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Brendan Malone was a two-time champion as an assistant coach in the NBA and the father to recent NBA champion head coach Michael Malone of the Denver Nuggets. On Tuesday, the team announced that Brendan had passed away at the age of 81. pic.twitter.com/xUCcy7WCe8 — Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) October 10, 2023 “It is with tremendous […]

Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns are going all-in for their first-ever championship. The Suns traded for three-time All-Star Bradley Beal in June to pair with Booker and Kevin Durant to create the NBA’s best scoring trio. Phoenix is looking to upend the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets, who it lost to in six games […]

Head coach Michael Malone and the Denver Nuggets are looking to expand upon what they accomplished in 2022-23, when they won the franchise its first-ever NBA championship. While the Nuggets are mostly bringing back the same core that won the title a year ago, Malone knows that they will have to be even sharper if […]

Michael Porter Jr. has proven to be the X-factor for the Denver Nuggets. His three-point shooting skills, as well as his rebounding awareness, helped the Nuggets capture their first championship in team history this past season. He is once again a very important piece in their title pursuit entering the 2023-24 season. Denver has set […]

After winning the 2023 NBA championship, Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone took some very subtle shots against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. James wasn’t born yesterday; he knew that they were the objects of the Nuggets’ banter even if their names weren’t explicitly said, and as such, The King is coming into […]

Getting an NBA championship as a head coach does not always guarantee glory. Michael Malone has been building his schematics around Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic for a long while now. He finally got rewarded as the only coach to have ever won a championship with the Denver Nuggets. Fans would think so highly of […]

The bad blood between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets is still very much alive. The first game of the 2023-24 NBA season has yet to be played, but the two sides have already seemingly taken subtle shots at each other. After learning of Lakers big man Anthony Davis’ burning desire to meet […]

Four months ago, it was the Denver Nuggets that hoisted their first-ever Larry O’Brien Trophy by defeating the Miami Heat in five games of the NBA Finals. Roughly three weeks away from beginning their championship defense, can the Nuggets become the first franchise to go back-to-back since the Golden State Warriors in 2017-2018? Almost instantaneously, […]

The Denver Nuggets earned their first-ever NBA championship victory in 2023. The Nuggets have finished their celebrating and now have their sights set on defending their title during the 2023-24 season. As NBA champions, 29 other NBA teams now have the Nuggets in their crosshairs. While repeating as champions isn’t impossible, it certainly will be […]

The Denver Nuggets’ secret to a Larry O’Brien trophy was always their team chemistry. Michael Malone could draw up all these insanely good schematics but it will never equal the intangibles that his team has. A huge testament to this would be Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic. The two have been a duo for the […]

The Denver Nuggets conducted Media Day interviews with their recently acquired Larry O’Brien Trophy placed front and center. With the trophy in full view, stars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray already have their sights set on winning another championship. The Nuggets are fully aware that as champions, they are now fully in the crosshairs of […]

It’s every man’s dream to work for the least amount of time and be compensated with as much money as possible. Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, when stripped of all his basketball genius and greatness, is just like all of humanity for real. Who could forget the time when, fresh off winning a championship, Jokic […]

The Denver Nuggets are in a territory they haven’t been ever before. For the first time in the Nuggets’ franchise history, they will be entering a season as the defending NBA champions. Winning a title is one thing, and successfully defending it is a completely different animal. Nuggets head coach Michael Malone is very much […]

Just like his Los Angeles Lakers teammates LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves has plenty of motivation heading to the opening night of the 2023-24 NBA season when they will face the Denver Nuggets. However, Colorado fans couldn’t stop mocking them for their latest comments. Lakers fired up vs. Nuggets "I think everybody knows […]

Deion Sanders’ popularity is having a resurgence this year as the head coach of Colorado football. It’s a challenge to escape from the media coverage Sanders and the Buffaloes are getting. All that being said, Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic is still not on the Deion Sanders hype train. He seemingly has no idea about Sanders […]

Aaron Gordon and the Denver Nuggets are preparing to defender their 2022-2023 championship, and it won’t be easy with teams like the Lakers and Warriors gunning for them. The Nuggets will have to move forward without star defender Bruce Brown this season which draw a hilarious take from Nikola Jokic. Star guard Jamal Murray was […]

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic must not have January 14th circled on his calendar. That’s the day Indiana Pacers guard Bruce Brown will return to Denver to be presented with his 2023 NBA championship ring, that is, if Jokic doesn’t hide it from him first. At Denver’s media day, Jokic joked with reporters about stiffing […]

It looks like Anthony Davis has some extra motivation coming into the new season. Not that he needs more after the disappointing end to the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2022-23 campaign, but it surely helps to see AD with that added fire. Lakers fans will have to thank the Denver Nuggets for that, though. As every […]

There’s always a possibility that reigning title-holders suffer from a championship hangover, but Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone doesn’t want his players to fall victim to that trap. In fact, Malone isn’t just content with seeing his players flourish in the postseason. This time around, he wants his players, specifically star point guard Jamal […]

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone tried to channel his inner John Wooden during Monday’s Media Day. With the looming challenge for his team to successfully defend the NBA title Denver won in the 2022-23 NBA season, Malone dropped a well-known adage from the legendary former head coach of the UCLA Bruins. “Winning takes talent; […]

Reggie Bullock had a rough start to his NBA career, but he found his niche and role with the Detroit Pistons, and then the New York Knicks in the 2020-21 season. Bullock ended up moving to the Dallas Mavericks the year after, but he did not experience a similar kind of success. The Mavericks traded […]

Carmelo Anthony was once one of the most prolific scorers in the NBA’s modern era. The forward, with the sweet shooting stroke, Anthony garnered 10 All-Star Game appearances and six All-NBA selections. That isn’t including his run of three Olympic gold medals. Carmelo sold his former mansion in Beverley Grove, Calif., earlier this year for […]

We have finally made it. After months of trade rumors and drama surrounding some of the biggest names in the league, the 2023-24 NBA season is right around the corner with training camps set to begin. This offseason proved to be a wild roller-coaster ride, especially with the likes of Chris Paul, Bradley Beal and […]

On Wednesday, it was announced that Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard was being traded to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-team deal that also involved the Phoenix Suns. The trade to the Bucks, which afforded Lillard the opportunity to pair up with fellow star Giannis Antetokounmpo, sent shockwaves throughout the NBA world, […]

Repeating as NBA champions is going to be a tall task for the Denver Nuggets. The Nikola Jokic-led squad will need more rebounding and more shooting from their role players. All of that will start ahead of the Nuggets training camp. But, Mike Malone might see some departures and it may come in either Zeke […]

Damian Lillard’s stunning trade to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday had almost nothing to do with the Los Angeles Lakers. Still, team legend and proud purple-and-gold partisan Magic Johnson found a way to use the shocking ending of Lillard’s trade saga as justification to reveal his Western Conference power rankings in 2023-24. Surprise! Johnson has […]

Aaron Gordon enjoyed the best year of his NBA career last season with the Denver Nuggets. He displayed stalwart defense while still averaging 16 points per game and was a vital component of a championship team. Though, he also accomplished something else that is insignificant in comparison but is impressive nonetheless. Fortunately, it has now […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is an NBA champion, the reigning NBA Finals MVP, and a two-time NBA MVP. He is one of the best basketball players of his generation, and if his former teammate, Austin Rivers, was right on the Bill Simmons Podcast, we may only get to watch him for a few more […]

The Denver Nuggets might have the most secure starting lineup in the NBA. Their starting five of Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Michael Porter Jr, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic obviously led them to the franchise’s inaugural NBA championship, but even before they won, coach Michael Malone showed a huge amount of trust in that group. […]

The Denver Nuggets are the reigning NBA champions after winning the 2023 NBA Finals over the Miami Heat, and they have enjoyed quite an eventful offseason to this point. Everyone seems to be having a great time in Denver, except for the Larry O’Brien trophy that the team ended up winning. Why is that? The […]

Shortly after being featured on the cover of SLAM magazine, New Balance and two of their biggest basketball stars will join forces to officially unveil the newest in the brand’s hooping footwear technology. Denver Nuggets‘ Jamal Murray and Atlanta Hawks‘ Dejounte Murray showcased the newest New Balance Two WXV V4 as the brand continues its […]

Pure excitement and roars of “Let’s go Nuggets” coming down from the very top row was all that could be heard in Ball Arena when the Denver Nuggets dribbled out the clock in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals. It took over 50 years, but the Nuggets were finally able to call themselves NBA […]

Markieff Morris has not forgotten about what happened on the court in 2021 against Nikola Jokic. When Morris was a member of the Miami Heat, they were on the road to face Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in November 2021. It was what transpired in the middle of this game that drew headlines. Looking to […]

US Track star Noah Lyles started a huge debate after winning a gold medal in the 100-meter dash and earning the “Fastest Man in the World” title when he complained that the NBA champion Denver Nuggets didn’t deserve to be called world champions. After the Germany basketball team won the FIBA World Cup, they can […]

No matter how much weight Nikola Jokic seems to lose these days, he never seems to have a body similar to LeBron James, Joel Embiid, or even pass the eye test as one of the greatest NBA players in today’s game. Now we know why. Jokic once revealed in an interview with ESPN that he […]

World champion or not, nobody can deny that the Denver Nuggets were the best team in the best league in the world last season. Led by perhaps the best player in the world Nikola Jokic, the Nuggets dominated the 2023 NBA playoffs to capture their first championship in franchise history. Denver’s main core of Jokic, […]

The NBA offseason is a time to relax a bit after investing so much time and energy in your game and team’s success. Denver Nuggets superstar and NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic has thoroughly enjoyed being back in Serbia. The party rolled on when the national team returned home after a praiseworthy FIBA World Cup […]

The Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals and proceeded to earn an NBA Finals victory as well. Both teams have high aspirations for the 2023-24 season. The Nuggets are set to run it back and the Lakers made a plethora of key offseason moves to improve their roster. Draymond […]

The Denver Nuggets, of all teams, know how important it is to nail their draft picks, as the Mile High City isn’t a particularly attractive destination for superstar free agents. And to their credit, they have made the most out of their picks, especially in the 2010s, where they built the core of their 2023 […]