Denver Nuggets (ABA)

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basketball team defunct American Basketball Association team professional sports team

The Denver Nuggets (ABA) were a professional basketball team that competed in the American Basketball Association before joining the NBA as part of the league merger.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Denver Nuggets 25
Denver Rockets 23
Denver Nuggets (ABA) canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball team ⓘ
defunct American Basketball Association team ⓘ
professional sports team ⓘ
ABAFranchiseCount one of four ABA teams to join NBA in 1976 ⓘ
abbreviation DEN (historical context) ⓘ
basedIn Denver, Colorado ⓘ
becameMemberOf National Basketball Association ⓘ
conference Western Division (ABA) ⓘ
continuationAs Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Denver Nuggets (NBA franchise)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
divisionTitleCountABA multiple Western Division titles ⓘ
foldedInABA 1976 ⓘ
formerName Denver Larks ⓘ
Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Denver Rockets
homeArena Denver Auditorium Arena ⓘ
McNichols Sports Arena ⓘ
homeCity Denver, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Denver
homeCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: USA
homeState Colorado ⓘ
joinedABA 1967 ⓘ
joinedNBAThrough American Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: ABA–NBA merger
league American Basketball Association ⓘ
lostFinalsTo Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
surface form: New York Nets
madeFinals 1976 ABA Finals ⓘ
mergedInto Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Denver Nuggets
NBAEntrySeason 1976–77 NBA season ⓘ
notableCoach Alex Hannum ⓘ
Larry Brown ⓘ
notablePlayer Bobby Jones ⓘ
Byron Beck ⓘ
Dan Issel ⓘ
David Thompson ⓘ
Mack Calvin ⓘ
Ralph Simpson ⓘ
notableSeason 1975–76 ABA season ⓘ
primaryLogoTheme frontiersman and pickaxe imagery ⓘ
renamedInYear 1974 ⓘ
renamedTo Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Denver Nuggets
rival Indiana Pacers (ABA) ⓘ
New York Nets (ABA) ⓘ
Utah Stars ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
status defunct as ABA franchise ⓘ
successorLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
teamColors blue ⓘ
gold ⓘ
white ⓘ
wonConferenceTitle 1975–76 ABA Western Division ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ABA → hadFranchise → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
Western Conference → hasTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Denver, Colorado, United States → hasProfessionalSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Carmelo Anthony → draftTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Carmelo Anthony → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Dan Issel → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Dan Issel → coachedTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Dan Issel → retiredJerseyBy → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets (ABA) → mergedInto → Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets (ABA) → formerName → Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Denver Nuggets (ABA) → renamedTo → Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets (ABA) → continuationAs → Denver Nuggets (ABA) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets (NBA franchise)
American Basketball Association → notableTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
American Basketball Association → teamThatJoinedNBA → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Northwest Division → hasTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Northwest Division → includesFranchise → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Chauncey Billups → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Gary Garland → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
ABA Eastern Conference → hasPart → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
ABA Eastern Conference → hasPart → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Minnesota Timberwolves → rival → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Craig Neal → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
West → hasNotableFranchises → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Thomas Hoover (basketball) → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
1967–68 ABA season → team → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Warren Jabali → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
1972–73 ABA season → featuredTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
1974–75 ABA season → featuredTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
1968 ABA Playoffs → includedTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
1969–70 ABA season → featuredTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
1969–70 ABA season → mvpTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
1971–72 ABA season → playoffParticipant → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
1973–74 ABA season → featuredTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Larry Brown → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Denver Larks → successor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Denver Larks → originalNameOf → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
David Thompson → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Denver Auditorium Arena → tenant → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Denver Auditorium Arena → homeCourtOf → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
McNichols Sports Arena → tenant → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
Mack Calvin → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Byron Beck → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Larry Jones → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Gus Gerard → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Ralph Simpson → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Ralph Simpson → playedFor → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Charlie Scott → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Alex Hannum → teamCoached → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets
Randy Woods → memberOfSportsTeam → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets → formerName → Denver Nuggets (ABA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Denver Rockets