Nugg Love » Johnny Taylor http://nugglove.com A Denver Nuggets Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Chris Herren’s story and its impact on the Nuggets http://nugglove.com/2011/11/03/chris-herrens-story-and-its-impact-on-the-nuggets/ http://nugglove.com/2011/11/03/chris-herrens-story-and-its-impact-on-the-nuggets/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:50:29 +0000 Jonathan Maness http://nugglove.com/?p=2132 Chris Herren’s battle with substance abuse has been well-documented lately. Books like Fall River Dreams and Basketball Junkies, and ESPN’s documentary Unguarded discussed the impact drugs had on his life on and off the basketball court. Herren grew up in Fall Rivers, Mass. and started his college career at Boston College, where he was dismissed after a [...]

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]]> Chris Herren’s battle with substance abuse has been well-documented lately. Books like Fall River Dreams and Basketball Junkies, and ESPN’s documentary Unguarded discussed the impact drugs had on his life on and off the basketball court.

Herren grew up in Fall Rivers, Mass. and started his college career at Boston College, where he was dismissed after a season. His career was resurrected in Fresno State where he had the most success in his college career. During his sophomore and junior seasons he averaged 17.5 and 15.6 points, while  also handing out nearly five assists a contest. But once again his battle with drugs kicked in and he failed a drug test an was sent to rehab. After his junior year two of his teammates made themselves eligible for the NBA Draft.  (more…)

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]]> The year was 1998 and the Denver Nuggets were coming off a league-worst and also a franchise-worst 11-71 season. It was a season in which they had a 23-game losing streak, which made Nuggets fans eager for the NBA Lockout.  (more…)

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