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Sources: Nuggets will open season at JazzNuggets forward Carmelo…

Go to the mobile version of this Web site. Sources: Nuggets will open season at Jazz By Aaron J. Lopez , Rocky Mountain News Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony will be able to take part in …

John Smallwood: USA basketball guaranteed to be more humble in Beijing

BEFORE THE 2004 Olympics, U.S. men’s basketball co-captain Allen Iverson spoke of having a gold medal draped around his neck as if it were a foregone conclusion.

USA rout Russia in warm-up

Surging ahead: Kobe Bryant of the US men’s Olympic basketball team dribbles the ball as Russia’s John Robert Holden defends during their warm-up match in Shanghai.

Knicks trade Balkman to Nuggets

Isiah Thomas wasted no time removing Scott Layden ’s fingerprints from the Knicks ‘ roster once he became Knicks’ president.

Raptors coming out West

The Toronto Raptors have always had the image of being ‘Canada’s team’ and their extra efforts for the upcoming preseason will certainly continue that image.

Quick Melo update

Former SU star Carmelo Anthony chats with Dwight Howard during a shoot-around. Former Syracuse University standout Carmelo Anthony is in Macau with Team USA, preparing for the Olympics.

Smith salutes team game

You might think there were many things J.R. Smith could have been doing Thursday afternoon.

Camby dropped by Nuggets, picked up by Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers acquired Marcus Camby, the NBA’s leading shot-blocker the past three seasons, from the Denver Nuggets last Tuesday for the option to exchange second-round picks with the Clippers in …

Anthony’s Athens bling lacks luster

Team USA member Carmelo Anthony, who plays for the Denver Nuggets, ices his knees after practice Thursday at Valley High School.

The Stars, Aligned

LAS VEGAS, July 24 — The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team convened for a meeting here earlier this week that concluded with Managing Director Jerry Colangelo, Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Kobe Bryant and a handful of players all speaking about what it meant to represent their country and the chance to win a gold medal in Beijing. Then LeBron James stood up, scanned the room of multimillionaire, superstar athletes, and made an impassioned plea for teammates not to take this opportunity for granted.

‘When we’re with our teams, we complain, ‘I wish I had Chris Paul in the back court.’ Or: ‘I wish I had Dwight Howard. I want this guy, I want that guy’ — because we all want to win,’ James told them. ‘Well, everyone is in the room. Everyone is here. There’s no excuses. Now we have to get the job done.’

When life hands you Melo, you need ingenious plans

The Anthony-Iverson duo has been less than dynamic for the Nuggets so far. It’s July, but it seems like April with all the Nuggets talk around Denver.

Newest Clipper Camby ready to prove his worth

He described himself as feeling “blindsided, distraught, disrespected,” when the word finally got to Marcus Camby that the Denver Nuggets traded him to the Clippers for basically nothing last week.

Camby trade a bad deal? Look again

This just in. The Nuggets in the aftermath of the Marcus Camby trade aren’t about to win an NBA championship.

Could the Nuggets get under the luxury tax next season?

Could the Nuggets possibly get under the luxury tax next season? It’s highly likely, but not impossible.

Melo offers Olympics updates

Carmelo Anthony playing for Team USA in 2006. Former Syracuse basketball star and current Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony is offering a diary and his own photographs to The New York Times about his …