Although the Denver Nuggets are riding high after forcing a Game 7 with the Los Angeles Lakers in their opening-round playoff series, the team received some troubling news regarding forward Chris Andersen.
Andersen is reportedly being investigated for his involvement with child pornography by the Douglas County Internet Crimes Against Children unit in Larkspur, Colo., according to Alan Gathright of ABC 7 News in Denver.
The Sheriff’s department said that Andersen’s home was searched after a California law enforcement agency tipped off the child crimes unit in February, launching a three-month investigation.
The Nuggets released this statement on Thursday afternoon:
With how dominant Andrew Bynum has been at both ends of the court this season for the Los Angeles Lakers, it’s sometimes easy to forget that he is still 24 years old.
Last night, he should that he still has plenty of learning, and growing up to do.
When asked about having the chance to close out the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 at Staples Center, Bynum candidly replied that “closeout games are actually kind of easy” because “teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard in the beginning.”
During the first half of Game 3 in Denver against the Los Angeles Lakers, a woman sitting court side began to wonder away from her seat and onto the court, getting as much as near the three-point line before being escorted by security.
The woman, who was revealed to be named Savannah McMillan-Christmas, a 20-year old native of Denver, looked confused and disoriented as she stumbled on the court with 1:10 left in the second quarter and was near Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson and Kobe Bryant and the referees blew their whistle to stop play. She caused a 2-3 minute delay while being escorted off the court to the boos of the home crowd.
Arguably two of the biggest prizes of the current free-agency period have decided to stay with their current teams.
Denver Nuggets fans have to be ecstatic with the news that the team has re-signed center Nene to a five-year deal that is reportedly worth more than $67 million. Nene, who most of the experts considered to be the No. 1 free agent on the market, decided to stick with Denver after New Jersey, Houston and Indiana allegedly couldn’t offer him that fifth year that he wanted.
Denver locked up Nene for five years and over $67 million. It’s a good move for them because he kind of became their superstar in the wake of Carmelo Anthony leaving. If they can manage to keep themselves above water when their star leaves midseason, they can do much better with Nene signed long term and with plenty of time to plan. It’s a very good move for Denver and the people of the city should be happy.
If by some miracle there is an NBA season to had in 2012, Denver Nuggets small forward Wilson Chandler probably won’t be taking part in it.
Chandler announced Monday he has signed a contract with the Zhejiang Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association, a move that would essentially prevent him from participating in the 2011-12 NBA season if the lockout ends and the games begin. This is because the Chinese Basketball Association recently made a restriction on contracted NBA players from playing for domestic teams in the event the NBA season is canceled. This rule was implemented right around the time Kobe Bryant was contemplating going over to play in China.
The Nuggets spent the first half of last season looking for a way to trade Carmelo Anthony for value. It was basically their only focus because he was hellbent on leaving Denver. So, as soon as they got rid of him, they started playing better. Not shocking considering he wasn’t really trying before he got traded.
Now, this leaves the Nuggets with some good pieces and a new paradigm (superstar or no?)
They have Mozgov, Nene, and the Birdman. They’ve got Ty Lawson and JR Smith. They have Galinari, and they just drafted Kenneth Faried. Basically, they have all the makings of a good team in the west that has size.
Game 1 – Sat April 16, Indiana at Chicago, 1:00 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN3D
Game 2 – Mon April 18, Indiana at Chicago, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 3 – Thu April 21, Chicago at Indiana, 7:00 p.m. ET, NBA TV
Game 4 – Sat April 23, Chicago at Indiana, 2:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 5 * Tue April 26, Indiana at Chicago, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Thu April 28, Chicago at Indiana, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sat April 30, Indiana at Chicago, TBD, TNT
It has been exactly a month since the Denver Nuggets traded their biggest headache—err….their star player to the New York Knicks. But the Knicks haven’t exactly reaped the benefits that they were expecting.
That’s not to say that Melo has underperformed, but since his arrival in New York, the Knicks have fallen to 7-10. Their latest defeat came last night at the hands of the Orlando, as Dwight Howard’s 33 points led the Magic to a 111-99 victory.
It turns out that there is life in a post-Melo world.
While no one explicitly came out and said that the Denver Nuggets would be left in shambles following the trade of their superstar point guard to the New York Knicks, there seemed to be an underlying consensus in the basketball world that the Nuggets were just going to fall over and die.
However, rumors of the Nuggets demise have been greatly exaggerated. For from being a team that wouldn’t know what to do without the services of Carmelo Anthony, the Nuggets have flourished over the last ten games, going 8-2 with a well-balanced attack of offense. Their latest victory was an impressive 114-103 victory over the New Orleans Hornets.
Although the Denver Nuggets are riding high after forcing a Game 7 with the Los Angeles Lakers in their opening-round playoff series, the team received some troubling news regarding forward Chris Andersen.
