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Just Watch Thunder-Nuggets Front To Back Like A Movie
By now you must be familiar with the finale, which is worth watching and rewatching and watching, with good reason. ...
Nuggets Fan Walks Onto Court After Buzzer, Yells In Russell Westbrook's Face
As he left the court following a wild 127-124 loss to the Nuggets on Gary Harris’s buzzer-beating three, Russell Westbrook found himself confronted by a screaming fan:...
Gary Harris Buzzer-Beater Downs OKC, Ruins Brilliant Game-Tying Paul George Three
Gary Harris’s buzzer-beating three-pointer earned Denver a 127-124 win and fouled a would-be legend-making three hit seconds earlier by Paul George to draw Oklahoma City even with the Nuggets....
May Steven Adams' Ankles Rest In Peace After Their Brutal Murder At The Hands Of Jamal Murray
Steven Adams has been embarrassed before. There was a time, not so long ago, when he made the decision to walk around with this terribly creepy mustache in a failed attempt to look like Tom Selleck: ...
Nikola Jokic In Peak Form Is Still A Great Time
The Nuggets’ doughy centerpiece Nikola Jokic found himself in a mild slump to start off the new year, averaging just 10 points on 34 percent shooting through his first three games. Last night he posted a restorative 22 points, 11 assists, 12 rebounds, three steals, and a block in a loss to Golden St...
Great Googly Moogly, The Nuggets Can Sure Fill It Up
Entering last night’s game the Denver Nuggets ranked a disappointing 14th in offensive rating on the season. They finished last season fifth in offense, at 110 points per 100 possessions; from December 15 onward—the day they moved Nikola Jokic into the starting lineup as a center—that number was 113...
Nikola Jokić Outscored All Of The Nets' Starters Combined<em></em>
Nikola Jokić took over the Brooklyn Nets tonight, unleashing a career-high 41 points on 16-25 shooting to go with 12 rebounds and five assists. Though he fouled out with three minutes to play, and only played 31 minutes total, the 22-year-old outscored the entire Nets starting line-up combined:...
Scott Brooks's Acting Helped Earn Nikola Jokic A Technical Foul<em></em>
With the Nuggets down five toward the end of last night’s game against the Wizards, Jamal Murray canned a three to make it a one-score game. As the Nuggets walked back to their bench following a Wizards timeout, Nikola Jokic grazed Scott Brooks with his elbow. Brooks immediately whirled around as if...
Dumb ESPN Analysis: Numerology Tells Us The Nuggets Are The Next NBA Dynasty
The Denver Nuggets are fun. Nikola Jokic is very good. Paul Millsap is very good. Gary Harris is pretty good. There are other guys on the Nuggets who might turn out to be pretty good. It’s entirely possible the Nuggets will find their way into a playoff spot this season, because they play a brand of...
Nuggets Lock Up Part Of Their Core, Agree To Contract Extension With Gary Harris
The Denver Nuggets have reportedly agreed to an extension with Gary Harris, to the tune of four years and $84 million, with $74 million guaranteed and the remaining $10 million triggered by individual performance bonuses....
Indiana's Haul From The Paul George Trade Is Looking Worse And Worse
This morning ESPN dropped a long and richly detailed account of the circumstances that surrounded and led to Kyrie Irving’s surprise trade request, first reported Friday afternoon, in which he told Cavs owner Dan Gilbert that he no longer wants to play in Cleveland. It seems Irving’s dissatisfaction...
Reports: The Cavaliers Might Have Been Close To Getting Paul George
The NBA offseason is the best and wildest of all sports offseasons, and by a long shot. Even the deals that don’t get made are endlessly fascinating. To wit: In some parallel universe, a three-team draft-night trade got done that sent Paul George to Cleveland and Kevin Love to Denver....
Look At What Russell Westbrook Did To These People
If you’re still somehow unconvinced that Russell Westbrook is the NBA MVP, take a look at his box score from last night’s game against the Nuggets: [The smoldering remains of the city formerly known as Denver]....
Maybe Don't Trade Players To Your Closest Conference Rival
Former Nugget and current Blazer Jusuf Nurkic smacked around his former team with 33 points and 16 rebounds last night. It was a career night for the 22-year-old big man, and one that all but assured his team will be going to the playoffs while the Nuggets sit at home and smart. But to say Nurkic ki...
Jusuf Nurkic Shattered The Nuggets' Playoff Hopes And Roasted Them Afterwards
Before the Nuggets flipped him to Portland for one of the Plumlee twins, Bosnian big man Jusuf Nurkic was averaging 17 disgruntled minutes and eight points a game. Since the trade, he’s started almost all of Portland’s games and has nearly doubled his stats across the board as the Blazers have stead...
Nikola Jokic Blindly Pulls Off Stylish Assist
The Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic is known for his smooth passes, but did you know he can do it without looking? With the Nuggets up 45-31 in the first half, Jokic corralled a missed three-pointer and then, triple-teamed in the paint, tossed a pass backwards over his head to a streaking Will Barton w...
Markieff Morris Ejected After Kicking Mason Plumlee In The Dick And Balls
Folks, we got some twin-on-twin on violence against one of the twin’s twins. Markieff Morris got stonewalled by Mason Plumlee late in the fourth quarter and his leg popped up in what Draymond Green would call a “natural foot motion,” catching Plumlee right in the dick and balls. The look of anguish ...
This Nuggets Possession Is The Good Shit
Want to see some dank ball movement?...
The Warriors Were No Match For The Mighty Nuggets' Historic Three-Point Barrage
The Golden State Warriors, former NBA Finalists, traveled to Denver to play a depleted Nuggets team tonight. The Dubs were without Klay Thompson and Shaun Livingston, but the Nuggets were short five players of their own due to a series of injuries and short one Mason Plumlee on account of he just go...
Nuggets And Blazers Get The NBA Started On The Race To The Trade Deadline
The Trail Blazers and Nuggets have kicked off the NBA’s trade activity with a week and a half to go before the deadline, with Denver sending Jusuf Nurkic and a 2017 first-round draft pick to Portland in exchange for Mason Plumlee and a future second-round pick....