The Nuggets, for about 10 days, had all of their players except the little used Steven Hunter off of the injury list, but things have deteriorated very quickly again, to where the Nuggets are once again a team much more hurt by injuries and ailments than the average team in the NBA. Nene has taken an indefinite leave from the Nuggets to tend to a personal medical issue, which he is not disclosing. Injuries resulting from basketball must be disclosed, but injuries and ailments not caused by basketball may be kept private, and Nene has wisely elected to keep the specifics of his ailment private for now.
But everyone read between the lines of the press releases and of the Coach Karl mini interview on the Nene situation. From this reading of the tea leaves, there was a lot of speculation among fans of the Nuggets that Nene has a serious problem, up to and including some kind of cancer. This news broke just after his fine game in Phoenix, and just when fans including me were starting to believe that it was really possible that both Kenyon Martin and Nene, the two good power forwards on the team, would actually be playing most or all the rest of the season to include any playoffs. But now we are back to the norm for the Nuggets, which is that you always have at least one very expensive big man out, and usually out for a very, very long time.
For the second straight year, the Nuggets had an Iverson #2, if only for a fleeting moment in time. If only actual cloning was legal in the NBA. The Nuggets would have two Cambys, two Martins, three Anthonys, and five Iversons, and they would no doubt be the best team in the world.
Above are the first two and the last paragraph of the full game report, which is at the link. Also to be found there are informative statistical summaries, including the Player Ratings and the Real Player Ratings for the game, with which you can see at a glance how well or how badly different players played.
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But everyone read between the lines of the press releases and of the Coach Karl mini interview on the Nene situation. From this reading of the tea leaves, there was a lot of speculation among fans of the Nuggets that Nene has a serious problem, up to and including some kind of cancer. This news broke just after his fine game in Phoenix, and just when fans including me were starting to believe that it was really possible that both Kenyon Martin and Nene, the two good power forwards on the team, would actually be playing most or all the rest of the season to include any playoffs. But now we are back to the norm for the Nuggets, which is that you always have at least one very expensive big man out, and usually out for a very, very long time.
For the second straight year, the Nuggets had an Iverson #2, if only for a fleeting moment in time. If only actual cloning was legal in the NBA. The Nuggets would have two Cambys, two Martins, three Anthonys, and five Iversons, and they would no doubt be the best team in the world.
Above are the first two and the last paragraph of the full game report, which is at the link. Also to be found there are informative statistical summaries, including the Player Ratings and the Real Player Ratings for the game, with which you can see at a glance how well or how badly different players played.
Original Story:
http://nuggets1.blogspot.com/2008/01/car....
