http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog Denver Nuggets NBA Blog with Nuggets news, commentary and general opinion on the Denver Nuggets Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:26:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post reports that guard Ty Lawson was a no-show for his workout with the Denver Nuggets, who reportedly had expressed the most interest in him up to this point. Lawson was a no-show at the Nuggets' college player workouts Sunday, two days after he was arrested ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/lawson-no-shows-chalmers-opens-eyes/ Jonathan Givoney of DraftExpress.com reports that with the 20th overall pick in this month's NBA draft, the Denver Nuggets may have made a promise to North Carolina guard Ty Lawson. Talk continues to circulate that the Denver Nuggets have promised to select Ty Lawson with the 20th pick later this month. ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/rumor-nuggets-promise-lawson-at-20/ Benjamin Hochman of The Denver Post reports: Don't look for Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony to be traded. Calvin Andrews, Anthony's agent, told The Denver Post that the Nuggets "informed me that they're not shopping Melo." Anthony has been a target for criticism after the Nuggets flamed out in the first round of ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/agent-melo-staying-put/   HE's BACK   Denverites are used to it by now.  Rockies who?  Regarding the past few seasons for the Denver Nuggets, much is misperception.   Casual analysis of this squad leads to conclusions that Denver is destined for yet another early exit.   Sure, even a hard-core Nugget fan will admit much about the current core is an enigma.  You can make a sound argument ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/soaring-under-the-radar/ In each of the last three pre-seasons the Denver Nuggets have been the popular, rather oxymoronic darkhorse pick in the Western conference by most major publications.   In each of those campaigns however, the team suffered a season ending injury to a starter in the first week of the season.  That has ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/nuggets-cursed/ On Monday night, the Nuggets hosted the last place Memphis Grizzles. Carmelo Anthony finally made his return, after his 15 game suspension, to the Nuggets lineup in this game. This was game one of the Anthony/Iverson experiment, and all went well, as the Nuggets defeated the Grizzlies 115-98. Pau Gasol put ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/nuggets-win-in-day-1-of-anthonyiverson-experiment/ Nuggets star forward Carmelo Anthony has just completed his 15 game suspension for his actions in the fight at Madison Square Garden last month. What does this really mean? Well, first of all, it means that the Nuggets get their franchise player back. But, that's not what everyone is most ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/melos-suspension-over/ On Friday night, the Rockets traveled to Denver to face AI and the Nuggets. Steve Blake made his Nuggets debut in this game, as he was just traded from Milwaukee in a deal for Earl Boykins and Julius Hodge, and did a great job. Neither team in this game played ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/nuggets-lose-to-houston-in-blake-debut/ The Nuggets and Bucks have completed a deal that will send guard Steve Blake to Denver, as guard Earl Boykins and guard/forward Julius Hodge will be shipped to Milwaukee. This deal, on paper, looks like the Bucks made out better, but it really was a fair deal. This deal was ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/nuggets-acquire-steve-blake/ On Wednesday night, the Nuggets hosted the Spurs at home in J.R. Smith's return (after serving a 10 game suspension from the NBA for his actions in the fight at Madison Square Garden). Despite an excellent offensive outing from Allen Iverson, the Nuggets lost the game 92-83. San Antonio only ... http://www.nuggetsnews.com/blog/Denver-Nuggets/nuggets-lose-to-spurs-in-jr-return/