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Denver Nuggets 2009 Playoffs
The Denver Nuggets have been the NBA’s favorite team for purely offense-oriented basketball since the ‘80s. Doug Moe came in as head coach and where Larry Brown preached defense, he preached shooting. Alex English and Kiki Vandreweghe were the forwards for a team that scored over 100 points every game during the 1981-82 season. The full blown, run and gun philosophy countered everything taught by traditional coaches. The league now had a team that made the postseason runs and sold plenty of Nuggets playoff tickets with the promise of a dazzling scoring barrage, if not a victory. By the 1984-85 season that game went to the conference finals. The team lost to perhaps the only team that could keep u0p the pace, the Los Angeles Lakers. That series lost meant the end of an era, as Kiki Vaderweghe was traded.
Eventually the front office decided that the team needed to play a little defense. Dikembe Mutombo became the man in the middle with the long arms and a defensive tenacity never seen before in Denver. The change in the pace of the game came with a new lineup. LaPhonso Ellis and Bryant Stith were drafted the next season in 1993 and the new team with a new philosophy took shape. The Nuggets earned playoff tickets for their fans fro the first time since 1990 and the played the Seattle Sonics as the number eight seed. Never before had an eight seed beat a number one seed in the NBA, but that season the Nuggets became the first. The postseason would nearly go on, but the Utah Jazz were able to squeak by the Nuggets in the second round in game seven.
Denver Nuggets Background
The 2008-09 season is going to be a retro seasons with plenty of offense and no D. The loss of Marcus Camby in the offseason took away the only real defensive deterrent on the club. Nene is a sad attempt to add size to the middle. Instead this season the Pepsi Center will have to have plenty of 120 plus scoring games to manage enough wins during the regular season schedule to make Nuggets playoff tickets happen for fans. If there is any team that can do that, it is Denver. Allen Iverson is still an offensive machine, even as the age of 33. Carmelo is a load to handle in the post and a good shooter with a knack for putting the ball in the basket. These two stars have free-shooting J.R. Smith and Linas Kleiza off the bench to make sure that the shooting barrage never stops.
The return of Kenyon Martin will help the defense a little bit, but with his injury history the Denver Nuggets should not count on him lasting the entire season. Anthony Carter is the starting point guard, but is really just there to bring the ball up the court to save Iverson the hassle. Chris Anderson is coming off a league drug suspension and was noted for his defense before leaving. He is more likely to find a place with his athleticism though. If he tries to be the new force in the middle he will just get dizzy trying to stop al the players coming his way. Renaldo Balkman is another great athlete. His defense numbers might look great but his quick hands and incredible hops do not make up for his lack of fundamentals. Also, he cannot shoot. Where he will fit in off the bench full of crazy athletes is a mystery. This season those athletes will have to have a bevy of highlight film-worthy dunks for this team to earn playoff tickets in the Western Conference.