Eric_Goodman's Blog

The Nuggets have come a long way since winning 17 games in 2003. They’ve been to the post season five years in a row, and have earned the right to be called a perennial playoff team. 

The problem is--this franchise should no longer consider making the playoffs an accomplishment. This should be a given. Great teams don’t win championships right away, but they do take small steps to get there. 

The Nuggets are stuck in neutral. They’ve won a total of four playoff games in five years.  There are a number of intangibles to winning a title.

Two of them are respecting the game and playing it hard every night. This has been missing from this franchise for years. They need guys who are committed to winning and playing together as a team. 

Until that happens, the Nuggets roster will look good on paper, but it’ll burn up like flash paper when the games really count.