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Nuggets Close to Extension on Karl, Want Nene, Smith Back
By Chris Tomasson - AOL NewsDENVER -- Carmelo Anthony might be gone, but Nuggets coach George Karl is closing in on a contract extension. Nuggets president Josh Kroenke said after Thursday night's 89-75 win over Boston that negotiations are nearly complete on bringing Karl back for next season. "We're pretty close on that,'' Kroenke said in an interview with FanHouse. "We've been doing that throughout the process and we just had to cut it off at times because we had to focus on Melo.'' The Nuggets started negotiations in December on bringing back Karl, in the last year of his contract. There were some delays due to ...
Injury Spin Cycle: Rodney Stuckey, Deron Williams and Blake Griffin Updates
By Tom Lorenzo - AOL NewsRodney Stuckey gave his owners a little scare Wednesday night when he bruised his right shoulder. Stuckey left after playing just 10 minutes, scoring seven points on 3-of-5 shooting. The injury allowed Ben Gordon to get more burn, playing 28 minutes off the bench. With Tracy McGrady apparently playing point guard -- I say that because he was running the offense, dishing eight assists, but it just didn't feel right -- and Will Bynum also seeing a bump in minutes (19 points, four rebounds, four assists, 21 minutes), Gordon could continue to see more touches off the bench, but I actually like ...
George Karl Resumes Recruiting Carmelo Anthony to Stay in Denver
By Chris Tomasson - AOL NewsDENVER -- George Karl looks primed to get back into the Carmelo Anthony recruiting mode. At the start of the season, the Nuggets coach talked with his star forward about why he should stay in Denver and at times looked to be working for the chamber of commerce. But with games piling up and trade talks heating up, Karl took a step back. With a possible trade to New Jersey having fallen apart earlier this week and it not appearing Anthony will be dealt imminently, Karl wouldn't mind returning to that role soon. "If that can be worked into the program, I'd love to have that conversation,'' ...
Kevin Durant Scores NBA Season-High 44 as Thunder Top Nuggets
By FanHouse Staff - AOL NewsKevin Durant made sure the first Christmas Day game in Oklahoma City Thunder history would be a memorable one. Durant scored 44 points -- 21 of them coming in the third quarter -- to lead the Thunder to a 114-106 victory over the Denver Nuggets. The 44 points were an NBA season-high for Durant, who entered the game as the NBA's leading scorer at 27.5 points per game. Durant's third-quarter foray swung the momentum of the game after the Thunder surprisingly struggled to keep pace with the Nuggets in the first half, despite Denver playing without star forward Carmelo Anthony. The Thunder's ...
Rudy Gay Suspended One Game; George Karl, Andre Miller Fined $25K Each
By Chris Tomasson - AOL NewsDENVER -- Saturday is a day off for some, but not for NBA discipline czar Stu Jackson. In separate rulings Saturday, the NBA suspended Memphis forward Rudy Gay for that evening's game at San Antonio due to his flagrant foul twp against Houston's Luis Scola on Friday, and fined Nuggets coach George Karl and Portland guard Andre Miller $25,000 each. Karl was fined for criticizing officiating after Thursday's game against the Spurs and Miller for throwing the ball into the stands Wednesday against Dallas. Gay will lose $123,670 in salary for his suspension. The incident occurred when Gay made ...
Nene Produces for Nuggets Despite Constant Whistles
By Chris Tomasson - AOL NewsDENVER -- Nene is a nine-year NBA veteran. Sometimes he feels as if he's a rookie. Speaking after a tough 113-112 loss Thursday to San Antonio, Denver coach George Karl said he believes his center is being treated unfairly by officials. On Friday, Nene talked about how difficult it has been lately getting what he agrees have been unfair calls. "It could be better, if they let me play,'' Nene said in an interview with FanHouse about his recent play. "For sure, you saw the game (Thursday). So you know what I'm talking about.'' Karl said he believed three calls on Nene early in the third ...
George Karl Frustrated With Officiating in Close Loss to Spurs
By Chris Tomasson - AOL NewsDENVER -- Is there a officiating conspiracy against the Denver Nuggets? George Karl seems to think so. The Denver coach was upset at a last-second charging call on forward Carmelo Anthony, which cost the Nuggets in a 113-112 loss Thursday night to San Antonio at the Pepsi Center. But even Karl said that play could have gone "either way.'' More interesting was a distraught Karl talking about how Denver center Nene got three fouls in the third quarter that he believed were phantom and that the Nuggets regularly send in film to the NBA office of calls on Nene they don't believe exist. First, ...
George Karl Earns 1000th Career Win as Nuggets Beat Raptors
By FanHouse Staff - AOL NewsTORONTO (AP) -- George Karl found peace and contentment in recording a coaching milestone. Karl earned his 1,000th coaching victory, as Al Harrington scored a season-high 31 points and Nene added 26 to help the Denver Nuggets hold off the Toronto Raptors 123-116 on Friday night. The seventh coach in NBA history with 1,000 wins, Karl also notched his 900th in Toronto, a 114-107 victory on Dec. 31, 2008. He shook hands with spectators as fans next to the Nuggets' bench bowed to him in the final seconds of the game. He was hugged by Denver's players and assistant coaches at the final ...
Nuggets vs. Suns: Phoenix Comes From 15 Down to Spoil Carmelo's Career Night
By Brett Pollakoff - AOL NewsPHOENIX -- The Nuggets had the luxury of three days' rest, while the Suns were playing on the second night of a back-to-back, coming off of a victory over the Lakers in Los Angeles on Sunday. Yet Phoenix was the energized team in the fourth quarter, and used a 14-1 run to come from behind to beat Denver by a final of 100-94. Carmelo Anthony pulled down a career-high 22 rebounds in the losing effort, one where his team managed just a single assist over the entire second half. George Karl largely blamed this particular statistic for his team's collapse. "How about one (assist) in the second ...
Gary Forbes Impresses in Surprise Start for Nuggets
By Chris Tomasson - AOL NewsDENVER -- Dirk Nowitzki has seen a lot of basketball. Entering Wednesday, he had played in 923 career NBA games. He had no clue who the guy guarding him was at the start of his 924th game. "I actually did not... I had not (ever heard of Forbes),'' said the Dallas forward. The 13-year veteran wasn't alone. Mavericks center Tyson Chandler also had zero knowledge of the guy wearing No. 0 and starting at forward for the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. "I didn't know who he was before the game and, for a while, when he kept hitting jump shots, I was trying to figure out who he was,'' ...
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