Nene injured today

Nene went down late in the Nuggets' loss to the Bucks today - looked like a knee. He's been great this season, and if he misses a big stretch of time, I think the division is back in play.

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The Blazer's are only 1 loss behind the Nuggets

The division is in play whether Nene is injured or not. I hope it’s nothing serious.

by driver8x on Feb 22, 2009 5:37 PM PST reply actions

Big loss for Denver

Nene’s been good all year, particularly post-Billups trade. That’s pretty much every starting big man in the Western conference with an injury it seems like, wild year

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by blazeraddict on Feb 22, 2009 6:38 PM PST reply actions

I hope he's not out long. I love that guys game and he is a genuine person too. If he stays out long and we win the division people will say the only reason we won it is cuz nene got injured too.

by dario argento on Feb 22, 2009 7:08 PM PST reply actions

i also hope he's ok for his sake

but I wouldn’t feel guilty at all about winning the division due to injuries.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Feb 22, 2009 7:52 PM PST up reply actions

no kidding right now we are playing without two starters

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by Blazermaniac77 on Feb 23, 2009 1:47 PM PST up reply actions

I'll say it

I hope he is out a long time. We need to catch up to the Nuggets. Who cares how we win the division. The banner will hang in our rafters forever, people will remember it was because Nene got hurt for maybe a year.

Karma

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 22, 2009 7:15 PM PST reply actions

hoping he's out for a long time is bad sportsmanship

but you’re right about the rest of it. Every team has injuries. You either win games or you don’t, there are no awards for the team that “should have won if………”

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Feb 22, 2009 7:39 PM PST up reply actions

How can you say that

When everybody knows that we are the only team whose players ever get injured?

by southern oregon on Feb 22, 2009 7:50 PM PST up reply actions

This is why we need to stop saying

our time is three years from now. Injury to other teams’ key players makes it possible for the Blazers to move up to the 2nd seed this year. With a little luck we could go to the west final and even THE FINAL. Nobody gave the 77 Blazers much prop before the playoff but we won it all. Think big and think now. Too bad we didn’t pick up a veteran with playoff experience.

by Sungari on Feb 22, 2009 7:29 PM PST reply actions

I don't think this will slow them down much

Billups is the catalyst, only him going down will really hurt the team significantly.

by premthegrem on Feb 22, 2009 7:41 PM PST reply actions

it will definetely hurt them

but they have Kenyon Martin and Chris Anderson who have been terrific this season. Denver’s still tough.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Feb 22, 2009 7:52 PM PST up reply actions

I think it will hurt them a lot

Looking at his stats, Nene is 1st on the Nuggets in Win Score, 2nd in PER, and first (by a very large margin) in both raw and adjusted +/- stats. Based on those statistics, Nene appears to be Denver’s most important player.

by trk on Feb 22, 2009 8:08 PM PST up reply actions

actually

I think a healthy Nene has been far more important to their success than Billups has been. This is just one mini-article on Nene’s defense that shows how valuable he is to Denver

if you have insider:
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/news/story?id=3900145

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Feb 22, 2009 8:13 PM PST up reply actions