KRIEGER: Nuggets' logic is all over the board

In NBA circles, Nuggets vice president Mark Warkentien has a new nickname. Actually, he has two. The sophisticated -- the ones who can name the year and the president -- call him Garry Kasparov. The rest go for Bobby Fischer because they don't know who Garry Kasparov is. In either case, the joke is the same. It is a reference to Warkentien's self-congratulatory declaration that he's playing chess, not checkers, when he trades center Marcus Camby to the Clippers for two rolls of athletic tape and a box of laundry soap. This is a deal that makes the much-criticized Grizzlies' giveaway of Pau Gasol to the Lakers last season look balanced by comparison. At least the Grizz got bodies and a couple of draft picks. In isolation, of course, Warkentien's spin has a grain of truth to it. The Nuggets could turn around and use the $10... [read full story]