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August 11 |
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| After two Team USA summers where Carmelo was arguably one of their best and most dominant players, Carmelo appears to be struggling this summer in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
While nearly everyone on the roster cruised during Team USA’s rout of China in the opening round, Carmelo played 14 minutes, when 0-3 from the floor (0-2 [...] |
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August 11 |
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| Earl Boykins will play for Italy’s Virtus Bologna this coming season, becoming Italy’s highest paid player with a $3.5 million deal.
Since free agency began on July 1st, Boykins is the ninth player who played in the NBA last season to sign overseas. Other familiar names to relocate to Europe this offseason are Atlanta’s Josh Childress [...] |
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| At least Renaldo Balkman talks about playing defense.
The Nuggets traded center Marcus Camby in a salary dump and watched as another gritty defender, forward Eduardo Najera, bolted as a free agent. Some observers figured that didn't leave anybody on the Nuggets too excited about playing defense.
Shortly after the losses of Camby and Najera, the Nuggets sought to plug holes in their front line. |
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| --When F Carmelo Anthony won a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics, Anthony gave it to his mother Mary, and it's on display in her Baltimore home.
But who gets the gold medal if Anthony brings one home from Beijing?
"Me," said the Nuggets forward. "I'm going to get it."
The quest for gold begins Aug. 10 when Anthony and Team USA begin Olympic play against China.
Following the 2004 disaster, USA Basketball put together a core team. |
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| Denver Nuggets rookie Sonny Weems had surgery Thursday to repair a sports hernia.
Weems, a second-round pick who was acquired by the Nuggets on draft night, is expected to fully recover in time for the start of training camp on Sept. 30.
The Chicago Bulls picked Weems 39th overall out of Arkansas, then traded him to the Nuggets for a 2009 second-round pick.
Weems played five games for the Nuggets' Summer League team, averaging 9.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 22 minutes. |
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| Denver Nuggets rookie Sonny Weems had surgery Thursday to repair a sports hernia.
Weems, a second-round pick who was acquired by the Nuggets on draft night, is expected to fully recover in time for the start of training camp on Sept. 30.
The Chicago Bulls picked Weems 39th overall out of Arkansas, then traded him to the Nuggets for a 2009 second-round pick.
Weems played five games for the Nuggets' Summer League team, averaging 9.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 22 minutes. |
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July 30 |
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David Thorpe of ESPN released a Top 50 NBA 2008-2009 rookie class ranking today and the Nuggets 2nd round 2008 draft pick, Sonny Weems was not listed. The 6-foot-6 Arkansas forward averaged 15 points a game for the Razorbacks before be drafted 39th by the Bulls and then being traded to the Nuggets. Weems scored [...] |
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July 30 |
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The Nuggets trade little used guards Bobby Jones and Taurean Green, and a second round 2010 draft pick to the New York Knicks on Monday, for forward Renaldo Balkman. The Nuggets also got some cash, but gave up the peanuts they acquired in the Marcus Camby trade.
Other than that last sly remark, you could basically [...] |
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| The Denver Nuggets have acquired forward Renaldo Balkman from the New York Knicks in exchange for guard Taurean Green, forward Bobby Jones and a second-round draft pick in 2010. |
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| DRAFT PICKS:
Sonny Weems, G, 6-6, Arkansas -- Athletic swingman the Nuggets will take a look at for the future and who doesn't make a lot of money. That's important for a team well over the luxury tax.
BIGGEST NEEDS: The Nuggets need help up front after center Marcus Camby was traded and Eduardo Najera bolted to New Jersey as a free agent. |
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| After the Nuggets unloaded center Marcus Camby in a salary dump, Camby was down in the dumps.
"Blindsided, distraught, disrespected. All those adjectives. I definitely feel insulted," Camby said of being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. "When I first heard about the trade, I felt like I was the scapegoat after all our past first-round exits and failures and lack of defense. |
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| --If the Nuggets had fears of some team swooping in to sign restricted free-agent J.R. Smith to a big offer sheet, they can breathe easier.
Smith was asked if he'd heard this summer from any other teams.
"Not yet," he said. "I haven't heard from anybody."
Smith said he hasn't gotten an offer from the Nuggets other than the option to return next season for the $3.04 million qualifying offer. |
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| The Denver Nuggets brought back Chris Andersen, signing the frontcourt player known as "Birdman" on Thursday.
Andersen was reinstated by the NBA in early March after being kicked out on Jan. 27, 2006, for violating the league's drug policy.
The 6-foot-10, 228-pound Andersen played in five games for the New Orleans Hornets last season, averaging 1.2 points and 1.8 rebounds a game. |
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| The Nuggets signed Chris Andersen on Thursday, bringing the forward-center back to Denver after three seasons with New Orleans.
The 6-10, 228-pound Anderson averaged 1.2 points per game and 1.8 rebounds in five games with the Hornets last season.
Andersen began his career after being the first player called up from the NBA Development League in 2001. He played three seasons in Denver before going to New Orleans in 2004. |
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July 24 |
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That’s correct - Chris Andersen, a Nuggets fan-favorite during the 2001-2004 seasons, is returning to the Nuggets via a one-year contract for the league minimum that he signed today.
Chris got his start in the NBA with the Nuggets, and used a combination of raw athleticism and hustle on the court to get playing time. He [...] |
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July 18 |
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Earlier this week, I had the fortunate timing of catching two-time Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel on Denver’s local 104.3 The Fan morning radio show. Here are a few gems that I remember from the rambling conversation and the portion of it I heard on the drive to work:
On the 1998 NBA Draft, in which [...] |
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| With the Nuggets' payroll for 2008-09 not only exceeding the salary cap but also the luxury-tax threshold, the team made a bold move to gain financial flexibility.
Center Marcus Camby, one season removed from winning the NBA's defensive player of the year award, was dealt to the Clippers for nearly no return. All the Nuggets received was the right to exchange second-round draft picks with the Clippers in 2010.
The deal will save the Nuggets up to $22. |
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July 16 |
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| Marcus Camby’s six year run as a Denver Nugget came to an end last night with the trade that sent him to the Los Angeles Clippers for a bag of peanuts.
As a fan at least, that’s what this deal feels like and amounts to. In actuality, it gets the Nuggets under the salary cap to [...] |
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| The Nuggets have made five straight playoff appearances, but had five straight lopsided first-round exits. But they don't seem ready to panic.
"I talked to coach (George) Karl, and he said they're looking to bring back pretty much the same team as last year," said Nuggets point guard Anthony Carter.
At least Carter will be back. He decided to return to the Nuggets on a one-year, $1.26 million veteran minimum contract. |
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| --The return of free agent G Anthony Carter to the Nuggets sets up an interesting battle for the starting point guard spot. Carter took over as the starter last season after G Chucky Atkins was injured. Atkins vows to start next season, but Carter is undeterred.
"I'm coming in looking to start, but it's going to be a battle," said Carter, who averaged a surprising 7.8 points and 5.5 assists last season. "Having both of us will give us a lot of firepower. |
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| DRAFT PICKS:
Sonny Weems, G, 6-6, Arkansas -- Athletic swingman the Nuggets will take a look at for the future and who doesn't make a lot of money. That's important for a team well over the luxury tax.
BIGGEST NEEDS: The Nuggets have sufficient depth at point guard after free agent Anthony Carter agreed to return, but they still need a point for the future due to Carter being 33 and Chucky Atkins turning 34 in August. |
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| --The Nuggets ended up with a draft choice after all.
The Nuggets, who entered the draft with no picks, dealt a 2009 second-round pick in a three-team deal and got Arkansas swingman Sonny Weems, who had been taken by Chicago No. 39 in the second round.
The 6-foot-6 Weems averaged 15.0 points last season for the Razorbacks. Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Mark Warkentien said he's very athletic.
"World class," Warkentien said. |
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| DRAFT PICKS:
Sonny Weems, G, 6-6, Arkansas -- Athletic swingman the Nuggets will take a look at for the future and who doesn't make a lot of money. That's important for a team well over the luxury tax.
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Many observers believed guard Allen Iverson would slow down at 32. Instead, he got better. Iverson raised his scoring average from 26.3 to 26.4, which was fourth in the NBA, and his field-goal percentage from 44.2 to 45.8. |
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It's no secret what's at the top of Denver's list heading into free agency.
The Nuggets need to solidify their point guard position. It's been a revolving door since Andre Miller was traded to Philadelphia in December 2006 in a deal that landed Allen Iverson.
Chucky Atkins was slated to be the starter last season but missed most of the season because of a groin strain and a sports hernia. |
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Read more...
For a complete two-round mock draft and in-depth player scouting reports, go to nbadraft.net.
This year's draft is one of the most difficult in history to project because there are so many unknowns with regard to trades taking place at the top of the draft, beginning with the second pick down through the lottery and into the late first round. |
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| All-Star Carmelo Anthony may have found reassurance that the Denver Nuggets still want him around in the most unlikely of places: the courtroom where he pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of driving while ability-impaired.
With trade rumors swirling around the beleaguered Anthony in recent weeks, coach George Karl and Mark Warkentien, the team's vice president of basketball operations, were in the courtroom to offer their support. |
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June 24 |
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| Carmelo Anthony has been suspended for the first two games of the 2008-2009 season as punishment for his April 14th arrest. Anthony was was driving home alone at night after one of his worst performances of the season in a Nuggets loss. Police said Anthony was weaving and not dimming his lights when pulled over. [...] |
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June 24 |
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| After having zero picks last year, the Nuggets have a single, late first round pick - #20, in this year’s draft, which start around 5:00PM MT and air nationally on ESPN.
There should still be quite a few interesting possibilties available when the Nuggets turn comes around. The Nuggets could use help at guard and a big [...] |
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| The Denver Nuggets suspended NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony for the first two games of the next season as punishment for his April arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.
The announcement by the team Monday comes a day before he is scheduled to enter a plea in the case. Anthony was also named to the U.S. Olympic team Monday. |
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June 18 |
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| The Boston Celtics just completed a stunning rout of the Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers in the 6th and final game of the 2008 NBA Finals. The Celtics won - 131-92.
This game was not close after the first quarter and actually broke several records for largest margin of victory in a closeout game, and [...] |
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| --Nuggets coach George Karl was asked if the team might trade star forward Carmelo Anthony. He didn't rule it out, but said the Nuggets won't be "irrational or out of control in our decision making."
"We know we have a good team," Karl said. "But we also know we're disappointed... We're going to keep all windows of opportunity and windows of advancement and betterment... open. But I don't think we have crazy guys in the front office who are going to do something wild. |
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Gary Moore, personal manager for guard Allen Iverson, said the Nuggets "seem to be very willing" to offer Iverson a multi-year contract if he were to opt out of the final year of his current deal by the June 20 deadline.
However, Moore, who said he recently began talks with Denver brass about Iverson's future, declined to discuss how many years the Nuggets might be willing to give Iverson nor offer monetary figures.
Iverson can opt out of a deal paying him $20. |
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| Yeah, he's a fun-loving kid who enjoys a prank. But character issues? Michael Beasley is puzzled with that one, Jeff Goodman says. |
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June 11 |
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| What a strange season it was for the Denver Nuggets.
The Nuggets won 50 games for the first time since in 20 years – that was 1988 for those of you not feeling the math. Yet, it was only good enough for the 8th seed in the increasingly strong and deep Western Conference, and it led to the most disappointing [...] |
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| Will the Nuggets trade star forward Carmelo Anthony?
Not according to his agent.
Calvin Andrews said he has talked to Nuggets' officials about his client, who has been mentioned in several reports about possibly being traded to New Jersey. Andrews left those talks confident the Nuggets are "not shopping" Anthony, who just completed the first year of a five-year, $78.9 million deal. |
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| --Nuggets coach George Karl could be looking this summer for two new assistant coaches. Karl already knows he will be looking for one, with Mike Dunlap having resigned to become Arizona's associate head coach. And Doug Moe, 69, is expected to leave when his contract expires June 30.
Moe, the winningest coach in Nuggets history, said he "most likely" won't be back for a fifth season on Karl's staff.
"At my age, I need to spend more time with the grandkids," Moe said. |
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May 22 |
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| The Lakers finished up their first round sweep of the Denver Nuggets three weeks ago on April 28th. After attending every Nuggets home playoff game for the past 5 seasons, this playoff series was the most frustrating of them all.
Let’s recap the previous 4 years first.
In 2004, then rookie Carmelo Anthony helped lead the Nuggets to their [...] |
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May 22 |
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| The Lakers finished up their first round sweep of the Denver Nuggets three weeks ago on April 28th. After attending every Nuggets home playoff game for the past 5 seasons, this playoff series was the most frustrating of them all.
Let’s recap the previous 4 years first.
In 2004, then rookie Carmelo Anthony helped lead the Nuggets [...] |
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| The Denver Nuggets say coach George Karl has undergone left hip replacement surgery.
The team says the operation Tuesday lasted two hours. Karl is expected to resume walking without a cane in a week to 10 days.
Karl was treated for prostrate cancer in 2005. |
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| The Denver Nuggets say coach George Karl has undergone left hip replacement surgery.
The team says the operation Tuesday lasted two hours. Karl is expected to resume walking without a cane in a week to 10 days.
Karl was treated for prostrate cancer in 2005. |
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| LeBron needs a little more help. That's obvious. But it's not clear what the Cavs should do to improve. The Bleacher Report offers some suggestions. |
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| Even if the Nuggets want to blow up the team, it will take a lot of dynamite.
Nuggets brass held meetings in May to discuss next season. Coach George Karl said everything will be brought up "from one end to the other end."
In reality, the Nuggets are in a very tough spot as they pick up the pieces from their ugly first-round playoff sweep by the Lakers. They are an aging team with a bloated payroll, and some very difficult players to trade.
Yes, there will be some offseason moves. |
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| --Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony scored, scored and then scored some more.
Media members around the NBA were not impressed. Neither Iverson nor Anthony, the two Nuggets stars, was selected to any of the three All-NBA teams.
Iverson finished third in the NBA in scoring (26.4) and Anthony (25.7) fourth. |
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| Even if the Nuggets want to blow up the team, it will take a lot of dynamite.
Nuggets' brass is holding meetings in May to discuss next season. Coach George Karl said everything will be brought up "from one end to the other end."
In reality, the Nuggets are in a very tough spot as they pick up the pieces from their ugly first-round playoff sweep by the Lakers. They are an aging team with a bloated payroll, and some very difficult players to trade. |
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| Mike Dunlap is leaving his job as a Denver Nuggets assistant coach to serve on Lute Olson's staff at the University of Arizona.
Dunlap served on coach George Karl's staff the last two seasons after a highly successful stint at Metro State College of Denver. He went 248-50 and won two NCAA Division II national titles, in 2000 and 2002.
Dunlap was a candidate for head coaching jobs at Oregon State and California this spring. |
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