Denver Nuggets (1948-1950)

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Denver nuggets
founding 1932
resolution 1951
history Denver Safeway Pigs
1932–1938
Denver Nuggets
1939–1940
Denver American Legion
1941–1944
Denver Ambrose Jellymakers
1945–1946
Denver Nuggets
1946–1950
Denver Refiners
1950–1951
Stadion Denver Auditorium Arena
Location Denver , Colorado
Club colors Dark blue, white
 
league Missouri Valley 1935–1940
OJ 1946–1948
NBL 1948–1949
NBA 1949–1950
NPBL 1950–1951
Head coach Jimmy Darden

Denver Nuggets was the name of an American basketball franchise from Denver , Colorado , which played in the 1948–1949 season in the NBL and in the 1949–1950 season in the NBA after the NBL was taken over on August 3, 1949 by the BAA and the league was eventually renamed the NBA. The Nuggets were the first professional sports franchise from Colorado and the first NBA franchise west of the Mississippi .

history

The team was founded in 1932 and had different names throughout its history until it was dissolved in 1951: Denver Safeway Pigs (1932–1938), Denver Nuggets (1939–1940), Denver American Legion (1941–1944), Denver Ambrose Jellymakers ( 1945–1946), Denver Nuggets (1946–1950) and Denver Refiners (1950–1951).

In the 1948-1949 season, the Nuggets played in the National Basketball League (NBL) and in the 1949-1950 season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In their only NBA season, the team achieved a statistic of 11 wins and 51 losses. In 1951 the team disbanded.

Season statistics

season Victories: defeats percent Play-offs
Denver Nuggets (NBL)
1948/49 18:44 29.0 no participation
Denver Nuggets (NBA)
1949/50 11:51 17.7 no participation

successes

  • AAU National Tournament: 3 (1937, 1939, 1942)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Basketball-Reference.com: Denver Nuggets . Team profile at basketball-reference.com, accessed on March 14, 2017.