David Adelman couldn’t make sense of what he was watching, but he could make out the neighborhood. Minneapolis was his first NBA home. He knew the city well.…
Read more Nuggets’ David Adelman reacts to Minneapolis unrest, shooting of Alex Pretti: ‘Let’s not shoot each other’PHILADELPHIA — These are the stories nine Nuggets bench players and their coach will tell decades from now about a peculiar basketball game in Philadelphia. It was a…
Read more Inside the Nuggets’ most improbable win in years: ‘I was giving MVPs buckets out there’NEW ORLEANS — Life was detected in the most cavernous building in the NBA for a few minutes on Wednesday, as the Pelicans flew to an early 13-point…
Read more Without Aaron Gordon, Nuggets escape New Orleans with win in Zion Williamson’s returnIn the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert reconvene after the first week of the regular season. Among…
Read more Nuggets Podcast: Jamal Murray goes off, Christian Braun gets paid and Aaron Gordon goes hyphySAN DIEGO — Aaron Gordon telegraphed the prevailing ethos of Nuggets training camp the day before it began. Prompted about balancing his focus between offense and defense after…
Read more Nuggets begin training camp with emphasis on defensive intensity: ‘Blow teams out a little more’MPJ with a mic is OMG. Michael Malone remains an angry emoji. And without these two, the Nuggets are no longer bitter and a whole lot better. This…
Read more Renck: No Michael Malone. No MPJ. No excuses for Nuggets, Nikola Jokic to not win another titleBROOKLYN, N.Y. — To get their first win of the season, the Nuggets almost had to sacrifice their second. Michael Malone knew the risk he was taking. It…
Read more Nikola Jokic triple-double leads Nuggets to second straight overtime win on roadThe Nuggets remain winless in preseason play with one game remaining after a 124-94 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday at Ball Arena. The last…
Read more Nuggets vs. Thunder preseason observations: End of Denver’s bench struggles again in 4th lossIt is whine o’clock somewhere. This was the impression left by the Los Angeles Lakers after the Denver Nuggets vanquished them in the first round of the playoffs.…
Read more Renck: Uh-oh, Nuggets. With Lakers targeting UConn’s Dan Hurley, it’s another reminder Denver can’t stand pat this offseasonAs a longer-than-expected offseason tips off for the Denver Nuggets, team officials want to be sure they separate from what coach Michael Malone calls “the emotional reaction to…
Read more Nuggets GM Calvin Booth on 2024 offseason: “We can use a little bit more talent”Michael Malone didn’t just shorten his bench. He strangled it. Christian Braun played a valiant 20 minutes in that scarring, jarring Game 7, much of it spent badgering…
Read more Keeler: If Nuggets coach Michael Malone, Calvin Booth aren’t on same page, they’ll burn another year of Nikola Jokic’s MVP peakMINNEAPOLIS — Nuggets coach Michael Malone was involved in a heated interaction with at least one Timberwolves fan near the visiting bench during an NBA playoff game Friday…
Read more Michael Malone on heated interaction with Timberwolves fan: “That happens at times in a hostile environment”DALLAS — Jamie Benn needs to “feel” you, as Nuggets coach Michael Malone likes to say. Right between the ears. If the NHL won’t send a message to…
Read more Keeler: O, Captain! Avalanche needs leader to deliver message to Stars goon Jamie Benn that Gabe Landeskog can’tPrior to the start of their series, Anthony Edwards declared that the Nuggets are not good without Jamal Murray. During the opening seconds of Saturday night’s matchup, the…
Read more Jamal Murray’s recent shooting struggles re-emerge early on vs. Timberwolves in Game 1LOS ANGELES — They showered Darvin Ham with boos as the coach was introduced before opening tip. They bombarded him with more pointed chants before time expired in…
Read more Nikola Jokic after Nuggets’ 11th straight win over Lakers: “Don’t get bored with success”DENVER — Nobody needed basketball more this week than Michael Porter Jr. “I definitely tried to compartmentalize,” Porter Jr. said after the Nuggets Game 1 victory over Los…
Read more Michael Porter Jr. embraces Nuggets brotherhood amid family sorrowMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The tarp is being removed from the pool for the first time this year at the Jokic household. “We have good weather,” Nikola Jokic said…
Read more Nuggets might watch Lakers vs. Pelicans together, but “we don’t have a preferred opponent”SAN ANTONIO — To hold serve at the top of the Western Conference standings, the Nuggets had to weather one last Wemby storm. They couldn’t. In what might…
Read more Nuggets blow 23-point lead to Spurs, losing 1-seed footing before finaleChristian Braun didn’t have time immediately to examine every single notification on his phone, but he did notice a text from his mom before he spoke to reporters.…
Read more Christian Braun posterizes Rudy Gobert with left hand to punctuate Nuggets’ last home game before playoffs: “My best sequence in the NBA”It’s clear which of the Nuggets’ four remaining games is the most consequential, but what precedes it might be the dictionary definition of a trap game. There’s even…
Read more Before Nuggets’ high-stakes clash with Timberwolves, Michael Malone and Nikola Jokic must exorcise Utah demons: “We don’t really acclimate to the altitude very well”
