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Denver Nuggets

Team's name: Denver Nuggets
Conference: WesternDenver Nuggets
Division: Northwest
Location: Denver,
Colorado
Nickname:
Nugs
Mascot:
Rocky the Cougar
Team Colors:
Powder Blue, Gold,
Royal Blue and Navy
Joined the Conference: 1976
Team's President:
E. Stanley Kroenke
Basketball Coach: George Karl
Basketball Arena: Pepsi Center
Current Capacity: 19,309
First Year of Basketball: 1967

League Titles:
NBA Titles: none
Conference Titles: ABA: 1976
Division Titles:
ABA:
1970, '75, '76
NBA: 1977, '78, '85, '88, 2006, '09

The Denver Nuggets were first established in 1967 in Denver, Colorado; but the team joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) until 1976.

The Nuggets had achieved three division titles prior joining the NBA.

During the early years as part of the NBA, the Nuggets achieved two Division titles in the late 70’s, followed by another two awards in the mid 80’s and a more recently, one in 2006.

During the 1980’s, the Nuggets became an aggressive team, scoring often more than 115 points per game, reaching the playoffs consecutively from 1982 to 1990. From then on, the team had a very rough era and between 1991 and 2003 they only got to the postseason twice.

After that, Denver has reached the playoffs six times in a row, but until last season they haven't been able to go further the first round.

For this season 2008-09, the team kept having the important contribution of Carmelo Anthony and with the addition of point guard Chauncey Billups the team managed to have a very good stats in the West, where they finished in the second position with a record of 54-28 and won the sixth division title of their history.

In the 2009 NBA Playoffs, Denver managed to advance until the Western Conference Finals, where they were defeated by the L.A. Lakers 4-2 in the series. Previously, they had defeated New Orleans and Dallas with 4-1 series in the First Round and Conference Semifinals respectively.

Denver Nuggets Roster

No. Name Pos Age HT  WT  College
Arron Afflalo  SG  24  6-5  215  UCLA 
30  Malik Allen  PF  31  6-10  255  Villanova 
11  Chris Andersen  31  6-10  228  Blinn College 
15  Carmelo Anthony  SF  25  6-8  230  Syracuse 
32  Renaldo Balkman  PF  25  6-8  208  South Carolina 
Chauncey Billups  PG  33  6-3  202  Colorado 
25  Anthony Carter  PG  34  6-2  195  Hawaii 
14  Joey Graham  SG  27  6-7  225  Oklahoma State 
31  Nene Hilario  27  6-11  250    
Ty Lawson  PG  22  5-11  195  North Carolina 
Kenyon Martin  PF  32  6-9  240  Cincinnati 
27  Johan Petro  24  7-0  247    
J.R. Smith  SG  24  6-6  220    

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