Tag: Nba
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Can NHL maintain momentum from Olympics, Stanley Cup playoffs? | Evan’s take
All is quiet on the Avalanche front. With Joe Sakic out of town and not addressing media until Thursday, there’s not much happening in Colorado. Outside of a brief statement it released last week in regard to Chris MacFarland leaving for Nashville, the franchise has been silent since its season came to an abrupt end…
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Are the Denver Nuggets mismanaging the Nikola Jokic era?| Friday Faceoff
Ahead of Josh Kroenke’s season-ending news conference Friday, with just one championship during the Nikola Jokic era, is the franchise wasting the prime of its superstar? Kyle Fredrickson, Broncos beat reporter Answer: No Everyone take a deep breath. It’s easy to panic after the Nuggets flamed out of the playoffs three straight years after winning…
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Nuggets-Timberwolves and NBA Finals predictions | 2026 Nuggets Playoffs Preview
Paul Klee, sports editor The playoffs surprise will be … Adam Silver finally admits the NBA has a real perception problem. It more than raised eyebrows when the Lakers got Luka Doncic for a bag of beans. The commish should institute an anti-flopping rule (one, two, three strikes, you’re suspended) and anti-tanking rule (stripping draft…
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ABA series screening soars ‘above the rim’
‘Soul Power’ gathering brings players, fans, family and media to sold-out Sie FilmCenter for nostalgic look back at Denver’s renegade basketball past “Bring back the ball!” That was Hall of Fame coach George Karl’s message to the NBA at Wednesday’s joyful, sold-out screening of “Soul Power” at the Sie FilmCenter. The new, four-part documentary series…
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‘Soul Power’: Long live the ABA
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Fifty years later, new documentary series takes nostalgic look at how the rebel American Basketball Association changed the NBA – and the world Three-point ABA trivia question: What do rapper-actor Common and Grammy Award-winning singer India.Arie have in common? Answer: Their fathers both played for the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association. No, I am…
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Nuggets fall to Thunder in first meeting of season between NBA title favorites
For as many starters as were missing between the Nuggets and Thunder, there were just as many All-Stars on the court. But as Jamal Murray and Chet Holmgren got to relish their first All-Star nods, joining superstars Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Los Angeles next week, Sunday’s first meeting between the Nuggets and Thunder…
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It’s a Serbian Sunday with Nikola Jokic, Novak Djokovic in spotlight | The Starting Lineup
Turn on the game! Three must-see events this week: 1. Oklahoma City Thunder at Nuggets (7:30 p.m. Sunday, NBC) — The West’s top teams meet three times in the next 36 days — then for an inevitable seven-gamer in the NBA playoffs. 2. Detroit Red Wings at Avalanche (7 p.m. Monday, Altitude TV) — Don’t…
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Is David Adelman the NBA Coach of the Year after successful road trip? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Is David Adelman the NBA Coach of the Year?Vinny Benedetto, Nuggets writer Answer: No Denver’s new coach should end up on just about every awards ballot, but don’t expect David Adelman to win the award. A few factors are working against the Nuggets’ new coach. First, Denver’s not going to finish with the Western…
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Denver’s Marc Cash has collected 48,000 autographs from celebrities, with the Broncos being his biggest passion
Marc Cash has more pairs of cleats than one might find in the Broncos locker room. He has troves of Nuggets game-worn shoes and Avalanche hockey sticks. And it’s all on display in the basement of his Denver home. Well, some of it is. Cash, 38, has been collecting autographs since he was 6 and…
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Friday Faceoff: How can Nikola Jokic become the greatest of all time?
Off to another hot start to begin his 11th NBA season, what does a path to becoming basketball’s greatest of all-time (or G.O.A.T) look like for Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic? Vinny Benedetto, Nuggets writer Answer: Unprecedented statistical profile During the NBA’s NDA – no dynasties allowed – era, there’s only one way for Nikola Jokic…