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That really sucks. Huge blow to Denver. They may not even make it past the first round now.
Nuggets’ Martin Says He May Be Done For The Season
SportingNews
Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin told Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears his knee injury might keep him out for the rest of the season.
"Realistically, I might not be able to play this year. … I might not be able to play the rest of the year," Spears quoted Martin as saying.
Martin has missed 14 games, including Denver’s loss in Dallas on Monday. The Nuggets fell out of first place in the Northwest Division with the loss and Utah’s win over the Knicks.
Yahoo! reported Martin has a partial tear of his left patella tendon and could need surgery. He also is receiving platelet-rich plasma therapy to stimulate healing. Martin said he has been limited since the injury to riding a staionary bike.
"I’m still optimistic I’m coming back, but I’m also cautious, worried," Martin said, per Yahoo!. "My pain level has definitely decreased, but it doesn’t mean anything because I’m not playing basketball. That’s what I had to do to judge it on."
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Martin unsure whether he’ll return this season
Marc J. Spears
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns
That really sucks. Huge blow to Denver. They may not even make it past the first round now.
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Kenyon and Ron Harper should do the play-by-play and color on TNT for the NBA playoffs.
That sucks for Denver.
Martin's inability to further develop his perimeter game has caused him to have all these knee problems throughout the years. His offensive game, for the most part, has been nothing more than high energy athletic plays and that atrocious looking J.
The race for a date with the Lakers in the 2010 WCF now comes down to Utah and Dallas. Injuries have officially eliminated the Suns and Nuggets.
i want denver in the first round they blow lately
Goddamnit, if the Spurs didn't have their heads up their asses in New Jersey, maybe they could have gotten a shot at the 5-seed and Denver instead of getting curbstomped by LA or Dallas.
Injuries, ain't they a ?
If the Suns play Denver in the 1st round, it'll be pretty even. Without Martin, there's really no one on Denver who can guard Amare, and Phoenix never had anyone who could guard Melo. JR Smith and Jason Richardson are basically the same player. All star potential but instead streak shooter who is incredibly inconsistent, they're even similar in that they both have a history involving motor vehicles, alcohol, and speed. They probably cancel each other out. The series in all likelihood comes down to Nash and Dragic vs. Billups and Lawson.
The Nuggets yeah but the Suns?Come on...
Denver wasn't winning with Martin anyhow. This only prolongs the Mavericks life as they could probably win a series against Denver now.
I don't wish injury or ill on any player...but I still have a hard damn time feeling bad for KMart.
The Nuggets yeah but the Suns?
I agree, people anointing them a contender because of this 21-5 stretch was dumb. I can't (actually I can) wait for the annoying, "We would have won it all this year if Lopez stayed healthy!" talk. The 21-5 run they're on has just as much to do with the cakewalk schedule as it did with the Suns being good.
LMAO at everyone wanting the Nuggets now
They're just in a slump. K-mart was never THAT important to their success. He's like their 5th best player.
Only if they bring Bill Walton out of retirement to make it a three-man team.
Houston was a better team than Denver last year.
Their "dropoff" isn't as big as it seems.
Although not having K-Mart hurts.
I'd have my $ on the Jazz/Mavs making the WCF to play the Lakers as well... may come down to whichever gets the 2nd seed. Mavs would give some resistance to LA, Utah would get slaughtered ... same story as last 2 years no length/toughness on frontline.
Dallas matches up marginally v Utah but would be a favorite with HCA IMO.
LMAO @ spurfans wanting any team come playoff time
no team can claim favorable confronting the Jazz if they don't have HCA, given their awful atmosphere at Delta center.
However I don't see Jazz going that far this season, as that they aren't likely to gain the HCA against their potential opponents and the players themselves aren't so intrusive as before. Probably as their season finishes and Boozer leaves, the Jazz will start a new process of reconstruction from a new site of the old circle.
I really don't like Martin, his trash talk, style of play, etc. But man, this sucks for him and his team. Hope he gets well soon.
This isn't true. K-Mart was very important to their team success. They lose a lot of frontcourt depth without Martin. Now, they play small ball for stretches, Nene isn't that good a defender, they play Petro who sucks. Martin is indeed very important to the Nuggets.
5th best player or even if worse, his importance isn't necessarily his production but the fact that the Nuggets have so little depth in the front court. Now you're talking about Johan Petro and Malik Allen having to play not only bigger minutes but significant minutes. His loss will be huge especially going up against some of the better front courts.
when you lose a starter it hurts, unless that player is derek fisher. utah is laughable as a threat, yes they have the Home court where they get all the calls in the world but boozer struggles aganst the lakers frontline. dallas is the only realistic team. question will be if both healthy who can make their jumpers. butler cant hit the 3 and neither can artest(since he hurt his thumb) i will say bynum is important. when he played he raped both their centers.
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