Allen Iverson News

After grooming Rodney Stuckey to essentially take his job in Detroit, Chauncey Billups now has a new protege.

The Denver Nuggets lack a first-round pick in the NBA draft for the fourth straight year.

At the All-Star break in 2008, the Hornets were the up-and-coming team in the Western Conference with a better record than the Los Angeles Lakers.

Got to thinking amid all the champagne Sunday night: Why didn’t David Stern begin his postgame festivities by presenting a second-place plaque to the Magic? Carmelo Anthony’s Nuggets stuck with Kobe Bryant’s Lakers for six games in the West finals.

The Denver Nuggets have been one of the biggest surprises this season. After barely making the playoffs in the 2007-2008, the Denver Nuggets were not expected to have the success they have had this year… by Bhavik Darji 35 reads The Denver Nuggets have been one of the biggest surprises this season.

Over the last week or so, the dead-serious “who you got, Kobe or LeBron” has been replaced by a sardonic “man, Nike and Vitaminwater really messed up.” Actually, since the playoffs started, we’ve heard cynics hope with glee that all these ad campaigns would go to waste.

Stephen Arnold was on his way to becoming a man, his father said Friday, a day after the 17-year-old’s life was cut short by what his family says was an undetected heart condition.

The Denver Nuggets are torn between what-ifs and what-a-year. Deep down, they still think they’re the best team in the West and maybe even in the NBA altogether.

Be the first to comment on this article… DENVERThe Denver Nuggets left Los Angeles with homecourt advantage in the Western Conference finals after beating the Lakers in the postseason for the first time since 1985.

Nothing really matters in the NBA until the fourth quarter. During Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday at the Staples Center, the Nuggets and Lakers were tied 25-25 after the first quarter, 56-56 after the second quarter and 76-76 after the third quarter.

A funny thing happened en route to the anointed meeting of the Lakers and the Cavs.

Carmelo Anthony #15 of the Denver Nuggets posts up Luke Walton #4 of the Los Angeles Lakers in the first quarter of Game Three of the Western Conference Finals during the 2009 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on May 23, 2009, in Denver, Colo.

Many things have changed on the Nuggets’ front since the team was last in the Western Conference finals.

The trade that brought Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets and sent Allen Iverson into exile in Detroit has taken on folklore status.

There was no rest for the winners Monday. The Lakers hunkered down and watched DVDs of the Denver Nuggets, their opponent in tonight’s Game 1 of the Western Conference finals at Staples Center.