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Nuggets small forward Will Barton: Hamstring injury has “been a little deflating”

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COLORADO SPRINGS — Nuggets wing Will Barton includes a habit of saying things that are illuminating, confusing and humorous all at one time. When Barton pleaded ignorance to the Nuggets’ open competition at little ahead Friday, a battle he’therefore allegedly a part of, so it was to take his own opinions in jest. “It’s open?
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Projecting the Nuggets’ depth chart heading into 2019-’20 season

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It was simple practical, for Nuggets trainer Michael Malone to dismiss the query. Malone was sitting in the news conference for enviable forward Jerami Grant and was not interested in indulging questions which training camp and preseason would finally answer. “I haven’t thought rotations and about the depth chart,” Malone stated with a laugh. “I’m
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Nuggets schedule released: Counting down Denver’s must-see home games in 2019-20

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The Nuggets published their whole schedule to the 2019-20 year on Monday afternoon, also there are plenty of yummy matchups to look forward to.  The regular season starts Oct. 23 at Portland and can be accompanied closely by the home opener two days later against Phoenix on Friday, Oct. 25. Here are 10 of the
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Nuggets offseason agenda: What moves can Denver make?

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The business of basketball never sleeps. However, for the Nuggets, rather than having to negotiate a trade requirement from a celebrity player (New Orleans) or dreading a potential departure of a Finals MVP (Toronto), Denver is confronted with different so-called fantastic problems that summer. The most pressing issue pertains to the $30 million team option
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Nuggets Mailbag: Who could Denver target in free agency summer?

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Who are the one man the Nuggets should target and have a chance? I enjoy Julius Randle, Bojan Bogdanovic and Khris Middleton . — Rich, Lakewood Those are adequate options but so much of what they can do will be based on what happens with all Paul Millsap and also his 30 million team option.
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Kawhi Leonard made the long climb back to the NBA Finals. Now he’s the series’ central force.

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As Kawhi Leonard moved to center stage for his moment with Bill Russell, his San Antonio Spurs mates raised his arms, caught a wrist with one hand, and splayed the palms of the other as wide as you can. The team “Klaw” hint, an homage to Leonard’s mitts, was accompanied. The then-22-year-old forwards became the
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Analysis: The title of “best player in the league” is at stake in the NBA Finals

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TORONTO — There has been a time, at the ago, when Masai Ujiri could have been labeled a heretic, a lunatic or possibly both. In the minutes following the Toronto Raptors advanced to the NBA Finals using Saturday’s Game 6 win, the franchise’so president, even using a sheet of confetti still napping on his shoulder,
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Raptors’ playoff success cancels Twenty One Pilots show. Same thing happened with Nuggets and WWE in 2009.

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Sorry, Twenty One Pilots fans in Toronto, due to those Raptors advancing to the NBA Finals, the group needed to cancel nighttime among its shows in the Scotiabank Arena. If it seems familiar, exactly the identical thing happened to World Wrestling Entertainment fans in Denver when the Nuggets reached the Western Conference finals against the
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Paul Millsap “expected” to be back with Nuggets, Tim Connelly says

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If Tim Connelly has his druthers, Paul Millsap is coming back for another tour with the Denver Nuggets. “Our aim and Paul’s aim is to get him back with us,” Connelly, the Nuggets’ president of basketball operations, told reporters during a joint news conference with coach Michael Malone in the Pepsi Center late Tuesday morning.
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With running mate struggling, Portland guard CJ McCollum carries Blazers past Nuggets

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Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum was asked about his 37 points in his group ’s 100-96 win over the Nuggets on Sunday, propelling them to the Western Conference final for the first time in 19 years. However, McCollum’s face only really lit up when he was asked about his lone shot in the Blazers’
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