Tag: Nuggets
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Two decades after difficult Nuggets stint, Nikoloz Tskitishvili is 42 and still playing in native Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia — When Nikoloz Tskitishvili tools around Tbilisi in his 2018 Ford Raptor, everyone seems to know who he is. Those in doubt can check out his license plate. Yes, they do have vanity plates in the Republic of Georgia. The one on Tskitishvili’s truck reads “TS-222-KI.” The letters are for his name and…
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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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Hunter Tyson hoping lob lesson is the first of many from rookie season with Denver Nuggets
Hunter Tyson has successfully applied one lesson learned. The Nuggets’ rookie is hopeful there are many more. “I’m just trying to get adjusted, trying to sponge up as much as I can from all these guys,” Tyson said at Sunday’s practice after his first training camp. “I’m just trying to take as much as I…
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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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Aaron Gordon’s award tour takes Nuggets forward from China to Serbia to Boulder
No Nugget deserved a globe-spinning vacation more than Aaron Gordon. The assignments Gordon was responsible for during Denver’s playoffs ranged from the explosivity of Anthony Edwards to the size and skill of Karl-Anthony Towns and Kevin Durant and finished with the brute force of LeBron James and Jimmy Butler. All of that came after a…
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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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Nuggets’ offseason pitch sounded just right to Justin Holiday
Justin Holiday has just about heard it all. The Nuggets are Holiday’s 10th team in 11 seasons, and he’s had two different stints with the Hawks and Bulls before signing with Denver this summer. He started his professional career in Belgium before getting his first NBA experience with the 76ers in 2013. He didn’t quite…
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Denver Nuggets’ championship summer too short for Nikola Jokic
The championship run came with a cost for Nikola Jokic. The NBA Finals and subsequent celebrations — first the parade he didn’t want to attend until he did and later a rowdy night in Las Vegas — prevented Jokic from returning to Serbia until the middle of June. He returned to Denver over the weekend. “I think it’s…
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RTD offers extra capacity for Nuggets NBA Finals games at Ball Arena
Denver Nuggets fans headed for the NBA Finals between the Nuggets and the Miami Heat at Ball Arena can use the Regional Transportation District’s light rail and bus systems, as transportation officials said they are adding train cars to accommodate riders. The additional train cars will be added to the regularly-scheduled A (Sunday games) and…
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Denver Nuggets assistant Ryan Saunders returns to Minnesota with chance to get last laugh
Ryan Saunders and the Nuggets could leave the series against Minnesota with the last laugh. Saunders is the son of the late Flip Saunders, who tops the Timberwolves franchise chart for wins by a coach with 427. Minnesota’s current coach, Chris Finch, is second on that list with 104 wins heading into Sunday’s Game 4…