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Having Kleiza withdrawl? …
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Well, check it out – on Saturday at 11 a.m. mountain time, NBA-TV is airing a game featuring Linas Kleiza’s new team, Olympiacos. The former Nugget will play against a team called Efes Pilsen in a Euroleague matchup also featuring former NBA players Von Wafer and Bostjan Nachbar...
George Karl on Allen Iverson
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Nuggets coach George Karl always respected Allen Iverson. Though Iverson’s defense and passing decisions were sometimes suspect, the fact is, Denver managed to win 50 games during Iverson’s lone full season with the Nuggets, in 2007-08. But a little over a year after the Iverson...
Lawson Entertains Rookie of the Year Talk
6 days ago by
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Milwaukee’s Brandon Jennings is at the top of the list, without question.
Ty Lawson, however, is playing himself into any conversation there may be going forward in the race for NBA Rookie of the Year.
And yes, the small-in-stature, large-in-heart Nuggets’ point guard has thought...
Inside the NBA: Bynum Set Sights on Being Among Elite
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If certain greatness has a size and shape, it might look something like Andrew Bynum.
Nuggets coach George Karl turned on video tape L.A. Lakers center and nearly fell out of his chair.
“On video he looks so big,” Karl said of the 7-foot, 285-pound Bynum. “I don’t know if he...
Nuggets Week in Review (Nov. 9- Nov. 15)
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For the first time this early season, Carmelo Anthony started to feel the heat from opposing teams junking up defenses and using different tactics to try and stop him. And those defenses worked a bit insofar as it took Anthony more shots to score his points.
But the Nuggets’ star...
Ty Law versus Ty Lawson
13 days ago by
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Ty Law versus Ty Lawson
Team: Denver Broncos / Denver Nuggets
Height: 5-11 / 5-11
Weight: around 200 pounds / around 200 pounds
Real first name: Tajuan / Tywon
Drafted: first round, 23rd overall / first round, 18th overall
Age: 35 / 22
Position: cornerback / point guard
Championships...
Around the NBA: Indiana’s Granger looking to lead
13 days ago by
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INDIANAPOLIS – Danny Granger deserves your attention.
But what he wants most is the attention of his teammates.
In a league that relentlessly promotes its star players, Granger is one of the last, true mostly unknown primetime players. Part of it lies in the fact that he toils for...
Nuggets Week in Review (Nov. 2 – Nov. 8)
13 days ago by
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The Nuggets started a six-game road trip last week and did so with a bang, getting wins at Indiana and New Jersey. They fizzled at the end of the week, getting beat at Miami and Atlanta. This week they finish at Chicago and Milwaukee.
Adding injury to insult was the loss of Kenyon...
Birdman getting it done – without flash
16 days ago by
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A new version of Chris Andersen is starting to emerge this season, one without the game-in, game-out flash.
But one just as effective. Maybe moreso.
His blocks – the staple of his game – are down, but his rebounds have held steady. His minutes are up. His free throw percentage...
Catching up with Eduardo Najera
16 days ago by
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Though Eduardo Najera has been gone from the Nuggets for two seasons, when his Nets faced Denver on Wednesday it was actually the first time he’d faced his former team since he left in the summer of 2008. Injuries kept him out of both games against the...
The unusual circumstance of Balkman’s extension
17 days ago by
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – All any player wants is a real chance to show his worth.
The irony of Renaldo Balkman’s contract extension with the Nuggets last week is he really hasn’t had an ample opportunity to show his. He played 780 out of a possible 3,936 regular season minutes...
Around the NBA: Patience with Youth
20 days ago by
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Memphis coach Lionel Hollins looks around the locker room and sees a bunch of players that could be his sons.
Literally.
He is coaching one of the youngest teams in the NBA. Memphis has 11 players that are 24 years-old or younger. And with that comes the ebb and flow and growing pains...
Nuggets Week in Review (Oct. 26-No. 1)
20 days ago by
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After starting the season with wins against Utah and Portland, Sunday night’s game against Memphis was a small source of worry.
“Two big games, big big games,” guard Chauncey Billups said. “To start the season in a back-to-back situation and beat those two teams is huge for...
Billups on Mayo: “I know he’s going to be great”
20 days ago by
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Chauncey Billups isn’t yet the past, but he is teaching the future.
This summer, the Nuggets point guard worked with Memphis guard O.J. Mayo for a month in Las Vegas and came away impressed with one of the NBA’s brightest young stars.
“He’s a student,” Billups said. “That’s...
Video: Nuggets win 2009 season opener against Utah Jazz
24 days ago by
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The Denver Nuggets won their 2009 season opener Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, defeating the Utah Jazz 114-105 despite a slow start in the first half. Carmelo Anthony finished with a game-high 30 points, went 11-of-22 shooting, and got eight rebounds and five assists.
S-Jax is gamble Denver likely won’t make
October 23, 2009 by
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Stephen Jackson is a spectacular basketball player with a spectacularly explosive personality – one I don’t think will end up in powder blue. Crazier things have happened. But the Nuggets have worked especially hard at putting together a group of guys who have as much character...
S-Jax is gamble Denver likely won’t make
October 23, 2009 by
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Stephen Jackson is a spectacular basketball player with a spectacularly explosive personality – one I don’t think will end up in powder blue. Crazier things have happened. But the Nuggets have worked especially hard at putting together a group of guys who have as much character...
S-Jax is gamble Denver likely won’t make
October 23, 2009 by
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Stephen Jackson is a spectacular basketball player with a spectacularly explosive personality – one I don’t think will end up in powder blue. Crazier things have happened. But the Nuggets have worked especially hard at putting together a group of guys who have as much character...
Big men a big Nuggets’ problem?
October 22, 2009 by
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If there was one knock on the Nuggets roster last season, it was the relative lack of size.
It still is.
Nene – 6-11 – is at center. Chris Andersen – 6-10 – is the team’s main shot blocker. The Nuggets have just one player that stands 7-feet tall, and that’s little-used...
Warkentien: Nuggets not afraid to make future moves
October 20, 2009 by
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If you think the Nuggets organization would sit back and watch this season collapse without doing something about it personnel-wise, you would need to rethink that.
By a long shot.
Though Denver is expected to be one of the best teams in the NBA this season, Nuggets vice president...
Nuggets, Melo putting together best camp ever under Karl
October 15, 2009 by
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George Karl hasn’t seen much to write home about from his team during preseason games, but he’s got plenty to smile about anyway.
We’re talkin’ about practice.
This team is taking the every day sessions with a professional approach Karl has never seen from a Nuggets squad during...
GK 1,000
September 30, 2009 by
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In the backdrop of the possibility of George Karl getting a contract extension with the Denver Nuggets this season is a milestone that would make it all worth the hassle.
1,000 wins.
Friends and family have already broached the subject of Karl staying in the NBA at least until the...
Watch Nuggets practice live — NOW!
September 29, 2009 by
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This is pretty cool…each day the NBA’s website is showing a live look-in of training camp. Today is in Denver. http://www.nba.com/realtrainingcamp/
J.R. Smith starting? Not so fast
September 28, 2009 by
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Maybe J.R. Smith will start. Maybe he won’t.
This was never a clear-cut decision. Even should be in the eyes of Smith’s biggest fans, it isn’t with the person who matters most – his coach.
And this is what Nuggets coach George Karl says on the subject of inserting J.R. Smith...
Western Conference Predictions (because it’s never too early)
September 02, 2009 by
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Fifty-three NBA journalists from ESPN predicted their Western Conference rankings for the upcoming 2009-10 NBA season. The Nuggets “finished” fourth, with a predicted record of 51-31. That ain’t bad, considering the Lakers (1st) added Ron Artest, the Spurs (2nd) added Richard...
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