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Based in Denver, Colorado, The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Franchise history
Early years
Denver Nuggets NBA was originally scheduled to play in Kansas City, Missouri before moving to Denver. They were named Denver Larks before they changed their name and became the Denver Rockets for their first seven years of existence, winning division titles in 1970,1975, and 1976. The name "Rockets" was derived from the Rocket Trucking Company, owned by the team's owner and having the same colors (orange and black).
1980s
Brown left the Denver Nuggets basketball team in 1979, helping usher in decline in their team's performance. It ended in 1981, when they hired Doug Moe as a head coach. Moe brought a "run and gun" philosophy, a style of play focusing on attempting to score rapidly with little interest in defense, and helped the team become highly competitive. During the 1980s, Denver Nuggets often scored in excess of 115 points a game, and during the 1981-82 season, they scored at least 100 points in every game.
1990s
Moe left the Denver Nuggets in 1990, and was replaced by Paul Westhead. Westhead also believed in a "run and gun" style of play, and gave the green light for players like Michael Adams and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf to light up the scoreboards within seconds of possession.
However, Westhead cared even less about defense than Moe so, while the Denver Nuggets set more scoring records, they also set records for points surrendered. They finished with the worst record in the league for two seasons in a row.
Present
Denver Nuggets games has shown signs of another renaissance for the 2003-04 season, with the drafting of Carmelo Anthony and yet another uniform color change (powder blue and yellow). In just two months of the season, they recorded more wins than they had in 5½ months of play in 2002-03. Much of the reason for this victories were the front-office moves of General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe, a former Denver Nuggets player who assumed General Manager duties August 9, 2001, adding crucial personnel including: point guard Andre Miller, power forward Nenê, point guard Earl Boykins, center Marcus Camby and shooting guard Jon Barry. In April, the turnaround was complete, as they became the first franchise in NBA history to qualify for the postseason following a sub-20-win campaign the previous year. They were eliminated in the first round four games to one by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
On December 28, 2004, head coach Jeff Bzdelik was fired from the organization and replaced by interim coach, former Los Angeles Laker player and Los Angeles Sparks head coach Michael Cooper, before finally hiring veteran coach George Karl as a permanent replacement. Karl led the team to an amazing record of 32-8 in the second half of the regular season, which vaulted the Denver Nuggets into the playoffs for the second successive year.
In the playoffs, however, the Denver Nuggets could not survive the powerhouse defense of Manu Ginobili and the San Antonio Spurs. After winning game one in San Antonio, they proceeded to lose the next four games and lost the series 4-1. Denver Nuggets picked 20th in the 2005 NBA Draft; it was acquired from Washington via Orlando.
In 2005-06, for the first time in 18 years, the club won the Northwest division title, which placed the team in the third seed of the Western Conference playoffs. Due to their relatively weak record the Nuggets were forced to play the Los Angeles Clippers who, despite their 6th seeding, had a better record following a great season behind their NBA Most Valuable Player Award candidate Elton Brand. Based on their regular season records the LA Clippers received home court advantage. The Denver Nuggets in Denver 98-87 won game 3.
On, December 18, 2006, Denver Nuggets co-captain, Carmelo Anthony, shooting guard J.R. Smith, and power forward Nene were suspended by the NBA in the last two minutes of a game against the New York Knicks two days earlier. Knicks rookie Mardy Collins sparked the fight, when he tackled J.R. Smith on a breakaway lay-up.
"Something to Cheer for"
On December 19, 2006, the Denver Nuggets team traded Joe Smith, Andre Miller, and two first-round draft picks in the 2007 draft to the Philadelphia 76ers for players Allen Iverson and Ivan McFarlin, thus landing the Nuggets the top two scorers in the league at the time in Anthony, and Iverson. On January 11, 2007, Earl Boykins, Julius Hodge, and cash considerations were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for point guard Steve Blake.
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