One of the best Nuggets communities on the intermabloganetsphere

Coming on to the site as an “enemy”, I was blown away to find the site inhabited by intelligent, passionate Nugget fans who were fair and more than willing to accept an outsider in their midst. Even after the pain and frustration of tough losses wore off the community would always come back to it’s jovial, debateable self. It says a lot about the fans and even more about the man who runs the site.

From the writing to the moderating, great job Nate.

I promoted this post to the front page for a little shameless publicity … haha.

It’s been a lot of fun getting to take over this site and it’s been even more fun watching the readership and conversation grow. I wanted to reward that by getting that t-shirt giveaway together and I’m glad that happened.

Without you all here reading and adding your opinions I’d just be a "talking head" so to speak. I’m a Denver Native and have been a Nuggets fan for as long as I can remember. It was cool to be a Bulls fan when I was growing up (as Michael Jordan was coming into his own with the Bulls in my time) and I admit I loved watching that team play.

But I’ll never forget attending the Nuggets vs. Bulls game in February of 1996 with my buddy Brett and rooting like crazy for the Nuggets and watching Rauf pour in 32 points in a 105-99 Nuggets win. Only 1 of 10 losses for the Bulls that season. Crazy times.

Every once in awhile my dad’s company would rent out a box at McNichols and with it two floor seats under the hoop. I recall being in the floor seats when Dennis Rodman (then of the Spurs) and his bleached blond hair came crashing down right at my feet. Watching Robert Pack cut through traffic and throw down impossible dunks … basketball quickly became my favorite sport.

I gave up playing organized ball just before high school started to focus on football (did me no good! haha) … probably one of the biggest regrets of my youth. But most of the better basketball players that I went to school with also quit the team (nobody liked the coaches) so we started playing almost everyday at the old Parker Rec Center.

It was pretty fun because kids came from all around (Aurora, Cherry Creek, Highlands Ranch, Denver, etc.) and there were some intense 5-on-5 games played on the hardwood. We’d beat kids and they’d tell us they were the varsity team from "such-and-such" high school and ask who we were … just 3 football players, a wrestler, and a golfer … helped our egos tremendously … not that we were any good anyway.

I was a sports writer and eventual sports editor at my high school and even wrote a little bit for my college paper. Majoring in journalism I hoped to get a job writing about sports … but we all know that is a small field. So, this blog has allowed me to re-ignite that sports writing dream.

I have some big plans in store for this site and I hope they all come to fruition. We are just getting started and like the Nuggets I’ll be back and hopefully better next season. But there will be no time off as I think the offseason is just as exciting as the regular season … see what moves all the teams make, debate about how good player X would be on team Y, and begin to be excited about the start of the new season.

Thanks again everybody and I hope you all continue to stick around and offer your thoughts as this community grows.

Nate Timmons

Hell of a job resurrecting the blog and making it as great as it currently is. Can’t wait for all the offseason news, next season, and the future with this blog and the Denver Nuggets!

but I absolutely love it! Thanks for the hard work & dedication to the site; been looking for a good online Nuggets community for quite some time now.