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The Denver Nuggets were a winning team in the ABA. In 1976, when the ABA went out of business and merged with the NBA, the Denver Nuggets, the San Antonio Spurs, the New Jersey Nets, and the Indiana Pacers all made the switch to the NBA. The Nuggets thrived early on in the NBA history. They posted the second best record in the league their first year, but lost early in the playoffs to the eventual champions, the Portland Trailblazers. The Nuggets experienced much success early on. Led by head coach Larry Brown, the Nuggets were fixtures in the NBA playoffs in the 1970s and in the middle part of the 1980s. As of late, the Nuggets have experienced some difficulties, posting only three winning records between 1988 and 2003.

The Nuggets hoped to change things in 2003 when they selected phenom Carmelo Anthony. Right away, the team's morale, and their ticket sales, went way up. Anthony was a finalist for the John Wooten Player of the Year award in his freshman season at Syracuse. He led the team to the NCAA national championship before departing for the NBA. Anthony, along with LeBron James, headed up a 2003 rookie class that hoped to reshape the NBA. The Nuggets looked to his leadership on the court to revitalize the struggling franchise, and though he helped win a division title in 2006, the dream of a championship win has yet to be realized.