Join the Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast as we dive into the complete history of the Denver Nuggets!
After 56 years of existence, the Denver Nuggets are finally in the NBA Finals.
Thanks to the heroics of two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr, Aaron Gordon, and coach Michael ("Don't Call Him Mike") Malone, the Nuggets are finally in the finals! In this episode, we will look back on the franchises' history.
It's a fascinating one with bouts of futility, innovations, and experiments of the game, lost superstars, and now, finally, NBA Finals glory.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Denver Nuggets:
Topics include:
- A brief history of pro basketball in Denver, starting with the AAU Denver Nuggets and off-shoot teams in the early days of organized, professional basketball.
- The beginning of the current-day Denver Nuggets as the ABA's Denver Rockets.
- The Rockets became the Denver Nuggets and joined fellow ABA teams in the newly-merged NBA.
- The Denver Nuggets' early success in the NBA doesn't quite translate to a championship or an NBA Finals appearance.
- Doug Moe enters the equation, and the Denver Nuggets lay waste to NBA record books with prolific offensive numbers and one of the NBA's most well-balanced teams of all time.
- Dikembe Mutombo and the Denver Nuggets shocked the world and defeated the #1-seeded Seattle Supersonics in the 1994 NBA Playoffs. What people don't remember though: they almost beat the Utah Jazz in the next round!
- The Nuggets' unfortunate decision to switch from their excellent jerseys to their very bad brown and red jerseys in the 90s.
- Futility on and off the court with struggles to win basketball games and find suitable ownership for the team.
- A gift from the heavens comes from scoring machine Carmelo Anthony immediately giving the Denver Nuggets an offensive star.
- Denver tweaked their formula with Allen Iverson and later Chauncey Billups to get the most out of the Anthony era.
- Anthony's trade to the New York Knicks and the new-look George Karl-led Denver Nuggets exceed expectations.
- And, finally, what Nikola Jokic era. Famously drafted during a Taco Bell commercial, Jokic leads the Nuggets to their highest highs in franchise history and solidifies himself as their all-time best player.
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