Michael Malone summed up the general feeling around his team pretty well as the Nuggets passed the Christmas Day landmark on the NBA calendar earlier this week. “Our guys are great. They understand that we’re not satisfied being 21-9, 7-1 (in the last eight games),” Malone said Friday. “We can still play so much better and that’s the scary thing…...

As part of our “Top of the 10s” series celebrating the last decade of sports in Colorado, the DNVR Nuggets crew sat down in the DNVR Lounge to discuss the impact Tim Connelly and Michael Malone have had on the franchise over the last half decade. Who do you think has had the greater impact? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqpParvqOiQ&feature=youtu.be

On a humid summer morning in Hyattsville, Maryland, Jerami Grant is back where it all began. Before capturing gold at the FIBA Americas in 2012, before providing a spark off the bench as a freshman for Syracuse on the way to the Final 4, and years before securing a three-year, $27 million contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder last…

Jamal Murray clapped. Assistant coach Wes Unseld Jr. took a few steps onto the court to congratulate his players. Torrey Craig rose from his spot on the Nuggets’ bench and let out a scream. The Nuggets weren’t celebrating a Jamal Murray 3-pointer, a magical Nikola Jokic assist, or a Will Barton basket. Denver was rejoicing over its first highlight play…...

The MVP is back

Harrison Wind and Allie Monroy discuss the Denver Nuggets, Michael Porter Jr, and more! https://youtu.be/kCjwn8Zr_4s

Heads down and shoulders slumped, the Nuggets trudged back to the the locker room after an eighth-straight loss to the Houston Rockets. It was just two months into the 2018-19 season and the honeymoon stage of the team’s hot start was still in full effect, yet the Nuggets’ spirits were low after dropping their fourth-straight after a promising 9-1 start.…...

“What makes this play great” is a brand new series I will be doing here at DNVR in which I break down in detail a single play, moment, or sequence from a Denver Nuggets game and explain all of the subtle details that you might’ve missed the first time around. You can check out episode one and two from earlier…...

In the latest episode of the DNVR Nuggets Podcast, Brendan Vogt and Harrison Wind share observations from Denver’s uninspiring win in Orlando. Wind opens up his notebook and shares some interesting numbers about the offense. Plus, the Nuggets miss Will Barton and Jamal Murray deserves more credit for his start to the season. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! iTunes link |…

One of my kids is a really talented figurine and miniature painter. The level of detail and creativity he is able to put into making something look realistic or unrealistic as the client requests is pretty astounding. I tried my hand at it once, just for a way for us to bond. My hands are not nearly so steady as…...

Will Barton is still a believer in the Nuggets’ bench. Even after Denver’s second unit gave up 61 points to the Dallas Mavericks’ reserves in Tuesday’s 109-106 loss, Barton, the Nuggets’ former sixth man said he’d still put his team’s bench up against any other backup unit in the NBA. “I feel like we’ve got the best bench in the…...

The Denver Nuggets rang in the new basketball year with a win over the Trail Blazers in Portland, snapping Rip City’s 18-game winning streak at home in a season opener. Several of Denver’s stars struggled, the first half was a complete wash, and Jokic only logged 23 minutes on the court, but it was enough for a redemptive win to…...

Will Barton started, Jerami Grant impressed, and Michael Porter Jr. stole the show in Denver’s preseason opener. The DNVR Nuggets staff reacts Will Barton opened the preseason with the starters – does he have the unofficial poll position in the race for the starting job on the wing? Brendan Vogt: It’s unlikely that Malone would admit it, but I inferred as…...

Michael Malone still doesn’t have any purple in his closet. It’s been nearly five years since he was let go by the Sacramento Kings, yet Denver’s coach insists that his wife Jocelyn’s favorite color is still banned from his wardrobe. At Media Day on the eve of his fifth season in Denver, Malone, dressed in Nuggets’ midnight blue reflected…...

Happy Media Day! The Nuggets’ season has officially begun and Harrison Wind and Brendan Vogt fill you in on what you need to know from a busy morning at Pepsi Center. Do the Nuggets really believe they’re championship contenders? What stood out from Michael Porter Jr.’s media sessions and can the rookie snag Denver’s starting small forward spot? Is Paul…

With Ryan Koenigsberg, AJ Haefele, Harrison Wind and Drew Creasman, the crew goes over what it's like to cover a struggling team, they build a "super coach", and discuss “Who Won the Week”.

Many executives across the league were caught off guard by the new level Nikola Jokic reached in the playoffs last season, including the All-Star center’s countryman and Sacramento Kings assistant general manager Peja Stojakovic. “I had Peja who I know well come up to me and he goes, ‘I had no idea Nikola had that in him,'” Michael Malone…...

Wind goes over his biggest takeaways from Jerami Grant’s introductory press conference Thursday at Pepsi Center, why the Nuggets want the forward in Denver long-term and what about Grant made him a top target for Denver this summer. DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! iTunes link | Stitcher Link | Pocket Casts Link | Spotify Link

Jerami Grant held up a freshly pressed No. 9 Nuggets jersey Thursday afternoon at his introductory press conference, the only jersey Denver brass hopes Grant will wear over the next several seasons. The Nuggets want Grant with the organization long-term, and based on Tim Connelly and Michael Malone’s remarks as they sat on either side of the 6-foot-9 forward and…...