While he was in Denver, Bobby made ABA All-Rookie First Team, All-ABA Second Team and two NBA All-Star teams. He had a huge wingspan and great fundamentals and never quit on a play. Jones turned his defensive efforts into offensive production as well, scoring 14.8 points on 58.3 percent shooting. Those kinds of numbers combined with his 8.6 rebounds per game and relentless energy earned Jones two ABA and two NBA All-Defensive First Team selections. He's currently fourth on the all-time Nuggets blocks list with 625 and sixth in steals with 660. While spending his first four seasons with Denver, Jones averaged 2.0 steals and 1.9 blocks.
The numbers aren't staggering, but Nenê's athleticism and constant knack for contributing on both ends of the floor is indicative of why the Nuggets haven't had a losing season since his rookie year.Įven though he was a sixth man, Bobby Jones is the greatest defender in Nuggets history. In posting 12.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.2 steals and just under 1.0 block in his nine-and-a-half seasons (only played one game in one of those seasons because of his knee injury), Nenê currently sits at a seventh-best 555 games, ninth-best 6,688 points, seventh-best 3,859 rebounds, fifth-best 694 steals and ninth-best 504 blocks in franchise history.īy missing only a handful of games in his last three-and-a-half seasons, his comeback is an achievement most power forwards haven't been able to do in the team's history. With Carmelo as the dominant scorer, Miller and Billups as the point guards and standing next to Marcus Camby, Nenê had the necessary pieces to succeed.Ĭonsidering that he wasn't the go-to person, and he went through multiple injuries and dealt with his cancer scare, Nenê's career statistics with the Nuggets are astonishing. He was also an All-Rookie First Team selection.Īfter being selected to the All-Rookie Team in 2003, Nenê's career flourished when the Nuggets surged to the top half of the Western Conference. Miller's career averages with the Nuggets are 12.4 points, 6.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Miller's experience off the bench was crucial for a team that just went through the 'Melo blockbuster trade, and he racked up nearly as many assists as he did in his first run with Denver, despite playing eight fewer minutes.
His scoring and distribution skills contributed to three consecutive playoff appearances and the Northwest Division title in the 2005-06 season.Īfter spending time with the Philadelphia 76ers and Portland Trail Blazers, Miller returned to his former team as a backup to future star point guard Ty Lawson. Right when the 2002 assist leader's career started peaking, Miller came in at the same time as Carmelo Anthony to run the offense in 2003. In five-and-a-half seasons, he only missed 16 games during the 2011-12 campaign. Miller is in his second stint with the Nuggets and currently sits third on the all-time Nuggets assist list with 2,878 dimes. The ageless Andre Miller may have lost some of his speed, but he's still dishing out assists like he's in his prime. ( All statistics and Nuggets records are courtesy of .) Let's dive into nearly half a century of Nuggets hoops and figure out who made the top 25 and who is the No. This can be the X-factor when deciding who is positioned higher between two players. How many All-Star appearances and NBA or ABA awards the player received.Some of the greatest players to put on a Nuggets jersey only did so for a limited amount of time, which ultimately lowers their grading. How many seasons or games the player spent in Denver.It's important that he brought the production on a consistent basis, but it must have turned into team success on the floor. How much the player contributed statistically combined with how much his team won.There are a few factors to consider when ranking the top 25 Nuggets players of all time: In players who barely even experienced the NBA to guys still on the court today, the Nuggets have continuously found some of basketball's greatest competitors. The Denver Nuggets have gone through several ups and downs since they were called the Rockets as a member of the ABA in 1967, but they have made the postseason 33 times in their 46-year history.
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