Karl, Nuggets Still Eyeing Playoffs

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DENVER -- George Karl isn't just pointing toward making the playoffs. He's talking about winning a postseason series in his now Meloless world.

Keep in mind the Nuggets went just 2-7 in playoff series in Carmelo Anthony's seven seasons in Denver. Both series wins came in 2009, when the Nuggets made the Western Conference finals and the only season since 1994 in which they've won even one postseason series.

Nevertheless, with Denver being in the No. 7 spot in the Western Conference playoff race as the blockbuster deal was done to ship Anthony and veteran leader Chauncey Billups to New York, the Nuggets coach is talking big.

"I might be crazy, but I think we can make the playoffs and I also think we can be a threat to win in the playoffs,'' Karl said Tuesday. "I'm sorry. I just think our guys are good enough to grow up fast and to learn quick.''

Karl seems to have it all figured out for his Nuggets (32-25), who entered Tuesday night's game against Memphis at the Pepsi Center in third place in the Northwest Division, 4 ½ games behind first-place Oklahoma City.

Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/02/22/karl-nuggets-still-eying-playoffs/

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