Nugg Love » Melvin Ely http://nugglove.com A Denver Nuggets Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sun, 19 May 2013 03:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Quick Facts About the 2011 Denver Nuggets http://nugglove.com/2011/12/22/quick-facts-about-the-nuggets/ http://nugglove.com/2011/12/22/quick-facts-about-the-nuggets/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:14:32 +0000 Jonathan Maness http://nugglove.com/?p=2308 Nene is the longest tenured player, playing all nine seasons with the Nuggets since they acquired him in the 2002 NBA Draft. The second longest tenured player is Chris Andersen, going into his fifth season during is his second stint on the Nuggets. Andersen has played six of his nine seasons with the Nuggets. Andre [...]

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  • Nene is the longest tenured player, playing all nine seasons with the Nuggets since they acquired him in the 2002 NBA Draft.
  • The second longest tenured player is Chris Andersen, going into his fifth season during is his second stint on the Nuggets. Andersen has played six of his nine seasons with the Nuggets.
  • Andre Miller is also going into his second stint with the Nuggets.
  • Andersen, Nene and Miller all helped the Nuggets make the 2003 playoffs, ending an eight-year drought.
  • 12 players on the current roster were drafted in the first round. (more…)
    • ]]>     http://nugglove.com/2011/12/22/quick-facts-about-the-nuggets/feed/ 0     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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