The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, but changed their name to Rockets before the first season. The Rockets then changed their name again to the Nuggets in 1974. After the name change, the Nuggets played for the final ABA Championship title in 1976, losing to the New York Nets. The team has had some periods of success, qualifying for the ABA Playoffs for all seasons from 1967 to the 1976 ABA playoffs where they lost in the finals. The team joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA–NBA merger and qualified for the NBA playoffs in nine consecutive seasons in the 1980s and ten consecutive seasons from 2004 to 2013.
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Northwest |
| Founded | 1967 |
| History | Denver Rockets, 1967–1974 (ABA), Denver Nuggets, 1974–1976 (ABA), 1976–present (NBA) |
| Arena | Ball Arena |
| Location | Denver, Colorado |
| Team colors | Midnight blue, sunshine yellow, Flatirons red, skyline blue |
| Main sponsor | Western Union |
| CEO | Josh Kroenke |
| President | Tim Connelly |
| General manager | Calvin Booth |
| Head coach | Michael Malone |
| Ownership | Ann Walton Kroenke |
| Affiliation(s) | Grand Rapids Drive |
| Division titles | 11, ABA: 2 (1970, 1975), NBA: 9 (1977, 1978, 1985, 1988, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2020) |
| Retired numbers | 7 (2, 12, 33, 40, 44, 55, 432) |
О Тейлор Denver Nuggets
Founded as the Denver Rockets in the ABA, the team won its first NBA division title in 1977.
Достижении Denver Nuggets
The team reached the playoffs ten straight years from 2004 to 2013, but only advanced past the first round of the playoffs once during that span.
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