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{{Infobox basketball club
| name = Denver Nuggets
| current =
| logo = Denver Nuggets.svg
| imagesize = 200px
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| division = [[Northwest Division (NBA)|Northwest]]
| founded = 1967
| history = '''Denver Rockets'''<br />1967–1974 (ABA)<br />'''Denver Nuggets'''<br />1974–1976 (ABA)<br />1976–present (NBA)<ref>{{cite news|title=Nuggets Unveil 50th Anniversary Logo in Celebration of
| arena = [[Ball Arena]]<ref name="BallArena">{{cite news|title=Denver Nuggets will now play in Ball Arena as part of KSE, Ball Corporation Global Partnership|url=https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/kse-ballcorp-globalpartnership-20201022|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Nuggets.com|date=October 22, 2020|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109005619/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/kse-ballcorp-globalpartnership-20201022|url-status=live}}</ref>
| location = [[Denver|Denver, Colorado]]
| colors = Midnight blue, sunshine yellow, [[Flatirons]] red, skyline blue<ref>{{cite news|title=Denver Nuggets Reveal Evolved Brand Identity|url=https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-reveal-evolved-brand-identity-060618|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Nuggets.com|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027225319/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-reveal-evolved-brand-identity-060618|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NewDENNuggetsLook2018">{{cite press release|title=Denver Nuggets unveil new look|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2018/06/06/denver-nuggets-reveal-new-logos|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802104231/https://www.nba.com/article/2018/06/06/denver-nuggets-reveal-new-logos|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Denver Nuggets Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sheet|url=https://mediacentral.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/logos/nba/den/Denver_Nuggets_Logosheet.jpg|publisher=NBA Properties, Inc.|access-date=June 7, 2018|archive-date=November 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106022202/https://mediacentral.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/logos/nba/den/Denver_Nuggets_Logosheet.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{color box|#0E2240}} {{color box|#FEC524}} {{color box|#8B2131}} {{color box|#244289}}
| sponsor = [[Ibotta]]<ref>{{cite press release|title=Ibotta Celebrates Commitment to Denver by Becoming the Official Jersey Patch Sponsor of the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets|url=https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/ibotta-celebrates-commitment-to-denver-by-becoming-the-official-jersey-patch-sponsor-of-the-2023-nba-champion-denver-nuggets|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Nuggets.com|date=October 24, 2023|access-date=December 17, 2023|archive-date=November 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102015207/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/ibotta-celebrates-commitment-to-denver-by-becoming-the-official-jersey-patch-sponsor-of-the-2023-nba-champion-denver-nuggets|url-status=live}}</ref>
| ceo = [[
| president = Josh Kroenke<ref>{{cite web|title=Josh Kroenke–Nuggets Executives|url=https://kseblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/sitefiles/pdf/DN_MediaGuide_2122_Digital.pdf#page=8|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|work=2021–22 Denver Nuggets Media Guide|access-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=June 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605003651/https://kseblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/sitefiles/pdf/DN_MediaGuide_2122_Digital.pdf#page=8}}</ref>
| gm = [[Calvin Booth]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Labidou|first=Alex|title=Artūras Karnišovas leaves Nuggets GM post, joins Bulls as Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations|url=https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/arturas-karnisovas-departs-for-bulls-20200411|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Nuggets.com|date=April 13, 2020|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019143812/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/arturas-karnisovas-departs-for-bulls-20200411|url-status=live}}</ref>
| coach = [[
| owner = [[Kroenke Sports & Entertainment]] ([[Stan Kroenke]], Owner/Governor)<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff Directory|url=https://www.nba.com/nuggets/staff-directory|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Nuggets.com|access-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=June 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605003651/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/staff-directory}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Denver Nuggets Team Info and News|url=https://www.nba.com/team/1610612743/nuggets|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|access-date=June 5, 2023|url-status=live|archive-date=June 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605003651/https://www.nba.com/team/1610612743/nuggets}}</ref>
| affiliation = [[Grand Rapids Gold]]<ref>{{cite press release|title=Grand Rapids Drive to serve as Nuggets' affiliate starting in 2021–22|url=https://www.nba.com/news/grand-rapids-drive-to-serve-as-nuggets-affiliate-starting-in-2021-22|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=April 27, 2021|access-date=June 14, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513093621/https://www.nba.com/news/grand-rapids-drive-to-serve-as-nuggets-affiliate-starting-in-2021-22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="grgold">{{cite press release|title=Grand Rapids Drive Announce New Name And Logo|url=https://gleague.nba.com/news/grand-rapids-drive-announce-new-name-and-logo/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=GLeague.NBA.com|date=July 7, 2021|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707202201/https://gleague.nba.com/news/grand-rapids-drive-announce-new-name-and-logo/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Ringsby sold the team to [[San Diego]] businessmen Frank Goldberg and Bud Fischer in 1972.<ref name="nuggetscompanyhistory"/> In 1974, in anticipation of moving into the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], and the new [[McNichols Arena]], the franchise held a contest to choose a new team nickname, as "Rockets" was already in use by the [[Houston Rockets]]. The winning choice was "Nuggets", in honor of the original [[Denver Nuggets (1948–1950)|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.
With the drafting and signing of future Hall of Fame player [[David Thompson (basketball)|David Thompson]] out of [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|North Carolina State]] and [[Marvin Webster]], and the acquisitions of [[Dan Issel]] and [[Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)|Bobby Jones]]
In 1975–76, playing at their new arena, the Nuggets, with the acquisitions of Thompson, Jones and Dan Issel who had come via a trade after he won an ABA title with the
===1976–1982: Early NBA years===
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===1989–1991: A period of decline===
Moe left the team in 1990, and was replaced by [[Paul Westhead]]. Westhead also believed in a "[[run and gun (basketball)|run and gun]]" style of play
===1991–1996: The Dikembe Mutombo era===
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====2008–2011: The Anthony and Billups duo====
On July 16, 2008, at the end of the [[2007–08 NBA season]], the Nuggets traded former [[NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award|NBA Defensive Player of the Year]] [[Marcus Camby]] to the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] for a second-round draft pick (that was then traded to the [[New York Knicks]] for [[Renaldo Balkman]]).
On November 3, 2008, guard [[Allen Iverson]] was traded to the [[Detroit Pistons]] for [[Chauncey Billups]], [[Antonio McDyess]], and [[Cheikh Samb]] (part of the trade exception from the Marcus Camby trade was used to allow the deal to go through). McDyess was waived though on November 10, 2008, and he returned to Detroit shortly afterwards.
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====2015–2023: Pre-NBA title seasons====
[[File:Nikola Jokic free throw (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|[[Nikola Jokić]] was named [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Most Valuable Player]] in [[2020–21 NBA season|2021]] (first player in franchise history), [[2021–22 NBA season|2022]] and [[2023–24 NBA season|2024]].]]
On June 15, 2015, at the end of the 2014–15 season, [[
Under Michael Malone's leadership, the Denver Nuggets slightly started to improve while primarily relying on the youth movement consisting of Emmanuel Mudiay, [[Nikola Jokić]], Gary Harris and later also on the recovered Jusuf Nurkić. On January 27, 2016, it was announced that both Mudiay and Jokić would participate in [[Rising Stars Challenge|BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge]] during NBA All-Star 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/mudiay-jokic-selected-for-world-team-012716|title=Emmanuel Mudiay and Nikola Jokić Named to Rising Stars Challenge World Team|work=NBA.com|date=January 27, 2016|access-date=February 19, 2016|archive-date=February 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229223148/http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/mudiay-jokic-selected-for-world-team-012716|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 18, the Denver Nuggets announced that they decided to trade veteran shooting guard Randy Foye to [[Oklahoma City Thunder]] in exchange for [[D. J. Augustin]], [[Steve Novak]] and two second-round draft picks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-aquire-dj-augustin-steve-novak-second-round-picks-021816|title=Nuggets Acquire D.J. Augustin, Steve Novak, Second Round Picks and Cash Consideration|work=NBA.com|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=February 19, 2016|archive-date=February 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221230456/http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-aquire-dj-augustin-steve-novak-second-round-picks-021816|url-status=live}}</ref> One day later, JJ Hickson and the newly acquired Novak were waived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-waive-hickson-novak-021916|title=Nuggets Waive J.J. Hickson and Steve Novak|work=NBA.com|date=February 19, 2016|access-date=February 20, 2016|archive-date=May 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531042005/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-waive-hickson-novak-021916|url-status=live}}</ref>
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====2024: Dethroned====
In the [[2023–24 NBA season|
==Season-by-season record==
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==Colors, logos and uniforms==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:1970DenverHome.jpg|thumb|146x146px|1967-1970 Denver Rockets Home Uniform]] -->
The Nuggets have displayed numerous color schemes, logos, and uniforms throughout their franchise history, including their days in the [[American Basketball Association]] (ABA) as the "Denver Rockets."
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===1974–1981: Maxie The Miner===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Denver-nuggets-1977-80-home-jersey.jpg|thumb|169x169px|The "Maxie the Miner" home jersey.]] -->
During the Nuggets' final two seasons in the [[American Basketball Association|ABA]], the team's logo featured a cartoonish miner known as "Maxie The Miner," with a large red beard, a pick-axe in one hand and a red and blue basketball in the other hand. When the Nuggets joined the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] in the [[1976–77 NBA season|1976–77 season]], they retained the pick-axe logo on their jerseys from the ABA days. The home uniforms feature "Nuggets" in red, with a red pick-axe inside a blue oval, and gold numbers with blue trim in front, blue numbers and letters at the back. The road uniforms were blue, with "Denver" in blue with a blue pick-axe in a red oval, and gold numbers in front, white numbers and letters at the back. The Nuggets simplified their uniforms following their inaugural season in the NBA. From 1977 to 1982, their home uniforms were white, with a "Nuggets" script written across the chest in a darker royal blue, with gold trim around the script and jersey numbers. The royal blue away jersey had "Denver" written across the chest in white, with gold trim.
===1981–1993: Rainbow City Skyline===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Denver-nuggets-1985-89-home-jersey.jpg|thumb|155x155px|The "Rainbow Skyline" home jersey.]] -->
From [[1981–82 NBA season|1981–82]] through [[1992–93 NBA season|1992–93]], the Nuggets wore the Denver "rainbow city" skyline across the chest and back on both the home and away uniforms. Some fans also call the iconic 1980s logo the "[[Tetris]]" logo, due to the buildings that shadow the mountains on the logo which are in the shape of squares. The initial home uniforms were white with navy and green trim, with "Nuggets" and the uniform number in gold with blue trim. The player names were written in block lettering and in a straight position. In 1985, they changed the shade of blue to royal and eliminated green, and in 1986, changed the back numbers to royal blue. In 1991, coinciding with the debut of [[Dikembe Mutombo]], the word "Nuggets" became white with royal blue and gold trim. The road uniforms were initially navy blue with green trim, with "Denver" and the uniform number in white with gold trim, before likewise changing it to royal blue, with gold serifed block letters for player names in an arch (royal blue in home uniforms). The font and "skyline" logo were later reintroduced on alternate jerseys beginning with the [[2012–13 NBA season|2012–13 season]].
===1993–2003: Navy blue, metallic gold and maroon===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Denver-nuggets-1997-01-home-jersey.jpg|thumb|170x170px|The home jersey for the 1993-2003 period.]] -->
For the [[1993–94 NBA season|1993–94 season]], the Nuggets drastically changed their look, with a navy blue, metallic gold and maroon color scheme on their uniforms. The "rainbow city skyline," which had been synonymous with the team since 1981, was replaced with a logo that featured a navy blue snow-capped mountain above an enlarged western-style "Nuggets" wordmark in metallic gold, and a curved maroon ribbon with a "Denver" wordmark positioned in between the mountain and the "Nuggets" wordmark. The home jerseys had a "Nuggets" script in a modified version of the typeface Aachen across the chest in navy blue, with maroon and metallic gold trim around the script and numbers, while the navy blue away jerseys had the same script in metallic gold, with maroon and white trim. The Nuggets wore these uniforms for a decade, until the end of the [[2002–03 NBA season|2002–03 season]].
===2003–2018: Powder blue, navy blue and gold===
For the [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04 season]], the Nuggets made another uniform change, coinciding with [[Carmelo Anthony]]'s debut, with a color scheme of powder blue, gold (yellow) and royal blue. The primary logo, featuring a snow-capped mountain, curved ribbon with a "Denver" wordmark and an enlarged western-style "Nuggets" workmark ''(see previous section)'', was modified, with the mountain royal blue, the ribbon powder blue and the "Nuggets" wordmark a golden yellow. Like the 1990s uniforms, the Nuggets' revised jerseys also had the "Aachen" typeface across the chest—it was "Nuggets" in powder blue, with royal blue and gold trim on the home white jersey, while the powder blue road jerseys had "Denver" in white, with gold and royal blue trim. These jerseys, along with the team logo, were tweaked prior to the [[2008–09 NBA season|2008–09 season]], with the royal blue replaced by the shade of navy blue that was part of the team's color scheme from 1993 to 2003. These jerseys were used until the [[2014–15 NBA season|2014–15 season]], while the snow-capped mountain logo would serve as the team's primary logo until the [[2017–18 NBA season|2017–18 season]].
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Denver-nuggets-2015-17-home-jersey.jpg|thumb|166x166px|The home jersey from 2003-2018]] -->
In the [[2005–06 NBA season|2005–06 season]], the Nuggets also introduced an alternate logo, as well as an alternate navy blue uniform. The alternate logo featured twin intersecting gold pick-axes in a powder blue circle, with a half-white/half-yellow "mountain peaks" at the top of the circle and a basketball with gold outlining and navy blue accents at the bottom of the circle. The navy blue jersey featured an alternate "Nuggets" script in gold, with navy blue interior trim and powder blue outlining. This uniform was used until the end of the [[2011–12 NBA season|2011–12 season]], while the circular "pick axe" logo would become the team's new primary logo for the [[2018–19 NBA season|2018–19 season]].
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===2018–present: Evolved new identity===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Denver-nuggets-2023-24-icon-jersey.jpg|thumb|270x270px|The current home jersey.]] -->
For the [[2018–19 NBA season|2018–19 season]], the Nuggets modified their logos and uniforms, featuring various color schemes that the team has worn in their history. The current color scheme consists of midnight blue (navy), sunshine yellow, flatirons red (maroon) and skyline blue (royal)—the latter color is only featured on the "Statement" jersey and two of the team's new alternate logos. Powder blue, which had been part of the team's color scheme since 2003, was eliminated from all logos and uniforms. The white "Association" jersey features "Nuggets" in flatirons red, with sunshine yellow trim and midnight blue numbers with sunshine yellow trim, while the midnight blue "Icon" jersey features "Denver" in sunshine yellow, with flatirons red trim and white numbers with flatirons red trim. Both sets also include mountain peak striping on the shorts and the pick axe logo on the waistline. The skyline blue "Statement" jersey features "Mile High City" in white surrounding sunshine yellow numbers, plus a midnight blue mountain peak silhouette and a sunshine yellow pick axe logo on the sides of the shorts. A modernized version of the skyline logo adorns the waistline. The circular "pick axe logo," which had served as the Nuggets' alternate logo since 2005, became the team's new primary logo, replacing the snow-capped mountain/enlarged western-style wordmark logo that had served as the team's primary logo (in three different versions) since 1993. The colors on the circular pick axe logo were also modified with the team's new color scheme.<ref name="NewDENNuggetsLook2018" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Dempsey|first=Christopher|title=Evolve: Nuggets Usher in a New Era with Reimagined Logos, Uniforms|url=https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-usher-in-new-era-060618|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Nuggets.com|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=October 14, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105201728/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nuggets-usher-in-new-era-060618}}</ref>
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===City Edition uniforms===
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In the 2017–18 season, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] released a fourth uniform option known as the "City" series, which is updated annually. The Nuggets' first "City" uniform had a navy base, highlighting the pick-axe and mountain logo in front and incorporating sublimated mountain peak patterns on the shorts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Denver Nuggets City Edition Uniform (2017–18)|url=https://www.nba.com/nuggets/photogallery/city-edition-uniform-121717|publisher=Denver Nuggets|date=December 18, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2018|archive-date=November 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123023123/https://www.nba.com/nuggets/photogallery/city-edition-uniform-121717|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===2020 Earned Edition uniforms===
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As a reward for making the [[NBA playoffs]] the previous season, 16 teams were given an exclusive fifth or sixth uniform option: the "Earned" uniform. The Nuggets, having qualified for the [[2020 NBA playoffs]], were given this option in the 2020–21 season. The white-based design featured a modified pickaxe logo, with the top half in skyline blue and the bottom half in flatirons red. Names are written in blue and numbers are written in red with gold trim.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nike Earned Edition Jersey: Denver Nuggets|url=https://www.nba.com/news/nike-earned-edition-jersey-denver-nuggets|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=March 2, 2021|access-date=April 3, 2021|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315201418/https://www.nba.com/news/nike-earned-edition-jersey-denver-nuggets|url-status=live}}</ref>
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