

Tskitishvili has barely played this season, entering Tuesday having appeared in only 16 games while averaging 1.7 points. He was optimistic about getting a lengthy stint Monday night at Golden State, but that didn't happen.

The Nuggets were without three post players, leaving Kenyon Martin and Tskitishvili as the only two left. But Tskitishvili still played only 10 minutes, going scoreless.

"I was expecting more playing time," Tskitishvili said. "I guess I made some mistakes and coach doesn't like mistakes."

Nuggets interim coach Michael Cooper had thought about starting Tskitishvili with his one available big-man spot, but he went with Rodney White. With the Nuggets desperately needing victories, he said he couldn't afford to play Tskitishvili more.

"You have to be productive on the floor," Cooper said. "We don't have the luxury to have people out there who are not being productive."

Since being selected with the No. 5 pick in the 2002 draft, Tskitishvili has had production problems. He got some long looks as a rookie but has barely played the past two seasons as the Nuggets have become competitive.

"Whatever team is going to give me a chance and use me next year, I would want to go there," said Tskitishvili, who will be an unrestricted free agent after the season.

Vandeweghe declined comment.

NUGGETS INTEREST ALLEN: Early in the season, Seattle shooting guard Ray Allen expressed an interest in Denver for when he becomes a free agent after the season. But that was before the SuperSonics got off to a great start.

Seattle entered Tuesday with the NBA's third-best record. But that hasn't changed Allen's thought process.

"Yeah," said Allen, when asked if he's interested in the Nuggets, who figure to look hard for a shooting guard next summer. "I still haven't signed a contract . . . I've followed the Denver situation pretty closely, with them being in our division. A couple of times I catch them on TV. And, yeah, (a shooting guard is) what they need."

The SuperSonics are trying to negotiate an extension for Allen, making the maximum of $14.6 million this season. But the sides are far apart.

The Nuggets could have about $7 million of cap room next summer. However, they likely could get Allen only in a sign-and-trade.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nuggets/article/0,1299,DRMN_20_3481191,00.html

Isiah needs to desperately try to get this guy. Trade for PJ Brown and Jimmy Jackson and we would be in good shape for at least two years....

Kurt Thomas and Penny for Brown, Jackson and a pick....

You are right, let's keep on losing. Let's keep on being non-competitive...You are right....

Posted by fishmike:

Jim Jackson is a good player thats on the wrong side of 30. I would rather continue to struggle and see Ariza playing 20-25 minutes a night. We arent winning a title w/ Jim Jackson in the next 2 years. Lets keep on doing what we are doing.

I will take a 32 year old with skills over a young no basketball IQ with hops any days. I go for Ws instead of dunks....

Posted by diderotn:

I will take a 32 year old with skills over a young no basketball IQ with hops any days. I go for Ws instead of dunks....

Basically you are taking JJ over Crawford and Ariza. Is that really what you want?

thats not the question. You dont get it... there is a little thing called the collective bargaining agreement. You have to trade players for equal salary. JJ makes peanuts.

So do you want to see JJ play Ariza's minutes? I dont.. I would rather lose and watch Ariza get better than be a .500 first round and done team with guys like JJ

Doesnt JJ play the 3, doesn't mello play the 3? I don't get it. But anyway as long as he doesn't go to the nets I really don't give a ****.

Posted by Killa4luv:

Doesnt JJ play the 3, doesn't mello play the 3? I don't get it. But anyway as long as he doesn't go to the nets I really don't give a ****.

JJ could play both. JJ is a decent ball handler and he can hit the 3. Tha's exactly what Denver needs......Voshon would slide in to be the back-up when he comes back.....Demarr and the rest of them can come in for defense. Boykins is the man, too.

Good basketball.

Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by Killa4luv:

Doesnt JJ play the 3, doesn't mello play the 3? I don't get it. But anyway as long as he doesn't go to the nets I really don't give a ****.

Demarr and the rest of them can come in for defense.

Emarr was on the knicks last season and you evidently weren't watching him. His Efense is in the Hall of Shame.