Nuggets pick up option on Nene
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DENVER (Ticker) - Power forward Nene, who led Brazil to a bronze medal in the Goodwill Games in 2001, will have through at least the 2005-06 season to help the Denver Nuggets contend for an NBA title.
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer. either pick up his option or not, it&#39;s up to them. Jon wants to remain a. on first baseman Travis Lee and their 2006 option on reliever Paul Quantrill.
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(Sports Network) - The Denver Nuggets made some big noise on Tuesday, as they fired head coach Jeff Bzdelik. The Nuggets, who won 43 games last season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Minnesota, are just 13-15 on the season.
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DENVER (Sports Network) - Carmelo Anthony of the Denver  Nuggets was cited for possession of marijuana before boarding a  team flight, but the star forward said the drug was left in his  bag by a friend.
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Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony looks on during his team&#39;s 90-88 victory over the New Jersey Nets in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004.
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Kenyon Martin found two sources of relief Tuesday night. His Nuggets sweated out a 90-88 win over New Jersey at the Pepsi Center. And when he wakes up today, he won&#39;t have to discuss playing his old team for the first time in days.
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Allen Iverson joins Steve Nash, Yao Ming and Carlos Boozer on the growing list of Western Conference players who will not play in the All-Star Game due to injury. The Nuggets guard will sit out with a sprained ankle.
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Nuggets forward Nene missed his second straight game because of a strained left hamstring Saturday night, and the team isn't sure when he will be back.
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George Karl was close Wednesday night to finalizing a deal to coach the Denver Nuggets, and he could be on the bench by the end of the week.
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The Denver Nuggets sought to offset  the suspension of high-scoring forward Carmelo Anthony by  acquiring seven-times All-Star guard Allen Iverson from the  Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.
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The Denver Nuggets named George Karl the 19th head coach in team history Thursday. Karl will take over for interim head coach Michael Cooper and is expected to lead the team during a practice in Milwaukee, where the Nuggets will face the Bucks on Friday night.
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Denver Nuggets forward Nene was continuing his rehabilitation from the removal of a testicular tumor a week ago that the club said was malignant but had not spread before the player underwent surgery.
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Brazil's Nene, a standout off the bench for the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets, will miss the club's next five games after being placed on the injured list.
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That&#39;s the question after the former NBA rebounding champion worked out briefly at the Pepsi Center in Denver. He played one game of full-court pickup basketball at the Nuggets&#39; practice gym before leaving
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(Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics found themselves on the wrong end of a 100-99 decision against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday at the FleetCenter.
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Playing in Colorado for the first time since sexual assault charges against him were dropped, Kobe Bryant was expected to have a big night. The Denver Nuggets never gave him much of a chance.
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Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets was cited for possession of marijuana before boarding a team flight, but the star forward said the drug was left in his bag by a friend.