Denver Nuggets – From Way Downtown

David Thompson: Portrait of a Famous Unknown, 1979

I’m basically a low-key person. I don’t think I do anything exceptional or out of the ordinary, except maybe play basketball.

Denver Nuggets: On the Rocks, 1992

After the worst season in the franchise’s 24-year history, the Denver Nuggets didn’t produce a highlights film; they issued a formal apology.

Bobby Jones: The Game I’ll Never Forget, 1975

I really couldn’t believe that last shot had gone in.

David Thompson’s Leap to Fortune, 1979

There are, in all of basketball, only two players who can play their worst of games—play like any other jump shooter from Oshkosh for 47 minutes, 57 seconds—yet leave 15,000 people awestruck with one incredible moment. There are only two: Julius Erving and David Thompson.

Paul Silas: Shrewdness in Seattle, 1980

“In order to stay in this league for any length of time, you’ve got to be excellent at something,” Silas said. “Rebounding was my specialty, and I just worked at it.”

Fat Lever: Denver’s Golden Nugget, 1988

Once the unheralded guard on a team that featured All-Stars Alex English and Calvin Natt, Lever last season blossomed into one of the premier guards in the NBA.