They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
[1] The Nuggets were founded as the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967.
The franchise's first head coach was Bob Bass, who led the team to the division semifinals, losing to the New Orleans Buccaneers.
[2] Michael Malone is the franchise's all-time leader in both regular season and playoff wins.
[1] John McLendon, Joe Belmont, Donnie Walsh, Dan Issel, Bill Hanzlik, Mike Evans, Jeff Bzdelik, Michael Cooper, and Brian Shaw spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Nuggets.