Secret Weapon

Remember when I said the Nuggets need another big man? Well, I don't. But it sounds like something I would have said. Plus, after Nene's injury and K-Mart's insanity, we were looking at a long search for a new post player.

That search is over.

Shawn Kemp, now 36 years old and light-years removed from his glory days, attended the Nuggets' free agent camp in hopes of making an NBA comeback. He'll turn things around. Um, right?

"I've always appreciated basketball," Kemp said. "I never tried to disrespect the game. That's why I stepped to the side a couple years ago to get my focus back to see if I really wanted to put the effort into basketball."

In other words, this is a love of the game comeback. I wanted to make a joke about paying child support in six different languages, but this is serious business. Anyway, I'm glad Kemp doesn't want to disrespect the game, because I can't think of anything he's done that could be misconstrued that way.

In Kemp's defense, he's played well against NBA-level competition. Sort of.

In scrimmages over the last three days, Kemp held his own against younger post players and blocked a shot by 6-foot-11 Geoff Husted with authority as Husted entered the lane.

He blocked Geoff Husted? No way! I don't remember Ben Wallace ever rejecting Geoff Husted. Here's a picture of Husted doing a little shot-blocking of his own-if Kemp can go toe-to-toe with that guy, we're in great shape.

We'd better act fast.

Kemp said there are other teams interested in his services, but the Nuggets are definitely on his radar.

"I look forward to hearing from them [Denver]," Kemp said.