I wouldn’t go as far as saying the Denver Nuggets are my favorite team to watch, but I will say that ever since Carmelo Anthony came out of ‘Cuse I have tried hard to never miss a televised Nuggz game. The Nuggets are just fun to watch, period. You can knock their defense, you can knock their cohesiveness, you can knock their underachieving, but you can’t knock their ‘wow factor’. With the likes of J.R. Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Linas Kleiza, Nene, and a healthy K-Mart, they are super athletic high fliers who product highlight reel plays every game.
A lot of people have been talking like the trade that brought in Chauncey Billups to run the point is the sole factor in the Denver success this season. But if you look closely there is another reason. Kenyon Martin is healthy. And not “healthy” like last season when he was just able to play limited minutes without 100% lift. I’m talking New Jersey Nets style Kenyon Martin who defies gravity for highlight reel blocks and dunks.
Check out this sick dunk last night in the Nuggets/Heat game in which K-Mart hammers it home, even though the video shows he was clearly hacked hard on the arms by Jamaal Magloire! No ‘And 1’ ref? Are you kidding me? At least after getting the much needed technical foul for being upset at the no-call, he had the national television audience laughing at his little wink at Dick Vitale…
Here is a healthy K-Mart gettin’ back to being Naaaaasty:
