Sitting here on the 17th of July, I don't know where my beloved Nuggets are going.  Seeing the team crawl out of the cellar of the NBA and entering the playoffs the past 3 seasons has been awesome.  It would be nice to win a playoff series though.  So it leads me to some questions.  Where are the Nuggets going to be on day 1 of the NBA season?  A few factors are in this question...

1.)  They paid Carmelo...good decision.  Needed to lock up the player that has essentially made us a playoff hopeful year in and year out.

 2.) Nene signing for 60 million?  Hey, I hope Nene works out, but call me crazy, $60 mill for a guy who played in less than 1 game last year and tore his ACL seems a bit steep.  Nene could end up being great, and I hope he is, but he could also be a flop.  He is athletic and strong, but has no shooting touch.  So if he can't dunk, he is limited.  He needs to embrace the rebounding game and be one of the leagues best rebounders.

3.)  I would've thought they would have had K-Mart out of town by now.  Is he going to be on the roster at the start of the year?  That ought to be interesting.  If he is still on the team, their should be all sorts of chemistry issues after the war between Martin and Karl last year.

4.)  I think the Answer coming to Denver is a long shot at this point.  We have however, according to rumor will be picking up JR Smith.  While young and could have decent potential, Denver is still without a solid shooter. 

5.) We have no Gm right now.  This is a vital time, trading and signing players to contracts and we haven't even formally announced a new GM yet, after Kiki was let go.  Who is guiding this ship?

6.) I think the Nuggs are going to match the offer sheet for Francisco Elson that he received from the Spurs.  That will make it Camby, Nene, Martin, Elson, Najera, possibly Reggie Evans if resigned in the front court.  Too many forwards and centers in the mix, not enough time, spells for bad attitudes.  They need to do something here.

So, what the hell are the nuggets going to amount to this year?  My guess is a repeat performance of last year, a subpar record, sliding into the playoffs, and losing in the first round because we have no shooters.  I hope this isn't the case, but what hope do we have as of right now?  If this happens, then blow up the team and start from scratch around Carmelo next year.  The nuggets need to make some changes, and need to make some changes quick.  Mediocrity is not an option anymore, and I can't handle another 11-71 season.

...hopefully the future is bright

The other thing that is fishy is on nuggets.com, the organization recently started a nuggets blog to refute some rumors in the media.  Their first post was May 6th, and they haven't put up another blog yet.  They aren't releasing any information, such as Greg Buckner leaving Denver and going to Dallas.  That seems like something they should address on their "blog".  No news around Denver, I feel like we are ripe for the fall, but I certainly hope not. 

My suggestion is to go back to the old Rainbow Uni's, bring in Alex English for the vacancy at assistant coach, and hope for the best.

There are a few things that are ok in moderation.  Going out on Sunday before a work week in moderation is ok.  Going to a Poison concert in moderation is ok.  Drinking in moderation is ok.  Eating mozzarella sticks and buffalo wings right before bed in moderation is ok(not really).  Now if you do like I did last night though, and do all previous events in one evening...you dont feel to well on Monday morning.  Any of you ever been there?  A long Sunday night followed by a tough Monday?  It has happened to a lot of us. 

This leads me to a few monday thoughts that I have on my mind, since I am not the most productive today. 

First of all, according to insidehoops.com, my beloved nuggets are going to trade to get JR Smith, who was just traded to the Bulls.  They are giving up a washed up howard eisly and 2 2nd round draft picks.  I guess since second round draft picks are a #### shoot, this is probably a good trade.  JR Smith is still a young pup, with a chance to improve and be a solid contributor off the bench.

Second of all, did I mention it was nice to see I am losing my shirt on Frontier Airlines stock?  Not so much fun to see after a long Sunday evening.

Thirdly...not that NBA summer league matters, but the nuggets came in second, with only one loss, yet they dont get a player on the Vegas Summer League All star Team (first or second team).

Fourthly, after a promissing first half of the season, the Rockies are coming into their own be going on an impressive 0-7 streak.  For once, Colorado's starting pitching is holding their own, only to have the BP come in and mess it all up.  I have mentally prepared myself for the second half collapse we have become accustomed to here in Denver.  Still hanging on to that Wild Card berth from many, many years a go.

Five, i was watching HBO the other day and they had a special on the Juice, OJ SImpson.  They showed footage of his USC days, and it looked just like Reggie Bush.  OJ was a stud in college, but unfortunately, this was before my time. 

Six, does anyone watch the NFL channel and catch the "making the cheerleader" show?  Damn good stuff, my favorite is the Miami girls.

Unlike some of the other bloggers out there who are putting together intelligent, political and high brow blogs, I am merely hung over and throwing some words out there to the sports blogging nation.  Today leads me to ask the rest of you though, what do you do at work on Monday after a long weekend and having a hang over? What is the best monday morning hangover story  you have Me?  I just have a completely meaningless post about some completely random thoughts.