The past two years have been unbelievable being a Nuggets fan. We have been seeing things on the court that haven't happened in over 20 years. Unfortunately, I think this run is bound to end, and quite soon. With K-mart "possibly needing knee surgery," it appears that the Nuggets are about to take a turn for the worst.

So who's to blame? K-mart? The "physical" nature of basketball? No. I blame this on our front office and George Karl. The oldest, and most injury prone players on this team have been over used and it's finally catching up to us. If you have two out of three big men you play with Knee tendinitis, you are doing something wrong. Chauncey, K-mart, Nene, and Bird have all seen minute increases of at least one minute from their career averages. Why? Theses guys are not wine, and they are the most injury prone players on our team.

I do sympathize with Karl because he was not given another big man when he has publicly said that having another big is what he thinks this team could use. The fact is, we didn't get another big and other players need to be playing. Only playing 8 men the entire season is inexcusable. When given the opportunity, Malik Allen and Joey Graham have shown that they can at least step in for a few minutes a game and relieve some of the pressure off of our three main bigs. If you watch the Lakers games this year against us, you will notice that Phil has given other players like Powell, Walton, Vujacic and others meaningful minutes in the second quarter. Phil has a the bigger picture in mind. This is a long distance race, not a sprint. By playing people like Powell, Walton, and Mbenga he assures himself the opportunity to have his starters fresh and ready for the fourth quarter or more importantly "THE PLAYOFFS?" Karl uses 8 guys and that's it. For a team filled with players that have had serious health issues, this is just dumb.

The second reason we find ourselves in this dilemma is our front office and owner Mr. Stan. Stan has decided to go cheap on us and it's showing. This whole business of, "we tried to get _____" irritates me to no end. I don't care who you talked to, or who considered coming here. We needed a big and we got absolutely NOTHING. Was the front office and Stan watching the Lakers series last year? Did they see how we ran out of gas in the final two games, and just could not match up height wise with the Lakers? Apparently not. We have had ample opportunity to get someone in here. Does Dejuan Blair ring a bell? Does Channing Frye ring a bell? Instead we have decided to let Karl run our players into the ground. Better Luck Next Year....