Nathan Jawai!

Al Harrington is the latest rumour

They are going to struggle to get a big man from the NBA. Alot of them have already been picked up..not sure about Yao Ming..anyone know about him?

I reckon the Nuggets should look to Europe; quality big men are growing on trees over there.

I guess I don't follow the Nuggets closely - I would have thought Nene, Andersen and Kenyon Martin was a decent start in the big-man department?

Anderson and Martin are injured and heavily banged up.

Nene has his moments with injury and likely to move at the end of his contract.

They could do with another, but they always get injured in Denver.

Al Harrington is a good man. Looking to Europe is a good option. Giving our own Nathan Jawai a chance is worth a shot too.

Shaq?

If he doesn't sign at Miami for minimum wage i'd be very surprised.

MACDUB, Yao accepted his player option from Houston and will be staying for this year at least. He will be an unrestricted FA next year if the rockets don't extend his contract before the next offseason.

I don't think the Nugs are as bad up front as most people seem to indicate, they just need to sign a capable backup with their MLE and see how things pan out with Martin's injury. If it doesn't work they can then look into trades.

Nene, Birdman and Kenyon will be right to start the season. I don't see how that is a 'debacle' for the Nugs?

Al will have better stats then you will ever get

lol @ sayng sign jawai. Im aussie, but fact is, jawaii on this level is fucking shit. Fat, moves slow, no offense. sucks on defense cause he never rotates and doesnt do a lot of 'help' defense.

as a nuggets fan, I dont think we really have a debacle on our hands, and kmart and the bird will be ready to go come december.. For the last 7 years we have never been a 'big' team and havent had a legit 7foot starting centre for a while but I like our team like that.

Saying all that, we do obviously need another big presence in the paint, hopefully we can find that before october!

Hahaha. Gold. Everyone is getting smashed. Well my take on this is obviously a little different from peeps here. If I was a Denver supporter, I'd be very worried about this signing, simply because you are signing a poor mans carmello. Sign and trade still coming? Getting insurance at the 3 4 for a mid season trade if carmello decides he isn't coming back and Denver want to get something for him from new York?

I'm with Chewie on this one, poor man's Melo. Not a bad player but where does he fit? Getting paid way too much for a backup 3 and if you play he and Melo at 3 and 4 (along with one of their already undersized centers) you may open up the floor on offense but you weaken your team defense, get pounded inside and on the boards.

Oh, and Awvee Storey was the first NBL import who ever made me consider the question: If an import gets suspended for the season for punching a referee or opposing player in the face would the Breakers be allowed to sign a replacement import or would the import spot be suspended for the season?

I agree with Isaac, and Anon after this comment:
"Bit on a stretch calling Al Harrington a big man even though he is 6-9. Doesn't rebound and does nothing but jack up 3's (should go down well with JR Smith), career SF.
Nuggets just got worse."

Harrington finished with a season average of 17.7 pts a game, and 5.6 rebounds...

Enough said: at least you know that he is rebounding and if he is shooting he's definately finishing if he's averaging 17.7, plus we cant forget the 41 for 50 game when Melo dropped 50 on Harrington, but did finish with a career high 41??? so at least we know he can score and with with both Birdman & Kenyon out at start of season so it will likely be Nene and Al starting big boys...

Anon, I'm not criticising Al - just saying you don't need to have averaged 20 PPG in the NBA to talk pros and cons of athletes. Might rub you the wrong way if someone only lists cons, but arguing the point is probably your best response in that case.

Okay now im confused?
Has Harrington signed or has he just agreed in principal? Because the Nuggets have just re-signed Anthony Carter and brought in Sheldon Williams from the Boston Celtics, is this to replace Malik Allen?

What does people know bout the situation...

I think my real issue with this thread is the use of the word 'debacle' in the title: it's a noun where an adjective would be a better fit.

Problem: there's no adjective for the noun 'debacle' (like 'catastrophic' for 'catastrophe' or 'disastrous' for 'disaster')

Solution: I unveil the new word 'debacluous'!

#yesimbored
#whatsthisgottodowithbasketball?
#wordnerdsareannoying