Kosta Koufos News
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Konstantine Demetrios Koufos (Kosta) ▪ Twitter : @kostakoufos
Position: Center ▪ Shoots: RightHeight: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 265 lbs.
Born: February 24 , 1989 in Canton, Ohio
High School: GlenOak in Canton, Ohio
College: Ohio State University
Draft: Utah Jazz , 1st round (23rd pick, 23rd overall), 2008 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 1, 2008
Age: 24 years, 115 days ▪ Experience: 5 yearsD-League: 15 G, 17.6 PPG, 8.9 RPG, 1.8 APG (Full Record )
News -- May 2013
5/19 Celtics Life: Which teams does Kevin Garnett put over the top? Breaking down potential KG trades :
Today is Kevin Garnett's birthday.
I have known KG's birthday for as long as I can remember, because I share the same ...
5/2 Nugg Love: Denver Nuggets ride momentum into Oakland for Game 6 : It’s not the situation most expected, but the Nuggets will again fight for their very lives Thursday night in Golden State’s ...
News -- April 2013
4/30 HoopsHabit: Golden State Warriors: How They’ve Won Without David Lee : Entering the playoffs, I thought the Denver Nuggets had [...]The post Golden State Warriors: How They’ve Won Without David ...
4/29 numberFire: Denver Nuggets' Issues: Guard D and Offensive Rebounding : It's a team effort to drop three straight to a Lee-less Warriors, and both the big men and the guards have played a part.See More
Ty ...
4/25 HoopsHabit: Denver Nuggets: 5 Biggest Offseason Priorities : Even though the Denver Nuggets won 57 games this season, moves need to be made in the offseason.The post Denver Nuggets: 5 Biggest ...
4/23 NBA Injury News: Nuggets’ Kenneth Farried ‘probably won’t start’ Game 2 : Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried will play in today’s Game 2 matchup against the Golden State Warriors, but coach George ...
4/19 Hoop Files: Contender Profile: Denver Nuggets : As the season winds to a close I will be reviewing the teams that can legitimately challenge for the title. I will focus on 9 ...
4/18 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors Preview : The Denver Nuggets completed the best season since the [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Denver Nuggets vs. Golden State Warriors ...
4/11 HoopsHabit: Denver Nuggets: Grading Players’ Performance : The Denver Nuggets are on the verge of breaking the team record for wins this season. There were several different expectations ...
4/6 HoopsHabit: Denver Nuggets: Best And Worst First Round Matchups : The seeding in the Western Conference playoffs could go down to the last day of the season with the Denver Nuggets battling for ...
News -- March 2013
3/23 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 70 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Denver Nuggets Previewing tonight's match-up between the Kings and Nuggets...
3/21 Spreadsheet Sports: Thursday 3-21 NBA Fanduel Analytics : Please see Introducing the Spreadsheet-Sports Daily Fantasy Sports Analytics System for more information on how these rankings ...
3/19 The Wages of Wins Journal: How to be upset with a win starring Wilson Chandler Dre examines Wilson Chandler's excellent game against Chicago and why it makes him unhappy....
3/7 HoopsHabit: Denver Nuggets: Can they win the Western Conference? : The Denver Nuggets are a young squad on a serious quest [...]The post Denver Nuggets: Can they win the Western Conference? appeared ...
3/5 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 62 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets Previewing tonight's match-up between the Kings and Nuggets...
3/4 Hickory-High: Game of the Week: Los Angeles Clippers at Denver Nuggets : The Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers are the cream of the league at this point. ...
3/1 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Nuggets (3/1/13) : With Oklahoma City dominating the Hornets in rebounding, OKC may be starting to turn a corner on its main weakness. The real test ...
3/1 Hickory-High: Video Playbook: George Karl’s ‘enver Nuggets : While their fast pace may not translate into postseason success, there are few teams that are more entertaining to watch ...
News -- February 2013
2/25 The Wages of Wins Journal: Sloan Paper Reviews: “The Dwight Effect” : Dre reviews Kirk Goldsberry and Eric Weiss' paper on interior defense that they will be presenting at this years Sloan Analytics ...
2/25 Spreadsheet Sports: Monday 2-25 NBA Fanduel Analytics : Please see Introducing the Spreadsheet-Sports Daily Fantasy Sports Analytics System for more information on how these rankings ...
2/23 The Wages of Wins Journal: Karl Watch: February 22nd at Washington Dre reviews another terrible performance by George Karl....
2/14 Hickory-High: 2013 NBA Anti-Awards: Mid-Season Review : Rolling into the All-Star break of this wild season it’s time to check in on the favorites for The NBA Anti-Awards. These ...
2/10 The Wages of Wins Journal: Karl Watch: February 9th 2012 at Cleveland Another in depth analysis of the terrible terrible coaching that is George Karl. ...
2/7 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 2/7/13 : With only two games today, Nate Robinson and his Bulls are free to dominate our list.See More
Jimmy Butler
Robert Sacre
Kobe ...
2/7 numberFire: Denver is the NBA's Most Well-Rounded Team : Or at least, so sayeth the stats and John Hollinger's Player Efficiency Rating formula.See More
Kenneth Faried
Danilo Gallinari
Kosta ...
2/6 The Wages of Wins Journal: Karl Watch: February 5th versus the Milwaukee Bucks Dre examines the Nuggets recent win against the Bucks and how George Karl should be ashamed of himself....
News -- January 2013
1/26 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 45 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Denver Nuggets Looking ahead to tonight's match-up between the Kings and Nuggets...
1/26 NBA Injury News: Nuggets Rumors: Denver Expected to Trade Timofey Mozgov : The Denver Nuggets are expected to trade center Timofey Mozgov prior to next month’s NBA trade deadline, according to Christopher ...
1/21 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : As mentioned in the previous edition of the Weekly Stats Recap, the suggested #StatStudy for this week was orchestrated ...
1/21 The Wages of Wins Journal: Karl Watch: January 20th 2013 vs. the Thunder Dre examines Karl's "win" against the Thunder and asks how well George Karl coached....
1/19 The Wages of Wins Journal: Karl Watch: January 18th vs. Washington Wizards Dre examines George Karl's terrible coaching in what may become a regular piece at the Wages of Wins....
1/18 HoopsHabit: Denver Nuggets: The Big Men Leading The Way : After a rough start–caused mostly by an extremely difficult early schedule which included a ton of road games–the ...
1/16 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/Nuggets (1/16/13) : It's all about the putbacks and the offensive rebounding in the Mile High, led by Kenneth Faried.See More
Kevin Durant
Kenneth ...
1/9 numberFire: NBA Playoff Projections Watch: January 9 : Fans in LakerLand are starting to sweat a bit. But for now, our playoff projections have them solidly on one side of the line.See ...
1/4 The Wages of Wins Journal: Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets: More of the Same Dre recaps another NBA game he attended and brings up a po**** gripe he has - George Karl's bad coaching....
1/3 NBA Jerks: NBA Week 10 Fantasy NBA Stock Market: Vin-Sanity : The NBA takes it easy around the holidays so there just isn’t a whole lot for fantasy day traders to act on. Luckily, we ...
News -- December 2012
12/26 Como Juega: Showtime Clippers : EL PARTIDO Tras su reciente victoria ante Denver, los Clippers hoy se encuentran en una situación impensada hasta hace solo un ...
12/24 NBA Jerks: Week 9 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Tinsley Town : There is nothing that gives me more pleasure than picking up a guy I remember having on my fantasy basketball team back in high ...
12/24 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : This week’s study was suggested by college basketball guru and FSWA (Fantasy Sports Writers Association) gate keeper ...
12/16 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 23 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets Previewing today's home matinee between the Kings and Nuggets...
12/6 The Wages of Wins Journal: Calling Foul on George Karl: Strategies from Scorecasting Dre reviews the strategy of sitting your star in foul trouble and how it can bite you in a four point loss by the Nuggets...
News -- November 2012
11/30 Z krainy NBA: Thriller w Oakland : Już po raz trzeci w tym sezonie Warriors i Nuggets stoczyli arcyciekawy i emocjonujący pojedynek. W dwóch pierwszych spotkaniach ...
11/26 Dancing With Noah: November Observations: I’ll be watching you, Newton : We’re not even a full month into the season, so it’s not like there’s this deep well of meaningful observations on this ...
11/7 The Wages of Wins Journal: Why I Still Don’t Like George Karl Dre rants yet again about the inexplicably bad coaching of George Karl....
11/6 Gothic Ginobili: Player Capsules 2012, #256-258: Kosta Koufos, Luol Deng, Nick Young : As our summer mainstay, Aaron was writing a 370-part series discussing almost every notable player who was -- as of last season ...
News -- October 2012
News -- September 2012
9/12 The Wages of Wins Journal: Are Coaches Playing the Right Players? Ari Caroline examines how NBA teams play their players and where this is the right decision. Continue reading →...
9/5 HoopsHabit: Denver Nuggets 2012-13 NBA Preview : Denver Nuggets 2011-12 Vitals: 38-28, 2nd in Northwest Division, 6th in Western Conference 104.1 PPG/101.2 OPP PPG 2012-13 Roster: ...
9/4 The Wages of Wins Journal: Attacking the Center: Ari Caroline Reveals the NBA’s Blind Spot Ari Caroline reveals the blind side of NBA teams when it comes to evaluating centers. Continue reading →...
News -- May 2012
5/13 The Wages of Wins Journal: At least Denver didn’t go out like a punk Dre reviews how the Nuggets went down swinging to the Lakers. Continue reading →...
5/4 The Hoops Manifesto: Book Review: Don't Put Me In Coach : Walk-on benchwarmers have a special kinship amongst them, so it's not surprising that I enjoyed Mark Titus's Don't Put Me In Coach. ...
5/3 The Hoops Manifesto: Book Review: Don't Put Me In Coach : Walk-on benchwarmers have a special kinship amongst them, so it's not surprising that I enjoyed Mark Titus's Don't Put Me In Coach. ...
News -- March 2012
3/7 The Wages of Wins Journal: Introducing Points over Par! Arturo and Dre put Wins Produced in terms of points to help you understand game by game splits. Continue reading →...
News -- January 2012
1/27 Z krainy NBA: Podpisują, nie podpisują :
25 stycznia był ostatnim dniem dla graczy z draftu 2008 na przedłużenie debiutanckich umów ze swoimi klubami. Kilku graczy ...
News -- September 2011
9/18 Z krainy NBA: Raport z Eurobasketu – cz. 3 :
Wczorajszego dnia 4 kolejne zespoły zakończyły swoją przygodę z Eurobasketem 2011 – Litwa, Grecja, Serbia i Słowenia. ...
News -- July 2011
7/12 BBR Blog: 2012 APBRmetric Player Rankings: By Position : As a follow-up to this afternoon's list of the Top 593 Players of 2012, here's a positional breakdown for the 452 players who ...
News -- June 2011
6/22 A Substitute for War: NBA Mock Draft Version 2.0 – With pre draft grades and comparisons : This will be my final mock draft unless a game changing trade occurs. The picks are based on what I have heard through the usual ...
News -- April 2011
4/22 BBR Blog: Playoff RAPM Power Rankings : What happens if you create power rankings using Jeremias Engelmann's 4-year Regularized Plus-Minus ratings (the most predictive ...
4/16 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #4 Oklahoma City vs. #5 Denver : Oklahoma City Thunder 55-27, 1st in NBA Northwest Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Scott Brooks (55-27) PTS/G: 104.8 (5th ...