Collingwood are canvassing a future without long-term AFL forward Travis Cloke, while guaranteeing his contract at the club in 2017.The power forward has been dropped for the third time this season ahead of the Magpies match on Friday night against the Western Bulldogs.In a wide-ranging interview with SEN radio, Collingwood football chief Neil Balme said the 29-year-old would be in black and white next season, but left the door open for a departure.Were committed to him, Balme said. He has a contract and were happy with him.Then Balme began thinking out loud.Who knows what can happen? Were all open to whatever is going to happen, he said.I can guarantee you he has a contract and were more than happy for that all to happen because thats what we entered into four years ago.Cloke, the fourth member of his family to play for Collingwood, signed a mega-money five-year deal in 2012 due to expire at the end of next season.But his goalkicking returns have diminished each year since 2013, coinciding with the Magpies slide down the AFL table.Cloke is likely to record his worst goalkicking return this season in a decade, contributing just 10 majors in his latest run of seven matches in the side.He bagged a four-goal haul in the Magpies best win of the season on the road against Greater Western Sydney in round 16.Balme suggested Collingwoods underperforming year meant all avenues for improvement would need to be looked at, including Cloke.Hes played okay but not okay enough and not quite doing what we think we need to do, he said.Theres pressure for us to perform as a team.We want him to play. We want him to play as well as he can. We know what he can do.But if hes not quite able to do it ... its chicken or egg. (Do) you wait for him? Or do we make a decision on it?Its not personal but its pretty tough. Its tough on him but its tough to make the decisions.On the same radio station, Essendon great Tim Watson said rivals Richmond should look to bring in Cloke to assist Jack Riewoldt with the goalkicking load.Travis has to prove that he is a consistent player again but you would have to look at him if you were Richmond, he said. Air Max Tn Plus Sverige . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Nike Vapormax Rea . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. http://www.airvapormaxsverige.com/vapormax-plus-rea/dam.html . 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NEW ORLEANS -- Denver coach Mike Malone decided the Nuggets should not in fact do whatever it takes to stop Anthony Davis.Instead, the Nuggets stuck to their usual defensive principles against New Orleans and it paid off -- barely.Jusuf Nurkic scored 23 points, Will Barton added 22, and Denver survived a dominant performance by Davis to defeat the Pelicans 107-102 in both teams regular season opener Wednesday night.When you play against a great player, you have a problem you need to answer: Are you going to shut him down and create problems elsewhere, or are you going to let him get his and hope nobody else goes off?, Malone said.Denver did the latter and Davis wound up with 50 points, 16 rebounds, seven steals, five assists and four blocks. His prolific play helped New Orleans trim a deficit as large as 14 late in the second quarter down to two points in the waning minutes.We gave them too many easy looks in the beginning of the game, Davis said. We gave ourselves a chance. Weve just got to play like we played in the third and fourth quarter in the beginning of the game.Davis didnt get much help offensively. The rest of the Pelicans combined to shoot 21 of 58.Tim Frazier scored 15 for the Pelicans. ETwaun Moore added 10 points, but missed a 3-point attempt that could have tied it with 24 seconds left.Danilo Gallinari scored 15 for Denver, Wilson Chandler added 12 points and Kenneth Faried finished with 14 rebounds -- six on the offensive end to help Denver finished with a 14-3 advantage in second-chance points.Denver built its largest lead when Barton hit a 3 and a layup to spark a 9-2 run that made 60-46 in the final minute of the second quarter.I was just trying to be aggressive, staying in attack mode, whether Im scoring for myself of making plays for others, Barton said.The Nuggets still led by 10, at 87-77, when Kenneth Farieds 5-foot hook shot opened scoring in the fourth quarter, but New Orleans managed to keep its deficit within single digits most of the final period. Davis pulled the Pelicans as close as 100-98 when he cut into the lane for a layup with 2:32 to go.Davis didnt fault his teammattes for the loss, saying their shot selection was decent but that they missed shots they often make.dddddddddddd He was more inclined to criticize himself for a few missed shots from close range and his late turnover.Im going to have to -- probably not 50 every night -- but try to get somewhere along those lines every game to give ourselves a chance, Davis said.ROOKIE DEBUTSNuggets rookie guard Jamal Murray, taken seventh overall in last summers draft -- one spot behind Pelicans rookie Buddy Hield -- played 13 minutes and was 0 of 2 shooting, finishing with a point on a free throw. Hield missed the first three shots of his NBA career before scoring his first points on a driving layup. He finished with four points on 2 of 8 shooting in nearly 17 minutes off the bench.OFF THE MARKBoth teams let fly frequently from 3-point range, but often inaccurately. Denver missed 16 of 24 from deep. The Pelicans made only three of 19.TIP-INSNuggets: Between Gallinari, Nikola Jokic and the 7-foot- Nurkic, Denver opened the game with three players 6-10 or taller on the floor at a time when a number of teams are favoring smaller lineups that feature the quicker, more versatile players on their rosters. Obviously the trend is going away from what we do, but were not worried about what the trends are, Malone said. Were going to do what we think is best for us, but within our game youll see a lot of different lineups.Pelicans: Before the game, the Pelicans wore black T-shirts during warm-ups honoring Bryce Dejean-Jones, who was fatally shot last May when he forced his way into an apartment that he had mistaken for that of his girlfriend. The shirts had the letters BDJ on the chest with Dejean-Jones No. 31 underneath. Its unfortunate what happened the fact that hes not with us any longer, but he was part of our family and we just wanted to do something to pay tribute to him, Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said.UP NEXTNuggets: Host Portland on Saturday night.Pelicans: Host Golden State on Friday night. ' ' '