AN EYEWITNESS VIEW FROM SECTION 302...
Cat Man

Memo to Lebron James: They're gonna love you here in Denver and might even come to the games.

Nuggets are unquestionably the worst team in the NBA, although I really like their young players Nene Hilario, Nikoloz Tskitishvili and Vincent Yarbrough. Give them a couple of years to learn to play, add in James with the first draft pick, and they could have something.

As for now, the Kings can palm (Mike Bibby), dribble off their feet (Doug Christie), throw up nonsensical shots (Vlade Divac) and showboat with a slim lead (Keon Clark) and still win. Y'all are saying Rick Adelman wasn't pleased? Don't blame him. Guess if it's Denver, you can afford to play half-speed.

You knew the Kings had it in the bag when, in the first half, Clark takes the ally-oop pass and tries to tap it to a teammate. Of course, the play didn't work but Denver couldn't do anything going the other way. I think someone came back and made a 3-pointer. Even when the lead was just four or five, the Kings were never in trouble. Holding the Nuggies to eight points in the third quarter certainly helped.

Tonight's highlight: When the announcer bellowed, "And now, the Nuggets Dancers," Mrs. Cat yelled, "And their underwear!"

JB

Tskitishvilli? I've only seen him play in 4 games, but I must say I am not seeing an upside with this guy. His game seems too perimter oriented and one dimensional and definitely too slow for playing the SF postion. The problem is that his shots are so far off the mark, he doesn't look like he should be taking them anyway. He reminds me a lot of Brad Lohaus and Travis Knight. Which isn't bad for a second round selection, but the dude was a first round #5. I wonder what Kiki saw in this guy? He passed on Stoudemire, Caron Butler and Dajuan Wagner. I assume he passed on Stoudemire because he had Nene coming in a trade, but he essentially drafted another PF in 'skits. With Butler, the Nugz would have had their starting forward spots covered for years.