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The Nuggets were founded as the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. [1] In 1974, in anticipation of moving to the NBA, the franchise held a contest to choose a new trademarked name for the team, as Rockets was already in use by the Houston Rockets and the name Nuggets won. [ 1 ]
A list of current and former head coaches of the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
A list of current and former coaches of the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
NBA Coach of the Year. Doug Moe – 1988 [10] George Karl – 2013 [11] NBA Sportsmanship Award. Chauncey Billups – 2009 [12] J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award. Dan Issel – 1985; Alex English – 1988; Kenneth Faried – 2013 [13] NBA Executive of the Year. Vince Boryla – 1985; Mark Warkentien – 2009 [14] Masai Ujiri – 2013 [15]
This category is for coaches of the Denver Nuggets for just the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons. This team's history was adopted by the modern-day incarnation Denver Nuggets despite these being two distinct franchises. Note: During the 1948–49 season, the team played in the National Basketball League.
With Brown's coaching and Jones in the frontcourt, Denver went 65–19 in 1974–75, a franchise record and 28 more wins than the previous season. [25] Jones shot .604 from the floor for an ABA record, scored 14.8 points per game, and won a spot on the ABA All-Rookie Team. [26] However, they lost to the Indiana Pacers in the western division ...
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Hanzlik played in the NBA for ten years – two with the Sonics and eight with the Denver Nuggets. He was a 1986 All-Defense second team selection. He was a 1986 All-Defense second team selection. Coach Doug Moe often assigned Hanzlik to the opposing team's toughest player to guard, regardless of position, even once defending 7'4" center Ralph ...