Key players lost<\/strong> \u2013 Dahntay Jones<\/p>\nThe key, of course, was getting rid of nutso Iverson. That the Nuggets were able to receive Chauncey Billups in the deal, bringing some reason and professionalism to a club that had sorely lacked it, made the deal more than a steal. <\/p>\n
They gave up something they didn\u2019t want for something that transformed the franchise. Oh, there are still a few whackos to keep an eye on. Kenyon Martin\u2019s fuse is always among the shortest in the league and J.R. Smith, who figures to start, has plenty of street cred. <\/p>\n
Anthony has issues and can\u2019t seem to get through a season without making off-the-court headlines.<\/p>\n
But you have to look long and hard at a team that finished atop the Northwest Division with 54 wins, then beat New Orleans and Dallas before extending the Lakers to six games in the Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n
Surprising stat:<\/strong> Nene averaged 14.6 points and 7.8 rebounds, shot 60 percent from the field and played in 77 games \u2013 all while recovering from testicular cancer.<\/p>\nStrengths:<\/strong> Billups is among the top 5 in the league at making big shots, and his presence on the court helps the Nuggets at least pretend that they care about defense.<\/p>\nWeaknesses:<\/strong> Will they be able to surprise everyone the way they did last season? If not, do they have the talent to go toe-to-toe with the Spurs and Lakers?<\/p>\nPlayoffs?<\/strong> Yes, but they probably won\u2019t go as deep as they did last season.<\/p>\nWin total projection for 2009-10<\/strong> — 55<\/p>\nCLICK HERE TO JOIN SPORTSBOOK.COM – ONE OF OUR TOP RATED ONLINE SPORTSBOOKS – 50% SIGN UP BONUS FOR NBA BETTING ONLINE<\/h3>\n
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\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick article by Lawrence Paul detailing the Denver Nuggets 2009 Season win total odds for over under nba betting futures and a season wins prediction…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[17903,19182,5958,19183,6908,17906,19184,19185,19186,19187,19188,19189,12419,14495],"class_list":["post-14995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-2009-nba-basketball-future-lines","tag-2009-nuggets-season-win-total-odds","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-denver-nuggets-predictions-2009","tag-nba-future-odds","tag-nba-over-under-betting","tag-nuggets-odds","tag-nuggets-odds-to-win-nba-title","tag-nuggets-picks","tag-nuggets-predictions","tag-nuggets-win-total-lines","tag-nuggets-wins-2009","tag-overunder-season-win-totals","tag-season-win-total-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14995"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107049,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995\/revisions\/107049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}