Possibly the worst ever pre-season game?

Tonight the Utah Jazz face off against their Northwest Division rivals, the Denver Nuggets in the Pepsi Center. This is a game that would usually be pretty interesting to watch. Unfortunately this game has a few things going against it. First of all, it's in the pre-season, and the major stars (Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Andrei Kirilenko have all been NBA All-Stars, and a guy who isn't, Deron Williams, just won a gold medal a few weeks ago) wouldn't be going at each other has hard. Secondly, there are just so many injuries that there will be stretches of this game where very little basketball will actually be enjoyable to watch.

Two of these four guys aren't playing tonight . . .

In a nutshell, this game has the potential to be really bad (especially for fans) because Utah and Denver are both so banged up (or slightly injured -- but injured enough not to play). Here are the players who are out for both teams:

Utah	Injuries			Denver	Injuries
Matt Harpring	Out	Ankle		Allen Iverson	Out/Doubtful	Sore Knee
Brevin Knight	Out	Sprained Left Thumb		Chris Andersen	Out	Calf
Jarron Collins	Out	Tendinitis Right Elbow		Steven Hunter	Out	Knee
Paul Millsap	Probable	Corneal Abrasion Poked eye		Sonny Weems	Out	Groin
Andrei Kirilenko	Game time decision	Sprained right finger		Chucky Atkins	Out	Knee
Ronnie Price	Game time decision	Bruised lower right leg		Carmelo Anthony	Probable	Calves, Finger
Gerry McNamara	Game time decision	Stomach flu

For the Jazz I think they can afford to have all of those guys rest save for either Price of McNamara -- we're going to need to have one other PG playing tonight. Can you imagine how interesting it could be to watch Deron Williams be backed up by CJ Miles (as the three other PGs on the team could be out of action)? Or for the Denver fans, how great is it going to be for them to drive to the arena, pay all this money, and then get to watch the Nene and K-Mart show? Thankfully, though, 'Melo looks to play and his Nugget's will have their hands full as the Jazz still run through Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer. The Jazz *should* win, but who is going to be able to handle Melo with both Andrei and Matt out?