I can basically point to the exact moment when Kenyon Martin left Friday's game as the instant the Nuggets started to go to pieces in the last two losses.

With there no timetable for Martin's return, is there anything the Nuggets can do with their current roster (besides J.R. coming back) that can mask how blatantly soft Denver's front court is?

And how frustrating is it that we have no true back up small forward or relief at power forward/center with Johan Petro, Renaldo Balkman, and Joey Graham on the roster?

What position do Renaldo and Graham even play?

Where's Malik Allen?

Is Petro even a viable resource?

When I look at the roster here's what I feel should be the rotation.

Chauncey-Lawson-Carter
Smith-Afflalo-Graham?
Carmelo-Balkman?
Kenyon-Malik Allen?
Nene-Birdman

Frustrated

Heres to hoping they can find a solution quickly. Tonight's game against the Bulls is big. Losing 3 in a row would not be good for this teams psyche with K-Mart being out indefinitely. This team needs to learn how to win without him.

Fortunately for us, he's supposed to start tonight. We simply don't have anyone who can replace his production... Balkman is the closest thing but he simply can't defend 4s as well as K-Mart can and doesn't have the offensive game that K-Mart does (who would've thought anyone would ever say that?).. We'd be screwed if he was out all year... even though he doesn't get much press, he was one of the biggest reasons for our success last year... otherwise we're kind of a soft team with no junkyard dog type of defenders, even worse rebounding presence, and nobody to defend quick yet large players. Hopefully he won't re-injure his leg, because we really need him to keep up the level of play we had for the first 5 games.

I just hate how we have three or four guys (depending on who you consider) that are completely useless. Ugh.