| 10 January 2008
(Boulder-CO) At first, it was labeled a groin pull. Now, Chucky Atkins reportedly has suffered a sports hernia and will be sidelined indefinitely.
What is there to say?
The Nuggets are always one piece short of the overall puzzle being complete. With a healthy and productive Chucky Atkins, the Nuggets are a good ten deep. Without him, the Nuggets still do not have a true starting point guard that can handle the full-time duties that this team’s workload has to offer. Now we have to wait and see if Yakhouba Diawara, J.R. Smith, or Von Wafer can support the Nuggets where they are the lightest. Anthony Carter is playing his brains out and no disrespect to him personally, but this team needs a proven veteran that has some serious playoff experience if they are going to go deep in the post season. AC can’t play the type of minutes that AI does. It’s just not possible. Therefore, he needs help.
Granted, this year we look like much more of a team. AI and Carmelo have been equally effective and having both Kenyon and Nene has been also beneficial up to this point, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The true heart of a team is its point guard.
Don’t believe me?
Maybe you’ve forgotten about what Tony Parker did to the Nuggets last post season. Or the performance of one Denver native, Chauncey Billups.
What is there to say?
The Nuggets are always one piece short of the overall puzzle being complete. With a healthy and productive Chucky Atkins, the Nuggets are a good ten deep. Without him, the Nuggets still do not have a true starting point guard that can handle the full-time duties that this team’s workload has to offer. Now we have to wait and see if Yakhouba Diawara, J.R. Smith, or Von Wafer can support the Nuggets where they are the lightest. Anthony Carter is playing his brains out and no disrespect to him personally, but this team needs a proven veteran that has some serious playoff experience if they are going to go deep in the post season. AC can’t play the type of minutes that AI does. It’s just not possible. Therefore, he needs help.
Granted, this year we look like much more of a team. AI and Carmelo have been equally effective and having both Kenyon and Nene has been also beneficial up to this point, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The true heart of a team is its point guard.
Don’t believe me?
Maybe you’ve forgotten about what Tony Parker did to the Nuggets last post season. Or the performance of one Denver native, Chauncey Billups.
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