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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]
The Nuggets and Malone agreed to a contract extension that will make him one of the league’s highest-paid coaches, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Nov. 13. The Nuggets announced the deal ...
Denver won both games and tied the series at 2. The Nuggets made NBA history in Game 5, upsetting Seattle in overtime 98–94. They became the first 8th-seeded team to defeat a 1st-seeded team in NBA playoff history. Denver almost repeated the feat before falling to the Utah Jazz in Game 7 of the second round.
On January 27, 2005, the Denver Nuggets named Karl their head coach, taking over from interim head coach Michael Cooper, who stayed on as an assistant coach. [39] Karl made an immediate impact on the Nuggets, taking a team floundering at 17–25 and 4-16 in the last 20 games before his appointment to a 32–8 record in the second half of the ...
Denver Rockets regular-season record (1967–1976) 413 331.555 Denver Nuggets regular-season record (1976–present) 1,953 1,915.505 All-time regular season (1967–present) 2,367 2,246.513; Denver Nuggets playoffs record (1976–present) 105 137.434 Denver Rockets playoffs record (1967–1976) 27 35.435 All-time playoff record (1967–present ...