The Nuggets were good enough to beat the Lakers in 2009. They just weren't mentally tough enough and couldn't execute in crunch time. Couple games came down to them just properly inbounding the ball. Just throwing the gatdamn ball in. And they couldn't figure that out. It's disgusting to hear this narrative that Melo's teams just weren't good enough. And that Melo was this savior that's been stuck on bad teams. I can't speak for what's happened in NY but when he was in Denver the franchise tried to surround him with talent so that the Nuggets could be a contender. And they did contend. It wasn't luck. They just couldn't get over the hump. If you're going to compare them to a recent team, compare them to last year's Thunder. Just a gatdamn shame.
the mental part of the game is why lakers beat the nuggets, like I said lakers and healthy celtics were on another level that year and the rest was a level below, I remember that 09 series they won one game in LA and it looked like this shyt might happen but then lakers won the last two games after 2-2 in a convincing way.
before the series started lakers were coming off a 7 game series against rockets, they were more tired and the first two games in LA were close, but melo wasnt as good as kobe, and pau was better than billups, lakers were simply better, so melo losing that series was not like a choke or anything, he lost against a stronger team.
And that's the only year where it was possible for melo to win it all, only because the east strongest team lost their arguably main player.
the hell are you talking about? I'm just saying they weren't "loaded". No matter what era they played in
Under ideal circumstances Kristaps sidekick would be a player that is currently a high school senior or college freshman, but instead this overrated chucker is who he will be running with for the next couple of years. Hopefully after the Knicks get bumped in the second round, Melo finally decides to leave and request a trade.
