Obviously, Denver Nuggets general manager Tim Connelly was onlykidding and not trying to put this kind of pressure on his newcoach.Sitting next to Brian Shaw on Monday, Connelly was asked aboutthe expectations for the Nuggets, a team that won afranchise-record 57 games last season only to bow out in thefirst-round of the playoffs for a fourth straight time.”Ring or bust,” Connelly said, grinning.Shaw didn’t so much as flinch.That kind of talk is nothing new for Shaw, especially after onceplaying for the Los Angeles Lakers and later serving as anassistant coach under Phil Jackson. The way he was taught, failingto win a championship was viewed as a missed opportunity.Someday, Shaw envisions that kind of attitude in Denver as hetakes over for George Karl, who was fired following anotherfirst-round flameout.”I understand that and we have to take baby steps in graduallygetting there,” Shaw said. ”As long as we get there, I’m finewith it.”Shaw believes he has the proper formula, too: Aggressivedefense, reliance on a powerful center and solid execution in ahalf-court system.Almost the opposite of how things used to be done with theNuggets, who favored speed a little more than structure.This new brand of basketball is just fine with swift point guardTy… Read full this story
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