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Denver Nuggets 2016 New Year's Resolutions ...

If the Denver Nuggets want to avoid a second-half plunge like last season, some New Year's Resolutions are in order.

The Stiff List: 12-28-15

The latest edition of the Stiff List feature the flailing Phoenix Suns, Bismack Biyombo's post prowess and the pick em ability of the entire Stiffs Staff.

Will Barton, Jusuf Nurkic share Tweet of the Week

A new nickname for Jusuf Nurkic surfaced this week after a Twitter exchange between the Denver Nuggets center and Will Barton.

Denver Stiffs Round Table: 12-24-15

This week's round table includes topics on the nearing return of both Emmanuel Mudiay and Jusuf Nurkic, and we also think about presents that the Nuggets can give us for the holidays.

Set of the Week: Horns Flex

The set of the week is a weekly series that diagrams and explains one of the best Denver Nuggets offensive plays, sets, or actions. This week's set is called Horns Flex.

20 years of Kobe Bryant tormenting the Nuggets

Like him or hate him, Kobe Bryant has gotten the best of the Denver Nuggets for much of his NBA career.

Denver Nuggets Tweet of the Week: Wilson Chandler

Chandler shares his passion for basketball and his desire to get back on the court again in one simple tweet.

Stump the Stiffs week 8, 12-18-15

The Stiffs begin their improbable comeback in our weekly pick em challenge.

Denver Stiffs Roundtable: 12-17-15

The staff at Denver Stiffs is here for another roundtable discussion: who should be the starting shooting guard, is Mudiay is best suited to coming off the bench, and are Denver's recent winning ways are worth believing in?

Set of the Week: "Rice"

The set of the week is a weekly series that diagrams and explains one of the best Denver Nuggets offensive plays, sets, or actions. This week's action is the Denver Nuggets counter to their Ballscreen Continuity, "Rice."

Revisiting Ty Lawson ...

24 games into a disappointing season, the Nuggets former starting point guard makes his second Pepsi Center appearance in a different uniform and in very diminished form.

Jusuf Nurkic gets the Tweet of the Week

Nurkic uses Twitter to share some insight about appreciating what we already have before we ask for more.

Stiffs Roundtable: December 12-10-15

The roundtable is back! We'll discuss re-doing the top 3 picks of the draft, who's been the best Nugget so far, and what it would take to bench Emmanuel Mudiay

Set of the week: ballscreen continuity

The set of the week is a weekly series that diagrams and explains one of the best Denver Nuggets offensive plays, sets, or actions. This week's action is the Denver Nuggets Ballscreen Continuity.

Denver Stiffs Power Rankings: Nuggets Tumble

An 8-game losing streak put the brakes on a fun start, and it's beginning to feel a little resigned in the Mile High.

Will Barton reacts to Kobe Bryant's announcement

Barton, in the Tweet of the Week, expresses deep sadness over the news that Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will retire at the end of the 2015-16 season.

Set of the Week: Hammer

A breakdown with video and diagrams of Hammer action, one of the sets the Nuggets run to get an open corner 3.

Preview: Denver Nuggets at Chicago Bulls

The Nuggets are desperate for a win after dropping seven in a row, but it will be hard to get their offense back on track against the stifling defense of the Chicago Bulls.

The Stiff List: Hot tempers and bad offense

This week's Stiff List features hot tempers by a player and a coach, the Nuggets' failings on offense, and a former Nugget having the worst season of his career so far.

Nuggets are a one-half team ...

Riding a six-game losing streak, the young Nuggets must soon learn that NBA games are 48 minutes long and not 24.

Tim Gelt expresses thanks to a giving Nuggets team

The Nuggets have been extremely active in the community this holiday season, and Media Relations Director Tim Gelt has taken notice.

Stiffs Roundtable: The Nuggets next win will be...

In this week's roundtable, the staff asks when the next win will come, what to make of the dust up between Malone and Mudiay, and what do we expect to see over the next week.

Set of the Week: Peel 2-Man Sting

This week's set of the week features a play for Gallo.

Denver Stiffs Power Rankings Week 4

The top three teams are pretty obvious, but the Western Conference's struggles are causing changes in the power rankings.

Is the big, bad Western Conference no more?

Cross-conference parity seems to be sneaking its way back into the NBA. Which is a good thing.

The Tweet of the Week is from...Wilson Chandler

Nuggets fans will miss Chandler on the court this season, but he's still fully active on social media following his season-ending hip surgery on Monday. Also, Joffrey Lauvergne earns honorable mention this week with a couple of back-to-back tweets.

Stiffs Roundtable: Time to Talk Trash

The Nuggets have a ton of international players - which language should they use to talk trash?

Set of the Week: Upscreen Ballscreen

This week's set of the week features an action that gets Emmanuel Mudiay open with space to operate.

Denver Stiffs Power Rankings Week 3

Rick Carlisle and the Mavericks are picking up victories, and the Rockets look as messy as an episode of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians." It's the third week of Stiffs power rankings.

Emmanuel Mudiay 10 games in ...

10 games into his debut NBA season, Emmanuel Mudiay is showing us the very good and the very ugly simultaneously.

The Stiff List: Karma got it wrong

This week's stiff list includes the Lakers, the 3D projector, and Karma

Danilo Gallinari gets the Tweet of the Week

Gallinari voices his pleasure over the Nuggets' win against the Rockets, but in the same tweet lets it be known that his thoughts are with Paris following the terrorist attacks on Friday.