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Nuggets out of playoffs: Twitter Nation responds

No, it wasn't a surprise the Nuggets lost 92-88 to the Warriors last night to get bounced in the NBA playoffs' first round -- again. But it was a gut-shot, since this was supposed to be the year the Nugs made a deep run. Who's to blame? Plenty of names come to mind, George Karl and GM Masai Ujiri a ... More >>

Punch Bowl takes a culinary jab at Warriors point guard Stephen Curry

Game six of the NBA playoff series between the Nuggets and the Golden State Warriors goes down tonight and, based on the team's performance on Tuesday, Denver has a chance to take the series to game seven. Tuesday's victory came under some scrutiny, however, mainly from Warriors head coach Mark Jack ... More >>

Nuggets' blueprint for victory in game six versus Warriors

Denver blog posts aren't living in a Golden State of mind. Denver Stiffs' Colin Neilson hasn't given up on the Nuggets in their playoff series with the Warriors -- and offers a blueprint for victory. Big Media's Jason Salzman questions Cory Gardner's commitment to a bigger GOP tent. Denver Urbani ... More >>

Nuggets' playoffs disaster: How did it all go to hell so quickly?

The Nuggets have made reaching the playoffs only to lose in the first round a tradition during the George Karl era. That was all supposed to change this year, though. Most wins in a single season since the Nugs joined the NBA. A third seed. Home court advantage against a team -- the Golden State War ... More >>

Nuggets haven't had a good playoff team since George Karl arrived, blogger says

Denver blog posts shoot over 65 percent. Roundball Mining Company's Kalen recaps yesterday's shocking Nugs loss to the Warriors, and shows no love for George Karl. Denver Egotist: CU-Boulder's One Show pencil-winning work. Mile High Hockey's Brett Shumway on the Avs' latest loss in a season fille ... More >>

Ty Lawson and Nuggets' challenge to make a damn free throw in game two versus Warriors

Denver blog posts run hot and cold. Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein on the departure of David Lee, the expected return of Kenneth Faried, and what the Nuggets must do to take a 2-0 lead over the Warriors in tonight's playoff game. The folks at Colorado Pols spotlight ex-Denver mayor Bill Vidal's t ... More >>

Denver Nuggets: Five reasons they will beat the Golden State Warriors

It's been an exciting NBA regular season for a lot of reasons, including the Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak and the epic battle between Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant for the scoring title. But don't overlook the Denver Nuggets, who had one of the best season's in franchise history. The team ... More >>

Videos: Top five trades in Denver Nuggets history

The NBA trade deadline is thirteen days away -- just enough time to quell that gnawing feeling in the gut telling you that, well, Kevin Garnett is old, and he has a lot of money left on that two-year contract, but he sure would shore up that interior defense. And, he would instantly be the most inte ... More >>

Hip-hop 101: Adam Bradley is revolutionizing education...one rap at a time

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Five Nuggets story lines to watch for this season

The 2012-13 Nuggets season has finally arrived. After pushing the Lakers to seven games in the first round of the NBA Playoffs last year and obtaining All-Star guard Andre Iguodala via trade this summer, fans are excited as they've ever been for the boys in blue and yellow -- and the Nuggets certain ... More >>

Nuggets don't exactly earn straight A's in final preseason game v. Clippers

Denver blog posts' dog ate our homework. Roundball Mining Company's Charlie doles out a lot of B's in assessing the individual Nuggets' performance in last night's preseason loss to the L.A. Clippers. DenverInfill's Ken Schroeppel assesses the new Union Station project at 1650 Wewatta. Colorado P ... More >>

Andre Iguodala trade improves the Nuggets -- and makes the Lakers even better

You'd think the fact that a member of America's Olympic men's basketball team was traded amid its latest gold-medal run would be a headline item rather than a footnote. But the Nuggets' acquisition of Andre Iguodala late yesterday is parenthetical in a four-team deal that sends Dwight Howard to the ... More >>

Photos: JaVale McGee memes continue idiot theme after he signs $44M Nuggets contract

The hilarious NBA Memes page has made the Denver Nuggets' JaVale McGee a star by consistently portraying him as a total moron. The Deadspin feature "That's So JaVale" does pretty much the same thing, and given the moment last season when he threw the game ball into the stands on national TV, the sit ... More >>

Denver Nuggets' future bright-ish after valiant effort against Lakers

Early in the fourth quarter of game seven against the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night, your Denver Nuggets held a four point lead over a team with two Hall of Famers on it. That moment showed the peak of the Nuggets' season and potential. The Lakers went on to win the game and thus, the series. Th ... More >>

Videos: Kobe Bryant clubs Kenneth Faried, but Nuggets rough up Lakers

Arguably the most memorable moment of last night's Nuggets-Lakers playoffs game saw ailing superstar Kobe Bryant fell rising rookie Kenneth Faried with a flagrant foul; see it and plenty of other video below. But this play was hardly symbolic of the contest as a whole. The Nugs, who once looked as d ... More >>

Video: JaVale McGee the hero (!) as Nuggets stave off Lakers, elimination

No denying it: After the Nuggets lost game four of their playoffs series against the Lakers at home on Sunday night, I thought they were doomed to another 4-1 first-round exit -- and I wasn't the only one. But stunningly, Denver managed to beat L.A. 102-99 in what was expected to be a close-out cont ... More >>

Cop rips media for crucifying Nugs court walker Savannah McMillan-Christmas

Update: Savannah McMillan-Christmas, the woman who walked onto the court during Sunday's Denver-L.A. playoff game, was originally reported to be a known stalker of Nuggets players. But as we wrote in an update on view below, this account has now been discredited -- and Denver Police spokesman Sonny ... More >>

Nuggets doom season with rise and fall home games against Lakers

Where there's life, there's hope -- but the Denver Nuggets don't have much of either right now. After making an energetic stand on Friday night to notch a 99-84 victory over the heavily favored L.A. Lakers at the Pepsi Center, the Nugs failed to build on this success, falling to the Lake Show 92-88 ... More >>

Photos: Laker Girls v. Nuggets Dancers in a head-to-head matchup!

Just as the Denver Nuggets are underdogs to the L.A. Lakers in their playoffs series, so, too, do the superstar Laker Girls seem to have the advantage over the hometown Nuggets Dancers. But how do these rival squads really match up? We've assembled the starting lineups (as well as the all-important ... More >>

Nuggets' moral victory still translates to loss versus Kobe Bryant, Lakers

After the Nuggets' desultory game one loss to the Lakers in their first-round playoffs matchup, there were legitimate questions about whether Denver even belonged in the same arena as Kobe Bryant and his L.A. crew. Game two was considerably less humiliating, with the Nugs making the Angelenos work a ... More >>

Nuggets-Lakers playoffs game 1: Ty Lawson comes up small, Andrew Bynum big

Last week, our Kyle Garratt assembled a list of five reasons why the Nuggets might upset the Lakers -- but during Sunday's humiliating 103-88 defeat in L.A., there appeared to be none. The Nugs' desultory performance was epitomized by Ty Lawson's awful game, but he was hardly the sole Denverite at ... More >>

Video: Kim Kardashian, Nuggets roasted at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Why were the Denver Nuggets name-checked by Jimmy Kimmel amid this weekend's White House Correspondents' Dinner? After all, the get-together took place before the Nugs were blown out by the L.A. Lakers in game one of the playoffs. The explanation involves an elaborate joke whose target was none othe ... More >>

Denver Nuggets: Five reasons they might upset the L.A. Lakers in the playoffs

Kobe Bryant has three more championships by himself than the entire Nuggets roster. The Los Angeles Lakers have three of the best twenty players in basketball. The Lakers are 26-7 at home this year, second best in the league. Given that, will the Nuggets beat the Lakers in the first round of the pla ... More >>

Nuggets give themselves chance at life without World Peace with OKC win

How much respect are the Nuggets getting going into the playoffs? Well, the NBA.com video recap of last night's key victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder (it's on view below) is dominated by great OKC plays, including Kevin Durant's epic posterizing of JaVale McGee. But if the Nugs can take care of ... More >>

Video: Nugget JaVale McGee's awful play turns him into Deadspin star

During the Nuggets' embarrassing loss to the third worst team in the Western Conference on Saturday, JaVale McGee added a ridiculous highlight to Deadspin's collection of mostly awful (but sometimes great) feats. Oh, did we forget to mention that Deadspin has an entire section dedicated to the boneh ... More >>

J.R. Smith about to hook up with Lakers, Twitter nemesis Kobe Bryant?

It seems like only yesterday that Denver Nugget J.R. Smith was calling out Kobe Bryant on Twitter. Now, however, it looks as if Smith and Bryant may become Los Angeles Lakers teammates -- and once again, Twitter appears to be bringing them together.

Adam Bradley, co-writer of Common's memoir, says book addresses White House controversy

​Common's memoir, One Day It'll All Make Sense, begins rather dramatically. The prologue reads: "When I was eighteen months old, my mother and I were kidnapped at gunpoint. My father held the gun. At least that's one side of the story." Common, with help from co-author Adam Bradley, a Univers ... More >>

Denver Nuggets: What to do with the 22nd pick in the NBA draft?

Ty Lawson.​The Denver Nuggets picked up Ty Lawson's extension for next year, securing one of the only impact draft picks the team has made since selecting Carmelo Anthony in 2003. Lawson was the eighteenth pick of the 2009 draft and the Nuggets will hope to get similar value with the 22nd pick ... More >>

The NBA draft is pretty boring this year. Here's a better one.

Those are boos, David.​There's no LeBron in the group, or Kobe, or Dwight Howard, or even a Kevin Durant. In the upcoming NBA draft, Ian Thomsen writes on SI.com, there's no standout star, and there's very little certainty about who will be chosen when. To clear up all the confusion, I'd like ... More >>

Alec Burks, former CU Buffs guard, looks to be a lottery pick in the NBA Draft

Alec Burks.​If the NBA Draft plays out for Alec Burks the way the CU Buffs' season did, he'll be drafted in the middle of the second round. After all, the Buffs received a March Madness snub that had ESPN's Dick Vitale screaming something about Scarlett Johanssen. But assuming another injustic ... More >>

Nuggets playoff matchup: Should we root to face Kobe Bryant & Lakers, not Mavs or Thunder?

Ty Lawson​It would seem like a death wish to hope to play the two-time defending NBA champions in the first round of the playoffs. But given recent play, are the Lakers now the most desirable first-round opponent for the Nuggets? Probably not, but it's at least a question worth asking.

Should Nuggets try to lose to Thunder tonight in hopes of meeting Mavericks in playoffs?

Kevin Durant.​In all likelihood, Tuesday's Nuggets-Thunder slugfest was a playoff preview, since Oklahoma City's currently in the fourth position in the west and Denver's ensconced in the fifth. But OKC's only one game behind the Dallas Mavericks for the third slot, and the Nuggets, who just b ... More >>

J.R. Smith & Nuggets almost fall into Sacrameto Kings' trap, then spring one of their own

J.R. Smith.​Nothing to fear from these three Denver blog posts -- since it's not April Fools' Day yet. Roundball Mining Company's Kalen talks about how a potential trap game against the Sacramento King became another testament to teamwork by everyone on the Nuggets -- even J.R. Smith! Colora ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: NY Knicks mull Melo price as pressure builds on Lakers to make move

Carmelo.​Reports that Amare Stoudemire's toe injury had ratcheted up pressure on the Knicks to make a Carmelo Anthony trade happen apparently weren't enough to get a Melo deal done yesterday. Meanwhile, the Lakers' alleged interest in Melo has been denigrated as a non-story -- but after the La ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Nuggets using Lakers & Andrew Bynum to con Knicks into upping offer?

Carmelo.​Yesterday in Carmelo, all hell broke loose. Amid reports about a three-way Knicks, Nuggets and Timberwolves trade and direct talks between Knicks' owner James Dolan and Nugs boss Stan Kroenke, ESPN's Chris Broussard talked up a potential L.A. Lakers swap, with Andrew Bynum as the main ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Knicks drama revolves around Melo deal -- and are Lakers opting out?

Carmelo.​Tension over a possible Carmelo Anthony trade keeps increasing. Denials from team sources that the L.A. Lakers are discussing a Melo swap have been followed by the sort of organizational silence that tends to fuel speculation. Meanwhile, suggestions that the Knicks are balking at an A ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Can L.A. Lakers challenge New York Knicks for Melo's services?

Carmelo.​The New York Knicks' expected hiring of Mark Warkentien, formerly the Nuggets' general manager, to a consultancy gig has most NBA observers convinced that Carmelo Anthony is headed to his dream city of New York. But now, with the Los Angeles Lakers publicly talking about a trade to im ... More >>

Ted Haggard reality show on the way? Praise the Lord and pass the collection plate!

Ted Haggard.​Let's end our Denver blog post collections for the week with this triumvirate, shall we? 5280's Michael de Yoanna muses about the prospect for a Ted Haggard reality series on TLC. Maybe Kate Gosselin and her kids could join his congregation! Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton offers ... More >>

Chris "Birdman" Andersen finally ready to fly again in time for Nuggets-Golden State game?

Birdman.​Welcome, my friends, to today's Denver blog post roundup. In his preview of tonight's Denver Nuggets-Golden State Warrior matchup, Denver Stiffs' Nate Timmons holds out hope that Chris "Birdman" Andersen may at last be ready for his return. And just in time. Colorado Education News' ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony vs. Kobe Bryant: Nuggets win over Lakers shows what might -- but won't -- be

Carmelo.​Carmelo Anthony wasn't always at his best against the L.A. Lakers last night. He vacillated between focused/unstoppable and scattered/ineffective. But he came through when it mattered most, showing the NBA's most elite player, Kobe Bryant, that he belongs in the discussion of the leag ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Is Chauncey Billups on bloc, too? And is biggest target Chris Kamen?

Carmelo.​After a trade that would have sent Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey fell through (and Chicago re-signed Joakim Noah), Denver fans began to wonder if Anthony might remain in Denver for a while longer -- even as other observers debated whether the Nuggets would be better off without Melo. ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Nets deal dead? 76ers' Andre Iguodala targeted? Other Nugs available?

Carmelo.​With the Denver Nuggets' media day upon us, the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors are as fierce as a tsunami -- and sometimes contradictory. There are some reports that a potential four-way trade involving the New Jersey Nets is all but dead. But if so, there are plenty of other possibili ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Chicago Bulls pick of choice -- but what if Rockets offer Yao Ming?

Carmelo Anthony.​The New Jersey Nets will have $23 million to spend next summer, with many folks hoping the cash could lure Carmelo Anthony. But if that scenario plays out, the Nuggets will get zip for their superstar. No wonder most observers still see a trade to Chicago as the likeliest Melo ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Could he really wind up with the L.A. Clippers or Charlotte Bobcats?

Carmelo Anthony.​Early last week, we argued that Carmelo Anthony was as good as gone from the Denver Nuggets -- and while some locals continued to fantasize about Melo signing a $65 million contract extension, it's time to stop dreaming. A persuasive Yahoo! Sports report makes it clear that ne ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony lands two big fish: Are they named Amare and Chris?

Carmelo chillin'.​While the basketball world has been wondering if Carmelo Anthony will stay in Denver, hook up with Kobe Bryant in L.A., team with Derrick Rose in Chicago, join Amare Stoudemire and Chris Paul in New York, or maybe Chris Paul in New Orleans, Melo and new bride Lala Vazquez wer ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony sign-and-trade to the L.A. Lakers? Please, God, no...

Carmelo Anthony, wanted man.​With the drama about where LeBron James would land finally resolved, NBA observers are speculating about possible destinations for Carmelo Anthony. Thanks to a wedding toast this past weekend, most prognosticators think that if Carmelo leaves Denver, he'll form a M ... More >>

Mexican slurs add insult to injury

Nuggets bound for first-round playoffs loss -- and deserve it

Carlos Boozer contemplates how good it'll feel to make the Nuggets eat shit.​The 2009-2010 season started out so promisingly for the Denver Nuggets that a lot of us looked at a Western Conference Finals rematch with the L.A. Lakers as a virtual lock. That's all over -- and not just because th ... More >>

Nuggets: Can they avoid being one and done against Utah Jazz?

Carmelo will have to do the heavy lifting -- as usual.​Tomorrow night, the Nuggets open the playoffs at home against the Utah Jazz -- but the squad's performance down the stretch didn't exactly inspire confidence. For much of the season, the Nugs looked like a lock for the number two slot, be ... More >>

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