Not only 3 in 4, 2nd of a back to back in two different cities... all on the road, but only 30 hours earlier they spanked a "championship" team by 30. It was a loss written all over it and we pulled out a win.

The kids do need the burn, but I also think we need to start holding them accountable for there play... they need "some" mins handed to them each game but for extended mins they need to earn them in game. I didn't watch it with my eyes so i am making judgments half supported but by looking at the stats the only bench player that played well was stuckey, Amir has been great in the plus minus numbers lately and last night he was negative... he did get in he did get a chance to make a difference and he didn't have it last night. maybe its the back to back for him? remember he's not use to the nightly grind yet. Lets see how they kids come to play wed.

Were a work in progress, and as long as we keep taking steps forward think how scary we can be in June.

I'm glad I read this before I left my apartment this morning to take on the world. Such defiance inspires me.

From McCosky's blog.

1) Magloire being considered?
2) Our boys laughing at AI before the game? That's funny.


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I was trying to think of a team that would make everyone happy. I think I may have found one in the Bulls. They start a rookie along with the youngster Thomas and their bench plays more than their starters. Two of their bench guys played 37 mins last night.

Excellent post, minor edit

The bench was not strong today with the big things, but they bought time and treaded water.

Amir showed his youth taking some marginal (read: weak fouls that should never be called) fouls, but still made some real nice things happen.

12 players each playing 20 mins each, each player playing atleast 2 postitions a game... preferrable 3 or 4, each player getting atleast a double double.... starters are expected to get a triple double.... must win each quarter by atleast 20...... average score of games needs to be 150 to 40...... 2 starters are rookies, no starter older then 28, only one player among the 12 allowed to be over 30.

Think that might keep 90 percent of the fans happy.

i thought this was one of the most fun games to watch this year. AI is a competitor man...denver was desperate and gave us shot after shot, yet we played our game, didn't overplay the starters, and pulled out the victory.

for those complaining about minutes...only rip played over 40, and tay played 37. remember when tay played 37 minutes NIGHTLY? i'm not going to complain about one game where he not only had carmelo to guard, but responded with 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 9 assists on 8/15 shooting. and in the paper today said in the past 15 games, only TWICE has someone played over 40 minutes (rip, and he can handle it).

stuckey may have deferred to rip, but we were + in the 4th quarter when he was on the floor, and he didn't back down from AI after an unfavorable call, and played good defense to get AI to step out of bounds. he had a few bad games so he's probably trying to find his way again - seems to come in spurts where he rocks for a few games and then struggles. not uncommon for a rookie.

can we get some love for dice? he's 2nd in the league in rebounds per 48 minutes in the past X games (forgot the exact number), and has 3 straight double-doubles, shooting 21/31 (68%) from the floor.

i'm excited to see if stuckey can get it together in time for the playoffs and become consistent. he and afflalo have off games, but remember they are rookies, and stuckey especially is playing at the harder position to learn in the game. amir and max are in their 3rd years.

imagine if you were a denver fan - how would you like 3 guys playing over 40 minutes and your 4th starter playing 37?

oh and najera is a spaz.

It's good to see Dyess play well but like last year it took half a season for him to get it together. Amir can do the same things.

I'm excited to see if Stuckey's J stays this solid, when he makes them they look very pure.

Dyess has been making the most of his minutes, he seems to thrive with minutes closer to 30 than 35

Seemed like AI was out there for 48 mins.

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