Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Camby loss makes weak defensive team weaker


For the last two years, the Nuggets couldn’t make it out of the first round in the playoffs. They basically needed win out during a grueling end-of-season run saturated for two months with must-win games. They made it to the playoffs, but for most of the season looked like the ninth-best team in the Western Conference. If Andris Biedrins hadn’t been hurt for the Warriors, the Nuggets would have been sitting at home for the playoffs. Besides the fact that Denver traded Camby for potential rights to a second round pick, the Nuggets also let go of their best defensive player. The Nuggets had no interest in playing defense last year, which was the major reason they weren’t serious title contenders. Not kind of defense, yet they had the reigning defensive MVP patrolling the paint. What is going to happen to Denver now that Camby’s gone? Will the Nuggets be able to stop anyone? Who is going to play center? Right now they have Steven Hunger and Nene. Looks like its time for the Brazilian to earn the right to be called by one name in America.

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