Season Two New Shirts

Since we don’t have any of the new shirt designs up on the site yet, I thought I’d post them up here in the meantime. Someone ordered a couple “Swish Is Sweet” shirts from the last post (thanks Amanda!) by emailing us at info@thuggetsnation.com, so if anyone would like any of the new styles, be sure and do the same and we’ll get ‘em out right away. The shirts are $19.95 each and are available in Medium, Large and X-Large. Support your Nuggets as we get ready for the playoffs! Above is the “Denver Dream Team” with yellow screen on Navy Blue Tee. We got a few more surprises coming soon too so stay tuned…

“In Bird We Trust”.

Money Green Screenprint on White Tee.

“Obey Nene”.

White, Blue and Yellow Screen on Black Tee.

“Swish Is Sweet”.

Maroon Swisher Sweet Color Screenprint on White Tee.

And of course you can still get your “Melo Hope” and “Thuggets” Tees as always on www.thuggetsnation.com.

Swish Is Sweet, F#$!K The Haters

I tweeted it after the game, and I’ll say it again: All y’all bitch ass sports writers that were dissing J.R. during his so called “slump” earlier this year—talking ’bout oh Nuggets should trade him, his a liability, he has a bad attitude, he ain’t mature enough… whatever—eat a dick. His performance in Memphis tonight was straight gangsta, and it’s plainly obviously that J.R. is as much the heart and soul of this Nuggets squad as anybody. His energy is contagious, his three point shooting range is unmatched in the entire league, and his athleticism is beyond extraordinary (evident by that 360 ally oop jam in against the T-Wolves in Minnesota). Young Moola Baaaby.

You can get your brand new “Swish Is Sweet” shirts from Thuggets Nation now. We don’t have them up on the website yet, but you can email us at info@thuggetsnation.com for a special order in the meantime.

OKC Game Photo Gallery

Photos by www.mattalbertsphoto.com .

Thuggets Nation Season Two Release Party

That Was Too Close!

Injuries are a part of sports, and every team must adapt accordingly. But no team is as badly affected as when an NBA franchise loses its starting point guard. Take away your leading scorer too, and there’s not much left. Well this is exactly what the Denver Nuggets have been dealing with the last couple of weeks as their superstars fall one by one. Chauncey Billups has missed six of the last seven games with a strained groin, while Carmelo Anthony has been out the last two with a knee contusion. As if that wasn’t enough, the crowd favorite Chris “Birdman” Anderson went down with a sprained ankle in Sunday’s loss to Allen Iverson and the 76ers. All would sit again last night, when the fast breaking, high-scoring Golden State Warriors came to town. So who would step up for the struggling Nuggets? Turns out it was J.R. Smith, but this time it wasn’t with his usual barrage of three pointers that sealed the deal. Just a couple of timely free throws…

The Nuggets had lost two in a row and four of their last five coming into Tuesday night’s game against the highest scoring backcourt in the NBA in Monte Ellis and the rookie Stephen Curry. In fact, the Warriors and the Nuggets are the number two and three highest scoring teams in the NBA respectively. Fast breaks, transition points and lots of shots characterize the style when these teams meet, as the Warriors also lead the NBA in fast break points. They also are last in opponents’ points scored. Clearly it would be an offensive shootout—the question was would Denver have the firepower with Mr. Big Shot and Melo on the bench? As Altitude’s Chris Marlowe put it, “These two track teams are in the blocks.”

A Merry Nuggets Christmas

As we get ready to watch the Nuggets take on the injury-depleted (but surging nonetheless) Blazer squad in Portland on Christmas night, I wanted to get these pictures up from the Suns game in Denver on December 12th. In a crucial home game against the then tied for first place Phoenix Suns, Denver came back from a 17-point second half deficit to end up winning by 6. It was a gutsy come-from-behind win to kick of the start of a perfect 3-game home stand for the Nugs.

The Suns’ coach Alvin Gentry was ejected on a double technical with 2 seconds left for screaming at the refs about a no-call on the missed layup by Steve Nash that would have tied the game. Carmelo nailed both foul shots to make it 103-99, and it was over.

Dwanye Who…?

Maybe he was just saving himself for last night’s game against the Lakers, maybe his team was worn out from their win in Portland to open up their road trip, or maybe Denver just wanted revenge for their beatdown in Miami last month… but whatever the reason, Dwanye Wade could not carry his team against fellow draft class of 2003 member Carmelo Anthony and the determined Nuggets squad on Thursday. Nene (pictured above), Birdman and the Denver bigs dominated the paint and double teams limited Wade to jump shots for most of the night, effectively shutting down the Miami offense.

Nene played great, hitting shots from the outside and taking it to the hole time and time again (with some nifty passing by JR Smith) to end up with 15 points and 8 rebounds, providing the inside presence that the Nuggets desperately need.

Nuggets Handle Warriors, Score Season High 135

Coming off the most embarrassing loss in recent memory on Sunday, November 29th to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Denver Nuggets bounced back as expected to dismantle the injured Golden State Warriors, 135-107 to start off December. Despite the Warriors coming off a big win the previous night against the Pacers in which Monte Ellis scored a career high 45, they were no match for the resolve of the Nuggets, who had their 17 home game winning streak snapped by a 1-15 T-Wolves squad. Of course, if you’re an NBA basketball fan, you already know all this. What you probably don’t know is how awesome it is to sit courtside, which is where we were able to get some sick photos of the boys on Tuesday night, like this fastbreak dunk by MeloMan.

It’s always nice to get this close to the action—you get to experience the sights and sounds of the game that normally are viewed from afar. This includes the lovely Denver Nuggets Dancers, who keep the sometimes subdued Pepsi Center crowd entertained with sexy outfits, innovative routines and friendly smiles each and every night. Especially since they are working extra hard without the aerobatic cheerleaders, who were cut this season due to budget and work-related injury concerns.

Melo Drops Career High 50 On Knicks!

Melo’s on his way to 2010 MVP.

Get your “Melo HOPE” shirt at www.thuggetsnation.com

DJ Kool Performs at Halftime

Yeah, rock to the rhythm of the funky rhyme
So I can get this in just one more time
To the beat and ya don’t quit
It’s that ol’ skool rap with that new skool hit
Peter Piper picked a pepper but Kool got the Run
And I can still rip up the house
Every God damn time I get on the mic, I go crazy
Peace out to Celo, Flex, and Doug Lazy
I bet ‘cha never knew but now ya know
I’m the undisputed king of this disco
And I never let the mic, might not tire me no more
Cuz DJ Kool rip up the whole damn floor

Now I’ma rap a rhyme with the greatest of ease
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze
And if you don’t like it you grab on these
And now I need some help from the maestro please

Jam, Ha! So look it here check the flavor of the rhythm I wrote
And while I got a chance here, let me clear my throat!