Tag: Nba Finals
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Nuggets ownership has one reason to wait to hire lead executive — the NBA Finals | Vinny’s take
The excuses expire as soon as the NBA champion is crowned Sunday night. Denver’s front office remains directionless with four days until the NBA draft starts. While the Nuggets don’t have a draft pick, the only way that makes sense is if the Nuggets are waiting to hire someone from the Thunder or Pacers after…
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Oklahoma City Thunder set to make quick work of Indiana Pacers in NBA Finals | Vinny’s take
A dominant regular season doesn’t mean a thing without the ring, and Oklahoma City is going to get sized on June 17. That’s the day after Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Thunder finished the regular season with a league-best 68 wins and the second-best net rating in NBA history. Oklahoma City’s 120.3 offensive…
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Julian Strawther talks ‘biggest summer’ ahead of third season with Denver Nuggets | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The words “internal development” have been used a lot to start the summer, and that means it’s a big offseason for the Denver Nuggets’ Julian Strawther. “Going from Year 2 to Year 3, I feel like…
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One of the shooters at Nuggets’ 2023 victory celebration sentenced to prison
A man who shot into a crowd celebrating the Denver Nuggets 2023 NBA Championship victory downtown was sentenced to 35 years in prison on attempted murder and drug charges, with an eight year sentence to be served concurrently. Ricardo Vasquez injured four people early in the morning on June 13, 2023, as revelers spilled out…
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The ‘Beast’ awaits Nuggets in a love-to-hate-’em blood feud with T-Wolves | Mark Kiszla
The Nuggets’ road to a repeat has morphed into a high-wire act led by a hero hobbling on one leg. While this might be a weird way to go about building an NBA dynasty, it’s certainly wild and crazy fun — provided, of course, that your heart can stand the danger. Late Monday night, after…
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Peyton Watson out to realize potential, prove believers right in second season with Denver Nuggets
Peyton Watson has an impressive list of believers he’s looking to prove right in his second season with the Denver Nuggets Growing up as an elite prospect in Los Angeles, there was plenty of exposure to pros, especially in the summer. Kevin Durant and Paul George were some of the first big names to express…
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Denver Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr. makes most of healthy offseason
One play from the NBA Finals showed what’s possible if Michael Porter Jr.’s offseason work pays off. With the Nuggets up two points late in the third quarter of Game 5, Porter snatched a loose ball and started dribbling up the court into a one-on-two situation. As Heat guard Duncan Robinson lunged at the ball…
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Here are the Top 10 sports Coloradans bet on
What sport do Coloradans like to bet on most? According to the Colorado Division of Gaming, it’s NBA basketball. Colorado gaming officials Friday released a list of the top 10 sports Coloradans wager on as the state passed the three-year mark of legalized sports betting. Coloradans have bet more than $2.9 billion on the NBA…
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Growing up with Nuggets in your blood | John Moore
My father died six weeks before the Broncos beat the Packers in the 1998 Super Bowl. (My nephew and I, watching those tense final seconds together, were convinced it was Ralph, intervening from … well, wherever he was … who really knocked down that last Brett Favre pass, not John Mobley.) Ralph Moore never saw…