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The winning choice was "Nuggets", in honor of the original Denver Nuggets team from 1948 to 1950, the last year as a charter member of the NBA. Their new logo was a miner "discovering" an ABA ball. Goldberg and Fischer in turn sold the team to a local investment group in 1976.
The team's roots can be traced back to 1932 when the original amateur Nuggets were formed as a member of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Led by player-coach Jack McCracken, the Nuggets were one of the most powerful amateur athletic basketball teams in the country, winning the 1939 AAU championship and losing the 1940 championship to the Phillips 66ers.
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game with the Denver Nuggets x: Denotes player who is currently on the Denver Nuggets roster: 0.0: Denotes the Denver Nuggets statistics leader (min. 100 games played for the team for per-game statistics) player: Denotes player who has played for the Denver Nuggets in the ABA
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]
This is a list of basketball players who have played in the NBA or the ABA for the Denver Nuggets. For players who competed for them between 1948 and 1950, see Category:Denver Nuggets (1948–50) players .
This is a list of seasons completed by the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). They have played for 56 seasons, 47 in the NBA and nine in the American Basketball Association (ABA). As of the 2022–23 season, they have reached the NBA Finals and won the NBA championship once .
All-NBA First Team. David Thompson – 1977, 1978 [16]; Nikola Jokić – 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024; All-NBA Second Team. Alex English – 1982, 1983, 1986; Lafayette Lever – 1987
This category is for players on 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.