Kenyon Martin News

Suspended for the season's first seven games, Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith returned Tuesday with a new outlook and a different name.

The Nuggets have a lot of tattoos, play emotional, crazy and sometimes rough, and yes, harbor individuals who have had legal troubles.

Jamal Crawford scored 25 points, and Josh Smith had 22 points, nine rebounds, six blocked shots and seven assists in the Atlanta Hawks' 125-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.

Dever Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony has just marked his promising career with a weekly MVP on Friday as he spearheaded Nuggets to a 5-0 season opening.

For the Nuggets ' players, this road trip will seem like dining at a restaurant where they were once dumped.

The Nuggets popped the seal off their six-game road trip Tuesday night by going 1-for-7 from the field.

Carmelo Anthony loses the ball as he is fouled by the Grizzlies' Hamed Haddadi during the Nuggets' wild 133-123 victory Sunday night at the Pepsi Center.

TV, radio: Fox Sports Tennessee, WRBO-FM Records: Grizzlies 1-1; Nuggets 2-0 Lineups Grizzlies: Mike Conley, 6-1, O.J. Mayo, 6-4, Rudy Gay, 6-8, Zach Randolph, 6-9, Marc Gasol, 7-1. Nuggets: Anthony Carter, 6-2, Chauncey Billups, 6-3, Carmelo Anthony, 6-8, Kenyon Martin, 6-9, Nene, 6-11. INSIDE THE NUMBERS Memphis is grabbing 9.5 rebounds more than ...

Carmelo Anthony extended his torrid start with 42 points in the Denver Nuggets' 133-123 shootout win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.

Carmelo Anthony, guarded by the Pacers' Dahntay Jones during a game Oct. 11 in Beijing, says he feels good about the Nuggets' chances this season after they lost to the Lakers in six games in last season's Western Conference finals.

For the first time in more than a decade, the Denver Nuggets are heading into the regular season with high expectations among their own locker room.

Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Denver Nuggets in a really important basketball game.

The game ended. The city exhaled. And the Trail Blazers toweled off in the locker room, and reflected, and understood that their fight is just beginning.

There are 54 ways the Nuggets could wither under the weight of unreasonable expectations and maybe one good reason to believe they could blossom into a legitimate NBA championship contender.

Early into Friday's preseason game, Kenyon Martin held the ball in the right corner, the defender a couple of counties away.

He seemed comfortable to be back at home after spending six full seasons in the Motor City, and directed an offense alongside superstar Carmelo Anthony.

Every TrueHoop Network member site will be posting their season preview today so make sure you check out as many as humanly possible either via the the drop down menu up above or the blogroll along the right sidebar.

In this Oct. 18, 2009, file photo, Denver Nuggets' Kenyon Martin defends as Portland Trail Blazers' Greg Oden passes the ball during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore.

As the opening tip for the 2009-10 NBA season quickly approaches, we will preview the fantasy value of one Denver Nuggets player each day this week.

Greg Oden is double-teamed by Kenyon Martin, and Anthony Carter, right, of the Denver Nuggets, during the second half at the Rose garden Sunday night.