Denver Nuggets

By bhochman@denverpost.com (By Benjamin Hochman / The Denver Post) The Nuggets ain't bad. Here's a play that sums up why. In Tuesday night's game against Toronto, Carmelo Anthony received a pass on the right wing and cruised by his defender.

By psaunders@denverpost.com (By Patrick Saunders / The Denver Post) Nuggets advance scout Chad Iske has the NBA at his fingertips.

By bhochman@denverpost.com (By Benjamin Hochman / The Denver Post) Alex English. He raised the bar as high as his retired number hangs in the Pepsi Center rafters. The Nuggets' all-time leading scorer — by 5,000-plus points. He scored bunches in bunches.

Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and reserve J.R. Smith had 29, leading the Denver Nuggets past the Toronto Raptors 130-112 on Tuesday night.

By bhochman@denverpost.com (Benjamin Hochman / The Denver Post / ) With his retired number in the Pepsi Center rafters, Nuggets legend Alex English watched Tuesday night as Carmelo Anthony played like, well, Alex English.

L.A. Lakers at Denver It's on national TV because it's going to be the best game. I can try to be the...

By editor@denverpost.com (By The Associated Press / ) The NBA says the review that overturned a winning shot by Chicago's Brad Miller against the Nuggets on Tuesday was correct and handled appropriately.

Chauncey Billups hit the go-ahead free throw with six-tenths of a second left and the Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls 90-89 on Tuesday night after a potential winning jumper by Brad Miller was overturned following a replay review.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA says the review that overturned a winning shot by Chicago's Brad Miller was correct and handled appropriately.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) -- Chauncey Billups hit the go-ahead free throw with six-tenths of a second left and the Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls 90-89 on Tuesday night after a potential winning jumper by Brad Miller was overturned following a replay review.

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) -- Jamal Crawford scored 25 points, and Josh Smith had 22 points, nine rebounds, six blocked shots and seven assists in the Atlanta Hawks' 125-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.

Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony woke up the unbeaten Nuggets in a 44-point third quarter and Denver continued its best start since 1985-86 with a 122-94 victory over the winless New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.

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By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) About a minute and a half after the Detroit Pistons acquired Allen Iverson from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess (the Pistons later re-signed McDyess after the Nuggets released him), Dave Berri--of Wages of Wins/True Hoop fame--blamed every ill in the Detroit metro area on Iverson. When I posted some comments on Berri's site pointing out that it was not fair or logical to hold Iverson entirely responsible for the Pistons' record considering that the Pistons were without McDyess' services for a month, that they had a new coach and that they foolishly decided to bench either Iverson or Richard Hamilton so that Rodney Stuckey could start, Berri's dittohead idiot followers came out of the woodwork...   [read the full post]

By bhochman@denverpost.com (By Benjamin Hochman / The Denver Post) Doug Moe, who used to shoot into a peach basket, told George Karl that Anthony Carter is the "worst good player he's ever seen."

By cdempsey@denverpost.com (By Chris Dempsey / The Denver Post) The Nuggets will be without one of their best players, J.R. Smith, for their first seven games.

While the top teams in the Western Conference bolstered their rosters by adding big name free agents, the Denver Nuggets largely stayed the course. That's because they think the nucleus of a championship squad is already in place. "We're good," Kenyon Martin said Friday. "I think other tea...

By Nugg Doctor(scallywg31@aol.com) Denver-CO) The Denver Nuggets have a golden opportunity tonight to extend their current winning streak to four games for the third time this season against the woeful Wizards. Washington is tied with the Clippers for the league’s worst team, record-wise, at 10-39 and have lost seven of t...

By Nugg Doctor(scallywg31@aol.com) With San Antonio starting the game without it’s presumed starting five the Nuggets decided to change things up as well. George Karl, finally, started J.R. Smith without giving even the announcers a word of the decision before game time. And in another surprise, Renaldo Balkman started for K...

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) No mercy," Kobe Bryant instructed his teammates during a second half timeout when the L.A. Lakers already enjoyed a double digit lead over the Denver Nuggets and they followed his advice, rolling to a 119-92 game six victory in the Western Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive season. The Lakers are the first team to make it to the Finals in back to back years since the Detroit Pistons did it in 2004 and 2005. As ESPN analysts Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy noted, Bryant's words resonated with the Lakers because Bryant backed up his talk with actions, producing game-high totals in points (35) and assists (10) while also grabbing six rebounds, making all nine of his free throws and authoring symmetrical 6-10...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman(Doc319@yahoo.com) Carmelo Anthony led the Nuggets with 31 points but he shot just 9-23 from the field and did not score for a 12 minute stretch spanning the third and fourth quarters as the Lakers took control with a 23-5 run; during that crucial time, ESPN's Mark Jackson said, "The question for (Denver Coach) George Karl is, 'Where is Carmelo Anthony?' You need a guy offensively to stop the bleeding." Chauncey Billups had a quiet 12 points and five assists while Kenyon Martin added 12 points but shot just 6-15 from the field as the Lakers invited him to keep shooting his patented no-arc jump shots and awkward runners. J.R. Smith, apparently believing that his salary is linked to three point field goal attempts per minute, shot 1-10 from three point range; this is...   [read the full post]

By rss@youtube.com (1EDmanLV) NEW ORLEANS, January 28,2009(AP) -- Devin Brown hadn't played much lately. He had been taking extra shots after practice, trying to be ready to come through when called upon. Moving up in the rotation after a first-half injury to Morris Peterson, Brown hit 6-of-7 shots, including all thre...

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By rss@youtube.com (1EDmanLV) DENVER, January 15,2009(AP) -- Chauncey Billups shook off the flu long enough to help put away the Phoenix Suns. Billups scored five of his game-high 26 points in overtime and the Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 119-113 on Thursday night. Nene had 17 points and 14 rebounds and Kenyon Ma...

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Jason Quick of The Oregonian: "If there has ever been a finer performance at the Rose Garden, somebody find it, because no one who was in attendance Thursday night will ever believe there was a greater game played than that of Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy. Roy scored 52 points -- the secon...

By scallywg31@aol.com (Nugg Doctor) Boulder-CO) Oh Captain, my Captain what has become of you? The Denver Nuggets meet a familiar foe tonight as they have traveled to the city of angels to take on "The Captain", Marcus Camby, and the new look Clippers. Unfortunately, the new look Clippers are up to their old tricks despite spe...

By noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) Overreact here, Celtics fall to Nuggets Celtics at Nuggets in pictures Worcester Telegram Nuggets bounce Celtics Hoopsworld Anthony, Nuggets hand Celtics first home loss Celtics-Nuggets pregame TSN It's Celtics-Lakers in a two horse race Kenyon, oh Kenyon, where for art thou?

By Doc319@yahoo.com (David Friedman) Some people may believe that the Nuggets came out ahead in the Billups-Allen Iverson trade but Denver's 3-0 record prior to the Cleveland game was fool's gold: a close home win against a struggling Dallas team followed by victories over the lottery bound Grizzlies and Bobcats. I didn't expect the Nuggets to make the playoffs even with Iverson and my initial thought was that the trade would not change things that much--but after watching Denver play (not just in this game but also in the previous ones) it seems distinctly possible that the Nuggets will be worse off in the short term, never mind that their long term prospects are crippled by the poor salary cap management that made the owner feel compelled to dump Marcus Camby and buy out Anto...   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) Before this season began, did you believe that the Detroit Pistons had a very good chance to win the Eastern Conference? Did you think that the Denver Nuggets could even make the playoffs in the Western Conference, let alone advance past the first round? If you answered "yes" to either of those questions then you are apparently more optimistic than the general managers of those franchises: the 2008-09 season is not even a week old and those teams have agreed to swap All-Star guards, with Detroit sending 2004 NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb to Denver for 2001 regular season MVP Allen Iverson.   [read the full post]

By Basketbawful Fun Facts: The original Denver Nuggets were founded in 1948 (as part of the National Basketball League) and then disbanded in 1950 (just one year into the NBA-NBL merger). Denver has a storied history of playing awful defense, highlighted by the 1990-91 squad that gave up 130.8 PPG. In fact,...

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) Any Denver fans who entertained notions that Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson would ever lead the Nuggets to playoff glory received a very rude awakening when Nuggets management "traded" starting center Marcus Camby to the L.A. Clippers for the right to swap second round draft picks in 2010. Camby is 34 years old but he is still a highly productive player: he won the 2007 Defensive Player of the Year Award and he has led the NBA in blocked shots the past three seasons and four times overall during his 12 year career. Last season, Camby averaged a career-high 13.1 rpg to rank second in the league. He has been selected to the All-Defensive Team for four straight seasons, including First Team nods in 2007 and 2008.   [read the full post]

By podcast@nuggetshoops.com (aswitzer) June 9th - Jermaine O’Neal to Denver for Marcus Camby and Kenyon Martin: All-Stars Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson need a sidekick in Denver who can score in the low post. Camby will block shots and rebound — 13.3 a game last season. Martin’s injury problems — he played only two games in the 20...

By noreply@blogger.com (Nugg Doctor) Boulder-CO) Well, this is it. This is the last Player Report Card of the season and it belongs to Allen Iverson. Bubba Chuck had another tremendous season this year for the Nuggets while coming in tops in the league in minutes played at 41.8 minutes per game, third in the league in scoring at 26.4...

The Lakers Forward talks about sweeping the Nuggets and a possible round 2 matchup.

By David Friedman The Nuggets shot just 32-86 (.372) from the field, with their All-Stars Carmelo Anthony (16 points on 5-22 field goal shooting) and Allen Iverson (15 points on 5-16 field goal shooting) leading the way in both points and missed shots. After the game, Anthony bluntly stated what anyone watching the game could plainly see: "We quit." He hastened to add that he included himself in that assessment and that he was not singling out anyone in particular but just like there is something wrong with the Suns laying an egg in game three at home versus the Spurs there is something wrong with the Nuggets just quitting in game three at home versus the Lakers. The issue is not even so much the outcome of the game or the series but just the total lack of professiona...   [read the full post]

By Adam Lauridsen The Killer Instinct - We know that the Warriors as a team had it at one time.  We saw it from Davis, Jackson, Barnes and Richardson during the playoff run last season.  Thursday night, however, it was Iverson who looked like the unstoppable force on the court, willing to pick his team up and car...

After getting drilled twice by Denver the Sonics get a big, double-overtime win over the Nuggets on Sunday night at KeyArena. Ron Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal talks to Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley about the team’s future.

By David Friedman An 8-0 run in the last 1:25 enabled the Denver Nuggets to beat the Phoenix Suns 126-120, earning a split in their back to back meetings and moving them past Golden State into the eighth spot in the Western Conference. Allen Iverson scored a game-high 31 points on 9-18 shooting from the field and 11-11 free throw shooting. He also had three assists and two steals. Carmelo Anthony had 25 points, eight rebounds and four assists but he also committed eight turnovers. J.R. Smith again provided scoring punch off of the bench (17 points in 28 minutes). Leandro Barbosa, who has moved into the starting lineup recently due to Grant Hill's groin injury, led Phoenix with 27 points. Amare Stoudemire contributed 25 points and 10 rebounds, though he also had six t...   [read the full post]

By Atma Brother ONE For Warriors fans it was one of those nights. Take your pick of evils: Getting blown out by the San Antonio Spurs.Slipping down to the 9th spot with tonight's Nuggets win against the Suns in Denver. Check out Nuggets Slip Past Suns (126-120) [Bright Side of the Sun] and Pickaxe and Roll for more....

By David Friedman Small forward Grant Hill spent a lot of time chasing around Iverson, which left shooting guard Raja Bell to deal with Carmelo Anthony, who pushed Bell all over the court, snaring 13 rebounds--including six on the offensive glass--and scoring 30 points. At times, Anthony seemed to have a look of disbelief on his face that Bell was trying to guard him. Clearly, the Suns could have used Marion here but since the Suns no longer have him they have to take better advantage of the mismatches that are in their favor, such as O'Neal posting up much smaller defenders like Marcus Camby, Kenyon Martin and Eduardo Najera. The Suns have another 21 games to get used to each other before the playoffs begin and in the postseason they will have at least a day off be...   [read the full post]

By Eric Williams Former Seattle SuperSonics head whistle blower, and current Denver Nuggets coach George Karl is back in town with the Nuggets taking on the Sonics tonight. Starters for Denver are Allen Iverson, Anthony Carter, Kenyon Martin, Carmelo Anthony and Marcus Camby.

By FLCeltsFan Here are some comments found around the Nuggets' boards during their game with the Celtics. One theme ran through both the Nuggets' and Celtics boards. The refs really were terrible. We can't even guard Derek Fisher when we play the Lakers, how can we guard RAY ALLEN, PAUL PIERCE & KG ALL AT ONCE? Impossible for the Nuggets.. Anyone else think the Celtics are thugs and even though they called a lot of fouls against them easily they could have called twice as many. Is this because the Celtics are a team the "NBA" wants to win??? Another reason I think the league has it in for the Nuggets. A very good game against the Celtics. We're the only west team that could get a win against em. Nice effort.   [read the full post]

By David Friedman There were many interesting storylines and subplots in this game. The Nuggets came in averaging 106.6 ppg (fourth in the NBA) and the Lakers were right behind them (106.1 ppg, fifth in the NBA), so the resulting shootout is hardly a surprise. However, as ESPN's Jon Barry noted, Denver should clearly be the superior team: "I don't think there's a more talented roster in the NBA." The Nuggets have a former MVP (Iverson), a perennial All-Star (Anthony), the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Marcus Camby), a former number one overall draft pick (Kenyon Martin) and several other talented role players, yet something is clearly missing with this group. Even granting that Bryant is the best player in the league, the Nuggets have the deeper and m...   [read the full post]

By David Friedman Bryant sat out the first 6:09 of the second quarter and Denver pushed the lead to as much as 38-21. TNT's Doug Collins talked about how Kwame Brown's injury has had a domino effect, moving Andrew Bynum (12 points, 13 rebounds) into the starting lineup and upsetting the chemistry of the bench. Collins has a point but would a truly good team be that dependent on the contributions of a career journeyman like Brown? The answer to that question is obviously, "No." Bynum is an improving player but he is still inconsistent. Take a good look at the Lakers' top six players other than Bryant in terms of minutes played per game: Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher, Andrew Bynum, Luke Walton, Jordan Farmar, Vladimir Radmanovic. How many of those guys would be a top seven...   [read the full post]

Marcus Camby wanted to help the U.S. Team qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but the Denver Nuggets star is putting his family before the flag.

By podcast@nuggetshoops.com (aswitzer) We shall see what next week brings. I’ve waffled back and forth many times in the past week or so on whether I really want to see AI in a Nuggets uniform. At this point, even with the loss of Melo, I like our guys, and don’t think that bringing in AI is the right move, because I don’t think he guarante...

By mspears@denverpost.com (Marc J. Spears) Washington - Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin ran wind sprints on the Washington Wizards' practice court Tuesday. Tonight, Martin hopes to be running up and down the Detroit Pistons' home court during the game. After running the past three days, Martin intends to return to action tonight if...