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Tuesday at Nuggets training camp

“There are a lot of big ‘two’ guards in the league and they’re going to try to post them up”

Short people have plenty of reason to live on with the Nuggets. The Nuggets no longer have 5-foot-5 reserve Earl Boykins , but they soon might unveil the NBA’s smallest starting backcourt. via Rocky Mountain News

Nuggets open camp on defensive

“You’re going to see a lot of individual challenge.”

Nuggets guard Allen Iverson poses for a portrait media day at Pepsi Center on Monday. via Denver Post

AI and ‘Melo together from the start this time; Karl focuses on D

“Once my teammates see me doing that, that will give them an opportunity to step up and motivate them to play D, too.”

Defense is the focus in Denver now. Last year, the Nuggets started training camp wanting to run and score like the high-flying Phoenix Suns. via CBS SportsLine

Camby ready for camp after trying summer

“Miracle Baby. She was a kid born so early, and to make it out of the hospital.’”

They dubbed her “Miracle Baby.'’ Eva Camby, wife of Nuggets center Marcus Camby, gave birth May 9 to a premature daughter. via Denver Rocky Mountain News

Did Melo Resurrect the Nuggets?

A few weeks ago I examined the impact Larry Bird had on the Boston Celtics in 1979. via The Wages of Wins Journal

Heath: Vegas Makes Melo Wonder What If

“When I play on my team with the Nuggets I have to do pretty much everything, you know, score from the outside, score from the inside”

It’s fun to dream. And if Denver Nugget fans have been paying attention to the FIBA Americas Championship, there’s one dream they can’t get out of their collective brains. via HOOPSWORLD.com

Nuggets’ Anthony is a leader for Team USA

“If they want me to be the face of it, I don’t have a problem with that”

There seems to be some debate over whether Kobe Bryant or LeBron James is the face of USA Basketball. via The Gazette

Bucks to face Nuggets at Resch in preseason game

“We’re very happy to have them back”

By Weston Hodkiewicz whodkiew@greenbaypressgazette.com For the fourth consecutive year, the Green Bay area will welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to the Resch Center for an NBA preseason game. via Green Bay Press-Gazette

Sonics to open in Denver against Nuggets

The Sonics will begin their 41st and perhaps final regular season in Seattle with a Halloween night date with the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center, two NBA sources confirmed Wednesday. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Nuggets to open on Halloween night vs. Sonics, Durant at Pepsi Center

Nuggets fans will get an early look at one of the NBA’s bright young stars when No. via Denver Rocky Mountain News

Nuggets to open at home against Sonics

Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets will kickoff their season on Halloween night in Denver against the Seattle SuperSonics. via Denver Post

Is Nene worth targeting?

Every Wednesday and Thursday until we get close to the start of the 2007-08, I’ll look at a potential sleeper on a different NBA team. via San Antonio Express-News

Source: Nugs’ Blake wants $6 million

Denver Nuggets Steve Blake drives on San Antonio Spurs Tony Parker during the first quarter in game #1 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs Sunday, April 22, 2007 at AT&T Center. via Denver Post