Denver Nuggets is an American YouTube channel and a NBA basketball team located in Denver, Colorado.
History[]
Prior to the 1948–49 National Basketball League season, the original Denver Nuggets were founded. Following that season, the NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America, with the newly unified circuit named the National Basketball Association to reflect the merger.[1]
The current franchise traces its roots to 1967, when one of the American Basketball Association charter franchises was awarded to a group in Kansas City, Missouri, headed by Southern California businessman James Trindle. However, Trindle was unable to find a suitable arena in the Kansas City area. League commissioner George Mikan suggested moving the team to Denver. After agreeing to name Denver resident and former NBA player Vince Boryla as general manager, Trindle moved his team to Denver as the Denver Larks, named after Colorado's state bird.[2] Ringsby then renamed the team the Rockets, after his company's long-haul trucks.[3]
Ringsby sold the team to San Diego businessmen Frank Goldberg and Bud Fischer in 1972. In 1974, in anticipation of moving into the NBA, and the new McNichols Arena, the franchise held a contest to choose a new team nickname, as "Rockets" was already in use by the Houston Rockets. The winning choice was "Nuggets", in honor of the original Nuggets team in Denver from 1948 to 1950, the last year as a charter member of the NBA. Their new logo was a miner "discovering" an ABA ball. Goldberg and Fischer in turn sold the team to a local investment group in 1976.[4]
In 1975–76, playing at their new arena, the Nuggets edged the reigning champion Kentucky Colonels four games to three to make the 1976 ABA finals for the first time. Eventually, they lost to the New York Nets and Julius Erving.[5] They did not get a second chance to win an ABA league championship, as the ABA–NBA merger took place after the 1975–76 season. The Nuggets, Nets, Indiana Pacers, and San Antonio Spurs were merged into the NBA. The Spirits of St. Louis and Kentucky Colonels were disbanded.[6]
Channel[]
The Denver Nuggets channel was created on September 4, 2008. Their first video was uploaded on January 1, 2021. Their first video is titled "Nikola Jokić highlights (17 points and 11 assists) vs. Suns (01/01/2021)".
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130426023343/http://www.remembertheaba.com/TeamMaterial/DenverMaterial/RocketsNuggetsYearly.html
- ↑ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Denver-Nuggets-Company-History.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120320020429/http://www.remembertheaba.com/TeamMaterial/DenverMaterial/RocketsNuggetsYearly.html
- ↑ https://www.denverstiffs.com/a-look-back-at-denver-nuggets-history-nba-alex-english-david-thompson-dan-issel/
- ↑ http://www.remembertheaba.com/Denver-Rockets.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130509062256/http://www.remembertheaba.com/Spirits-of-St-Louis.html
