Suns Turn Out The Lights In Overtime. Nuggets Fans Looking For New Light

Will the Nuggets do something?

Hopefully they will continue to do more of what we saw last night against the Phoenix Suns, minus the losing  in overtime part.  Losing to a team that is 10 games over .500 and solidly in the playoff race is no shame. The shame came from those 4 games we watched prior to the All-Star break.

The Nuggets are in a really precarious position as they approach the trade deadline.  They basically have the makings of a trade package sitting in the training room.  Danilo Galinari, Javale McGhee, Nate Robinson, Ty Lawson create 4 of a solid starting 5.  What all of the Nuggets create is questions of their capacity for growth versus their capacity for trade value.

What is the full upside for this entire team and will we have the patience to be the team that helps it happen or trades and watches from afar? In case we didn't already know, recent evidence has declared that Ty Lawson is an extremely important player for this Nuggets team. With that being said, I believe the children are the future. Choose them well and let them lead the way.

We have a couple of them in house already in Evan Fournier and Quincy Miller, but the prospects for attaining more has created a special dynamic in this years NBA trade market.  There will be plenty of  kids coming out of college next year, which has the entire league seeking to get their hands on what might very well become an historical draft class.

This new Nuggets coaching staff has to analyze this new Nuggets roster in order to separate the old Nuggets that we already know from the new Nuggets that we are not so sure about.  This process is not one that involves keeping a strong grip on victories throughout the season, so you have to determine if losing is worth the cost of growth.  Losing is costly, but Nugget's fans are smart enough to recognize losing teams from losing players.  We can watch losing, but won't stand for losers.

Brian Shaw may be green, but he is a winner even if the George Karl fans would rather see more W's from this years team.  What fans are not so sure of is whether or not our new front office team has uncovered enough winners to jump on this journey of change.  Plenty of fans will join the ride when this journey gets airborne, but only the true fans will endure a long and slow train ride to the airport.

By the end of business tomorrow (10 p.m. Mountain time) we will know one way or another if the Nuggets will do something.  I haven't yet figured out if doing nothing will mean more than doing something, but at least the real analysis can begin when the deadline has passed.