Denver Nuggets Forum

Coming from a Heat fan congrats to the Nuggets for finally getting that championship! Colorado has had recent championship success, but the real question is when the Rockies finally do it? 

Congratuations to Denver.  It is always good to see a team win its first championship.

Great to see Denver win. Some nice vindication for Jokic toward those who for some reason still doubted his ability.

Also good reward for their perseverance in sticking with Murray and Porter Jr through their long term injuries rather than looking for a quick fix in trade.

My mom is from Denver, and we moved back here in 1983 after my dad passed away. She didn't care about basketball, and still doesn't. But her mom sure did!

I spent a lot of time at my grandma's house over the years, and she loved her Nuggets. Issel, Alex, Fat, and all those guys back in the day. The games were always on the TV. And she hated the Jazz...especially Karl Malone. Probably because he was always kicking our asses. "That damn Malone".

Not surprisingly, I fell in love with those Nuggets teams of the 80's too, and have been a fan ever since. I remember when the Bulls went 72-10 in the mid 90's, and believe it or not the Nuggets were responsible for one of those 10 losses. The Nuggets weren't quite at rock bottom yet, because Bernie Bickerstaff hadn't yet completed his rampage of destruction (Efthemios Rentzias anyone?). But they were not a good team. I was shooting pool with my uncle that night, and when he came back from the bar with more beers, he couldn't stop yelling "We beat the Bulls!". I thought he was lying.

And then they utterly bottomed out in the late 90's. I just looked it up, and it was the 1997-98 season when they legendarily went 11-71. Then came Carmelo, and the George Karl years, and they were good again. But never good enough. Through all of those playoffs, I never really thought they were truly better than everyone else. And the truth was, they weren't.

Then the agony of the Brian Shaw years. I don't really dislike anyone in Nuggets history except for 3 people. Andre Iguodala, Bernie Bickerstaff, and Brian Shaw.

But then Tim Connelly corrected the Shaw mistake, and brought in this guy Michael Malone. And then we started assembling a team with some interesting young guys. And started making the right decisions. Murray actually backed up Emmanual Mudiay for a year, believe it or not, but they recognized that Jamal was a superior talent and we gave him the keys. And believe it or not, there was a time when they were going back and forth between Jokic and Nurkic. Do we keep one and trade the other? Play them both at the same time? And then, again, good basketball decisions were made. So what if he's a center, let's try running everything through him anyway. And guess what, good things started to happen.

And then Jamal's ACL injury. Jesus. The Nuggets' bubble run was so amazing, and Jamal was the most memorable player. But then he rips up his leg. For God's sake. Nug Life is real!

But then this season came. Let me tell you, after 4 decades of being a Nuggets fan, it's tough to have confidence going into the playoffs. Over the years I always thought the Nuggets had a chance, but I never really felt like they were the best team. But as this year progressed, I started to think differently. And as the playoffs went along, I finally started to realize that yes, they are better than everyone else. Not that this would guarantee a championship, but it was clear that they were the best team. No weaknesses. Unselfish. Well coached. Clutch. Role players who could and would step up when needed. And they had the best player in the world by far.

And so today here I am writing this rambling post on a message board to people I don't know. But it just feels so good to say all this out loud. I know I had nothing to do with this team or their success, but I feel like I'm a part of it anyway. It's personal. And it feels great.

By the way, the Rockies have a 0% chance of winning a title while Dick Monfort owns the team. And he will own it until the day he croaks.

I say Boo to Denver 😂

Must be a Florida resident! :-)

Lol yup agree

Being a loyal fan for as long as you have through thick and thin, I'd say your certainly a part of it. 

Even though the Heat lost 4-1, they were probably the toughest team Denver faced during the playoffs. Those games were hard fought. I guess you could argue Phoenix too.