Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver.
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41 Facts About Denver Nuggets
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The Denver Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division.
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Lonnie Wright of the American Football League's Denver Nuggets Broncos signed with the Rockets during that first season and became the first player to play professional football and basketball in the same season.
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The Denver Nuggets continued their strong play early on in the NBA, as they won division titles in their first two seasons in the league, and missed a third by a single game.
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Similarly to the other new NBA teams, the Denver Nuggets were given many financial issues including a $2 million entry fee.
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Denver Nuggets took a positive step in rebuilding by drafting Georgetown University center Dikembe Mutombo in 1991.
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The Denver Nuggets had two lottery picks that year and drafted University of Notre Dame forward LaPhonso Ellis and University of Virginia guard Bryant Stith.
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Denver Nuggets clinched the 8th seed in the Western Conference playoffs, playing the first place Seattle SuperSonics.
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Denver Nuggets was a heavy underdog, having only a couple of players on their roster with actual NBA playoff experience.
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Denver Nuggets almost repeated the feat before falling to the Utah Jazz in Game 7 of the second round.
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Denver Nuggets acquired Sonics sharp-shooter Dale Ellis in the off-season and drafted University of Michigan guard Jalen Rose.
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Denver Nuggets struggled, causing Issel to resign as coach partway into the season.
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The Denver Nuggets were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs that season.
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However, a new wrinkle appeared when the city of Denver refused to transfer the parcel of land on which Pepsi Center stood unless Sturm promised to keep the Avalanche and Nuggets in Denver for at least 25 years.
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In 2003, the Denver Nuggets drafted future All-Star Carmelo Anthony with the third overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft.
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The Denver Nuggets later hired George Karl as a permanent replacement.
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The Denver Nuggets picked 20th in the 2005 NBA draft; it was acquired from the Washington Wizards via the Orlando Magic.
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The Denver Nuggets had the 22nd overall selection in the draft, in which they selected Jarrett Jack, but sent him to the Portland Trail Blazers for rights to Portland's 27th overall pick, Linas Kleiza.
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Denver Nuggets played the Los Angeles Clippers who, despite their 6th seeding, had a better regular-season record.
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Shortly after, the Denver Nuggets announced that General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe's contract would not be renewed.
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On December 19,2006, the Denver Nuggets traded Joe Smith, Andre Miller and two first-round draft picks of the 2007 NBA draft to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ivan McFarlin and superstar Allen Iverson .
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However, chemistry was an issue, as the Denver Nuggets finished the season with the 6 seed, giving them a first-round matchup against the San Antonio Spurs.
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However, as had occurred in the 2005 playoffs, the Spurs bounced back to sweep the next four, as the Denver Nuggets were eliminated in the first round in five games for the fourth straight year.
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The Denver Nuggets faced the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round.
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Chauncey Billups set a Denver Nuggets franchise record with the most three-pointers in a playoff game with 8, and his 19 three-pointers in total is a Denver Nuggets record for threes made in a playoff series.
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On July 13,2009, the Denver Nuggets traded a second-round draft pick to the Detroit Pistons for Arron Afflalo and Walter Sharpe.
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On July 14,2010, the Denver Nuggets bolstered their frontcourt depth by signing Al Harrington.
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On March 15,2012, the Nuggets decided to make their team younger by trading Nene, who had played the previous 9 seasons for Denver, to the Washington Wizards for JaVale McGee.
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Denver Nuggets clinched the 3rd seed in the Western Conference, with a first-round matchup with the Golden State Warriors.
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Denver Nuggets traded their first lottery pick since 2003 to Chicago to acquire two later first-round draft picks, which were used to draft Jusuf Nurkic and Gary Harris.
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On March 3,2015, general manager Tim Connelly announced the Denver Nuggets fired head coach Brian Shaw and named Melvin Hunt interim head coach.
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The Denver Nuggets traded Lawson a week later to the Houston Rockets along with a second round draft pick for Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Pablo Prigioni, and a first round pick that was used to draft Juan Hernangomez.
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Under Michael Malone's leadership, the Denver Nuggets slightly started to improve while primarily relying on the youth movement consisting of Emmanuel Mudiay, Nikola Jokic, Gary Harris and later on the recovered Jusuf Nurkic.
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Thanks to the continuing improvements of Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets would make significant improvements to their team, although they would be just one game shy from reaching the 2017 NBA playoffs, finishing 9th in the Western Conference.
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On June 15,2017, the Denver Nuggets officially promoted both Arturas Karnisovas and Tim Connelly to become the team's newest general manager and president of basketball operations respectively.
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The Denver Nuggets finished 9th, one game behind the 8th seeded Timberwolves.
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The Denver Nuggets were eliminated in the second round by the Portland Trail Blazers in 7 games.
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The Denver Nuggets simplified their uniforms following their inaugural season in the NBA.
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Denver Nuggets hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA.
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