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Nuggets: Top five enforcers of all time

By Brandon Ewing

HOUSTON - NOVEMBER 24: Dikembe Mutombo
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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 21: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Nene Hilario #31 of the Denver Nuggets in action against the New York Knicks on January 21, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Nuggets defeated the Knicks 119-114. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 21: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Nene Hilario #31 of the Denver Nuggets in action against the New York Knicks on January 21, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Nuggets defeated the Knicks 119-114. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

Nene

Nene is the longest tenured Nugget on this list after playing 10 seasons in a Nuggets uniform. The Brazilian started with the Nuggets in 2002 and left the team during the 2011-2012 season when

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the Nuggets traded him in a there-team deal with the Wizards and Clippers. The deal is often remembered because the Nuggets received JaVale McGee who was not so great in a Nuggets uniform.

Nene was a force in the post for over a decade and was a leader for the Nuggets franchise. In his career with the Nuggets Nene averaged 12.4 points per game and 7 rebounds per game. Nene appeared in 555 games, 451 of those games Nene started. Nene was always a good teammate here in Denver and was part of seven different Nuggets teams that made the postseason. Nene definitely brought some good skill to the big man position in his Nuggets tenure and was a guy who certainly kept the other team in line when he was on the court.

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