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Game Preview #4: Chicago Bulls vs Milwaukee Bucks

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:12:38 -0500

[Thanks to Ozzie Montana for today's game preview. Sign up if you want to do one in the future. I figure the Bulls have an easy blowout, and we all laugh at how it made sense the Bulls offense to start out cruddy against three good defensive teams. But we'll also likely be wrong then thinking the offensive efficiency problem will go away. But if they lose...real fun begins here. -ed] You have to hand it to this team. They really know how to crush even the most mild of expectation...

Sportsfrog 2009 NBA Preview – Northwest Diviison

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:47:10 -0500

DENVER NUGGETS ADDITIONS: G Arron Afflalo, F Malik Allen, G Ty Lawson SUBTRACTIONS: G/F Dahntay Jones, F Linas Kleiza STARTERS: PG – Chauncey Billups, SG – JR Smith, SF – Carmelo Anthony, PF – Kenyon Martin, C – Nene ROTATION: G Arron Afflalo, F Malik Allen, F/C Chris Andersen, G/F Renaldo Balkman, G Anthony Carter OUTLOOK: [...]

BDL's 2009-10 NBA Preview: Denver Nuggets

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:25:08 -0500

Once again back is the incredible ... Ball Don't Lie's NBA previews, outlining off-season moves, projecting win totals, spinning tracks and much, much more. It's a fun, hot mess. Up next, the Denver Nuggets.2008-09 Record: 54-28, first place in Northwest DivisionHead Coach/Facial Hair: George Karl/NoneKey Additions: Ty Lawson(notes), Arron Afflalo(notes), Malik Allen(notes)Key Losses: Dahntay Jones(notes), Linas Kleiza(notes)It's popped up a few times in various outlets, but ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 8/1

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:57:00 -0500

Herald Nuggets get Malik Allen from Bucks for 2 players Hakim Warrick agrees to 1-year deal with BucksShin injury may sideline Tyler Hansbrough for 2 months Celtics waive Gabe Pruitt Globe Gabe Pruitt gone CelticsBlog What If This Is It? LOY"s Place Well, At Least Something HappenedNES247 Stephon Marbury: The TragedyRed's Army Introducing... your "All-Celtics team" See Ya, Gabe Pruitt Sporting News Screws Red AuerbachNets Daily “Big Baby” Still an Option?Green Street Ce...

Nuggets acquire Allen from Bucks for 2 players

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:44:34 -0500

DENVER (AP) -- The Denver Nuggets have acquired Malik Allen from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Walter Sharpe and Sonny Weems.

Nuggets get PF Allen from Bucks for 2 players

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:49:03 -0500

The Denver Nuggets have acquired Malik Allen from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Walter Sharpe and Sonny Weems. The Nuggets announced the deal Friday. Allen played in 49 games for Milwaukee last season, averaging 3.2 points and 2.1 rebounds. In 409 games over an eight-year career, he has averaged 5.4 points and 3 rebounds. He also played for Miami, Charlotte, Chicago, New Jersey and Dallas.

Nuggets get journeyman forward Allen from Bucks

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:40:42 -0500

The Denver Nuggets have acquired Malik Allen from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Walter Sharpe and Sonny Weems.

Malik Allen traded for whatever’s behind Door #3

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:01:55 -0500

The Malik Allen deal makes some sense in that the Bucks save some money. They certainly couldn’t have found some more interesting guys to pick up in the deal. The Bucks got Sonny Weems and Walter Sharpe in the deal. Weems will likely get bought out — his contract only has $175,000 guaranteed. Weems is a [...]

Report: Malik Allen to Denver

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:00:33 -0500

Word in rumorville is that the Nuggets are about to acquire some frontcourt help: “Yes, the Birdman will be back, but who are the Nuggets’ other low-post reserves? Malik Allen will apparently take one of those spots. The Nuggets plan to acquire the veteran power forward from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Sonny Weems and Walter Sharpe, an NBA source said Tuesday. The trade could become official this week, the source said.”

Your newest Denver Stiff: Malik Allen...

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:09:00 -0500

First off, I apologize for the sudden "down time" Denver Stiffs experienced today. At least you got to look at Anna Rawson for a few hours every time you tried checking on the site! We're in the middle of migrating the old site to the new one, and of course the site happened to go down during the middle of a Nuggets trade. (In case you're curious, the new site should be up next week).

As you all know by now, The Denver Post's Benjamin Hochman is reporting that our Denver Nuggets have traded Sonny Weems and Walter Sharpe to the Milwaukee Bucks for forward Malik Allen. I first saw the news over at NovaFantasySports.com this morning but it took a few hours to get confirmed by other media outlets.

This trade isn't a game changer by any means, but it's a good trade nonetheless. Salary-wise, the trade is a wash. But more importantly, it frees up a roster spot for the Nuggets to sign someone else off the NBA scrap heap while giving them the extra big man (Allen is listed at 6'9", 255 pounds) they've desperately needed. Having Sharpe - who's out for most of the season recovering from a torn ACL - eat up a valuable roster spot wasn't helping matters, either.

For someone who's been in the NBA for eight seasons, I know very little about Allen's game. He's bounced around with six teams but is fairly productive per minute when given some playing time. For a guy who's 6'9", his career field goal percentage (44.3%) isn't good, but if memory serves he's a scrappy defender against bigger guys and can hit a long range jump shot. His best overall NBA season was his second with the Miami Heat, when he produced 9.6 ppg and 5.3 rpg.

As far as Weems is concerned, a lot of fans will be sad to see Weems go (evident by the numerous support he received when I called out his bad play in Summer League over the weekend). But as stated in Sunday's post, I just wasn't a fan of Weems' game. He's like a poor man's J.R. Smith without the jump shot. And if you consider that virtually all of his "makes" during Summer League were off dunks and layups and yet he still shot less than 33% from the field, Weems wasn't going to contribute in Denver anytime soon.

It's always a bit sad to see a young player go who had very little time to improve on our watch, but I suspect Weems' Summer League performance did him in with George Karl and a move had to be made. Will losing Weems come back to haunt us like losing Von Wafer did? Doubtful.

And Sharpe was just a throw-in for the Arron Afflalo deal to be consummated. Sharpe's tenure as a Nugget might be one of the briefest of all time.

So we'll say our collective goodbye's to Sonny Weems and welcome Malik Allen to Denver. Allen isn't the "Nene/K-Mart Insurance" we've been looking for, but for the first time in a long time we have a tall forward at the end of the bench instead of another swing man who can't shoot. It's a good but relatively inconsequential move.

Simply the BEST

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:01:20 -0500

I have long been following the rapid increase of Blue Equity's share of the Sports & Entertainment pie. I have had the unique opportunity of meeting Donald Dell and speaking to chairman Jonathan Blue and COO Mike Principe in the past. That being said, I am very happy for the entire company on the unveiling of a new entity that will bring together all of Blue Equity's sports properties: BEST (Blue Entertainment Sports Television). Blue Equity started making headlines in the sports world when it initially bought out NBA agent Bill Strickland, who has since added Corey Brewer to his list of clients that include Rasheed Wallace, Brevin Knight, and Malik Allen. From there, Blue Equity acquired the services of NFL agent Joel Segal, Donald Dell and SFX, and a plethora of other entities. In the middle of 2007, I anointed Blue Equity as the newest conglomerate alongside IMG, CAA, and WMG. At this point, Blue Equity may be close to being above them all, making it the BEST.

Nets, Mavericks, Blazers Discuss Three-Way Deal Centered Around Jason Kidd

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:49:28 -0500

Jason Kidd and Devin Harris are the biggest names rumored to be in the deal.

The Knock on the Celtics

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:26:38 -0500

This team is good, 13-2 in November, but you've seen and read about the knocks. Whether it's the lack of bench support, the excessive minutes being played by the big three, or the suspect coaching of Doc (and his lousy playoff record). But the most limiting factor to garnering a championship may be the lack of playoff experience of the Celtics have as a team, particularly key individuals. If the Celtics do get it done this year, they'll be making history by doing it with two starters that have played either none or less than a handful of playoff games. So I say, let's make some history!