Homecoming spoiled… (Nuggets/76ers recap)
The Nuggets are all business and this bodes well for the duration of the season. The 76ers – with or without Allen Iverson – are a…
A.I.’s career comes full circle (Game 20 Preview & Thread: Nuggets at 76ers)
When assessing the Nuggets schedule back in October, who knew that they’d cap off their first quarter of the season with a game…
Welcome back, Birdman?… (Nuggets/Heat recap)
I’ll happily take the Nuggets being on the right side of a blowout any day of the week. But it’s extra special when the blowout…
Game 19 Preview & Thread: Nuggets vs. Heat (8:30pm MDT)
I probably should have titled this Game Preview: “Nuggets vs. Dwyane Wade (8:30pm MDT)”… In team sports, it always seems easier to…
K-Mart for Shaq: Would you make this deal?…
The Cavaliers need an athletic, quick, tough power forward. The Nuggets need cap relief. If the Cavaliers offered Shaquille O’Neal…
Unacceptable… (Nuggets/T’Wolves recap)
There are good losses, bad losses and unacceptable losses. This one falls squarely in the “unacceptable” column. Call me the…
Lawrence Frank gets Bzdelik’d…
For his second franchise in a row, Kiki Vandeweghe has firebombed the roster, sacked a decent coach with the carnage and prayed…
Game 17 Preview & Thread: Nuggets vs. T’Wolves (6pm MDT)
The Timberwolves are lucky that the Nets have lost their first 16 games and are hogging all the “are they one of the worst teams…
Denver Stiffs reader mail…
Here’s a sampling of some of the emails that have found their way into my email box lately and my (tardy) responses to them… How…
Playing like their competition… (Nuggets/Knicks recap)
Just because the Nuggets were playing the Knicks tonight, didn’t mean they had to play like them. First off, why is it that Nate…
Game 16 Preview & Thread: Nuggets vs. Knicks (7pm MDT)
If ever you needed proof that the NBA isn’t (totally) fixed, all you have to do is look at the Knicks record since head coach Jeff…
THREE DAYS WITH GEORGE (Part 3)…
This is the final part of a three-part series in which I chronicled the time I spent two weeks ago with Nuggets head coach George…
This loss raises a few red flags… (Nuggets/Clippers recap)
LOS ANGELES – Simply put, last season we didn’t lose games like this. It just didn’t happen. And thus, what will hopefully be a…
Game 12 Preview & Thread: Nuggets @ Clippers (8:30pm MDT)
LOS ANGELES – After losing to the Clippers in the 2006 NBA playoffs, the Nuggets have owned L.A.’s weaker NBA franchise, losing…
THREE DAYS WITH GEORGE (Part 2)…
This is the second of a three-part series chronicling the time I spent last week with Nuggets head coach George Karl and following…
THREE DAYS WITH GEORGE (Part 1)…
This is the first of a three-part series chronicling the time I spent last week with Nuggets head coach George Karl and following…
Two ways to interpret a great victory… (Nuggets/Lakers recap)
After drubbing the Lakers by 26 points tonight, the Nuggets and their fans have every reason to be elated. But let’s not read too…
Game 10 Preview & Thread: Lakers at Nuggets (8:30pm MDT)
The Nuggets passed their first true test of the young season by winning at Portland in Game 2. Test #2 takes place tonight, and it…
Brandon Jennings 1 – Nuggets 0… (Nuggets/Bucks recap)
MILWAUKEE, WI – With “great successes” like this, who needs failures? I’ll get into this more when I complete my story about my…
“The shot” from an in-person perspective…
Yours truly was at the Nuggets/Bulls game last night at the United Center and had no clue if that shot counted or not when it…
Game 9 Preview & Thread: Nuggets at Bucks (6pm MDT)
MILWAUKEE, WI – While spending the day here in Milwaukee with my grandmother (a lifelong Bucks fan), I’ve been able to get some…
Sizing up two bad losses…
Every loss is a bad loss, but some are worse than others. Notably the two we just witnessed… First off, sorry if I’ve been a bit…
Game 5 Preview & Thread: Nuggets at Nets (5:30pm MDT)
The Nuggets return to the scene of their February 7th massacre at the hands of the New Jersey Nets. It’s time to exact some…
Meadowlands Massacre in reverse… (Nuggets/Nets Recap)
Between tonight’s 28-point victory at the Izod Center and last season’s 25-point win over the Nets at Pepsi Center, I’d say the…
“Big Bertha” stays in the bag…
The Nuggets substantial trade exception – worth about $7.4 million – expired yesterday without so much as a whimper, so you can…