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But for contender status I mean I'm not I'm not talking of the I'm not talking of the nuggets missing the playoffs there they should be some teams you know coming up in these next few games I mean obviously the Portland game's going to be interesting Oklahoma City a different team now the Knicks again Orlando's Ok You know you've got Minnesota in that mix but they should they should start to pull off some wins here coming up very soon so I'm not no I'm I'm not panicking in terms of oh is this team a playoff team but let's not forget whole again I picked this team to win to win it all so my question I suppose to you is if if you thought they were a Western Conference at least a Western Conference finalist Western Conference champion finalist then you might be at least considering that at this time because of what you know what you saw good last night in new John Murray goes down he scoreless but they called it a trunk contusion. That even though I don't even know what that is I thought that's what elephants got or something but apparently not Jamal Murray goes down he's day to day now but you know you saw Nikolay Ok he put together an Ok game last night I mean he had 15 points 11 assist 7 boards that's all right you know Well Barton again continues to be the main source of off and you know on any given night like if you were a betting man and you did say Who do you think's going to be the high score tonight based on the last 10 games for the Nuggets I mean you probably should be looking at well Barton because the inconsistency is are killing this team. You saw Michael Porter Jr get 14 minutes last night he had 6 points that's Ok I think I agree it is time to see him over her Gomez but I also like you got a lot of you guys are acting like he's going to be the savior for the nuggets and then I will say we got to pump the brakes I think to be a good player but I need to see more out of him he's not giving me that Drew Locke performance where I go yeah build around him because let's face it I mean the nuggets or can it continue to build around a call you know kitchen and make your memory a big part of the piece so big part of the puzzle supporters going to hopefully be in addition to that that's not that's not a guy right now that I think coaching staff saying yeah we're building around Michael Porter Jr But if you can add some office that's what you're missing you lost last night to Philadelphia 9792 we had t.j. McBride on last week another good nuggets insider and from Mile High supporter writes from Iowa sports and I think that it's interesting that he said something along the lines of if you look at the schedule if you look at the games the Nuggets won early in the season they had a lot of really close games they had a lot of really weird things happen when you go back to the Philadelphia game that they won they were down by 17 in the 4th quarter and somehow they came all the way back and that was that was when I thought that that was a huge game I thought the Nuggets have arrived here you know in a coil which had a big game 26 points is pumping up the crowd this is the Nuggets team but now we're going back to the game go on with that fool's gold was that something where you know Philadelphia just completely let down their guard in the negative all the way back and I'm not taking anything away from their win but they've had a lot of wind lately. They've been really close with some teams that aren't so great you know they go to overtime against Minnesota it was a close game either go to overtime against Phoenix which again Phoenix started out the gates really hot so. Are the Nuggets a real contender at this at this point it's very difficult to say go vote on our vibrating poll question of the day let me know it's think let's read some comments Matthew says a thing is they can't shoot well and yoke it is just plain off there is still no urgency in too much lack of effort I'm saying a 6 seat so yeah you would be pressing the panic button then if you were if you truly thought they were better then you know them then just getting into the playoffs. Get another one here I really don't think they were ever contenders not in the West this is showing us over there were that the nuggets are an average team who still needs a lot of growth maturity Remy says it's early there are still lots of season left calm down the it's early guy you know it and I understand it but listen there's 82 games and some of you naysayers can be like this is why the n.b.a. Is terrible because you know they 2 games when you lose 5 out of 6 games and you're supposed to be a top team in the n.b.a. I think that's cause for concern I think you need to be looking at this realistically and I mean. The Colli Ok has not been right you know before last night he put together 2 nice games in terms of point totals but the overall just has not been Right now it's becoming a problem it was kind of a I don't know man it was kind of cute last year oh yeah it's you know it you never know what you're going to get but that was when we were just we were so young man I mean last year we were so young we just wanted to see the Nuggets get into the playoffs that's it and then they kind of I think they all they raised our expectations but that you know you're expectation should have been realistically that the Nuggets would go to the playoffs anything else was gravy and I even said that when they got in as a 2nd seed I said I'm not going to be upset if they lose in the 1st round that I'd push back on that but I wasn't they weren't there they need the playoff experience Well here we are a year later and my expectations are through the roof so it's not so cute anymore when we say well yeah you know gets he decides what he needs to do to win the game and I've been saying that I would disagree and I can appreciate his mindset but the Nuggets don't need a guy to come in and assess the situation they need a guy to come in and run the show and last night again you know you had opportunities to beat Philadelphia and again some of the shots were falling there was one play in particular with about a minute left where will Barton drives he ends up getting defended so they stop him inside the paint so he has to pick up his Because dribble and he's looking around you've got 4 other guys standing around the perimeter standing around the 3 point line just standing there no movement there's and there's supposed to be like we talked about the passing attack which I love that's my whole minute video that wasn't even really there late in the game. This is what George Curry struggled with with his Denver Nuggets was during the season they you know they had the great past really well they ran they they were able to just run teams out of the gym it was a sustainable playoff series because teams could figure that out in a 7 game series they could really put the focus in so that's why George Karl was ultimately fired and you brought in Brian Shaw I think he would help her have quite often well now you have a nugget steam that they seem to do most things right throughout the course of a game I still need to see more from but when we get down to it we get down to brass tacks and I'm not even talking a last minute of a basketball game I'm talking last 58 minutes again no one nobody is taking over 1st of manners Tex line 319-963-1996 if you're new text of the show text k f k 3196. I'm not necessarily panicking but it's also hard for me to say that this team based on what we've seen now sitting at 14 and 8 I mean are they a playoff team or are they a deep playoff team are they a Western Conference Finals type team and. I saw the game against the Lakers and at the same time I say maybe the Nuggets have a lot of work to do the Nuggets were right there and I thought that was their worst game of the season thus far was against the Lakers and they only lost out by a handful of points however the Lakers are $21.00 in 3 that is what contenders do they will lose but not very often and the nuggets now looking at 5 out of their last 6 games have been losses and that is. That's not what good teams do. That's not well that's not a great teams do that and the pressure is on tomorrow against Portland have tickets for that came to me on t.n.t. It's a big game but they have a stretch of games here that I need to see this team get back on track and I don't know the status for Jamal Murray were to have Chris Dempsey on the show a little bit later on I'll ask him get his thoughts but either way I'm tired of saying it man I'm tired of saying it but it's this is what's ringing true for the Nuggets is that your quote unquote stars are playing like good players I mean imagine if Le Bron James and Anthony Davis for the Lakers were going out and just any given night you know one night yeah there's 28 points whoa how about that and then the very next night so there's 12 points for Le Bron and then the next sites across he only shot 5 times 6 points you're not seeing that with superstars on teams most of the teams that have the studs right now you don't see them have off nights you don't see these 12 points the 7 shots you see you know guys taking 16 shots and hitting a good percentage of those and the Nuggets aren't are doing that right now and then you go to the Michael Porter Jr thing. And I think I'm ready for it you know Mike Malone has been very confused about and I get why I 10100 percent get it. But I think it's time you're often to struggle enough I mean you scored 97 against 92 excuse me against Philadelphia you scored 102 against Brooklyn he scored 95 against Boston he scored 96 against New Earth Los Angeles now again I was a closer game 97 to Sacramento you're not scoring out you know having a lot of games or torn over a 100 points in my Malone said in this press conference. You've got to be able to score and I think that's been holding this team back forever but at that last the last sequence was just kind of frustrating was that she gave in so I thought you saw. The was was. He was a bad road trip for the nuggets that started it off with a bang when they went to New York and they beat them 129292 we thought Ok this often says Kidman is come alive here. You struggled against Boston you struggled against Brooklyn and then last night a good basketball team listen it's not like they they were right there so that's their close but in the n.b.a. Sometimes close can mean the difference to you know an 8 seed and a 3rd seed can be different there so they've got Portland coming up tomorrow I spoke to Houma City on Saturday the Knicks again on Sunday Orlando Wednesday Minnesota on Friday all Pepsi Center games. I need to see this team I miss and say a Colfax you got 5 you win I'm all you need to win those games because then you go on a trip to Los Angeles and you've got the Lakers again so I want to see this team in the n.b.a. To me regular season it's fun to watch because it's about little test throughout the course of the season we're sitting at $148.00 on the season and I mean we've played played quite a few games now so now you have to ask yourself can you recover can you get back to what you were doing to start the season can you get back to what you're doing to end the season last year and that is Nicola yoke it's. Being more assertive and we can't say it enough I don't know if it ever changes but that is what we need and until that happens on a concession on a consistent basis the nuggets are just going to be a fine team you know they're not they're the reason that when you look at the n.b.a. Standings right now and you look at the teams that are on top you know Milwaukee they have a sort of superstar. You know Boston has those guys there banged up right now but they're still they're able to remain to the 17 and 5 record Philadelphia has a they have the stars that want to win in credit crunch time the Lakers the Clippers hell now the Mavericks man. The Dallas Mavericks and Luke I mean this this group wants to win their superstars want to shine and you're not seeing that from the nuggets right now who are now in a 5th see who have now dropped all the way 5 again we're not tracking the playoffs but it just goes to show you they were still sitting fairly comfortable and number 2 when you lose 5 out of 6 now you've dropped all the way to the 5th slot in the Western Conference so the Nuggets have some work to do for sure Tex I presented my 1st advantage 319631996 when we come back we're going to talk about this this coaching situation for Colorado State the problem is all of these guys that the that the Rams are that they interview the 5 candidates I don't know if they fit what Joe Parker initially said about what their head coach needs to be who their head coach needs to be in terms of integrity and experience Kelly Lyle outlines this in the Fort Collins Colorado and I'm going to go through that article with you guys here in just a moment do you want to think warehouse apply there is a huge deal going on 30 percent off all channel locked to a was going on until the 20th day of December we are now in the single digits Mark you have 9 days remaining to get down there in Lascelle warehouse supply hardware store and if you go in there you see Channel Ah grab it go up to the counter you have to say you heard about them right here on the whole show $1310.00 k. 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