Linas Kleiza News

Watching the replay of the Olympiacos-Entente Orleanaise Euroleague game, I couldn't help but notice the undeniable impact of one Linas Kleiza.

Everyone knows about Ty Lawson's offense. But what about the rookie's defense? The 5-foot-11 guard is learning on the job, and he played particularly well Tuesday against Golden State, when "he had a 4-5 minute stretch where Ellis was surprised he couldn't get by Ty," Nuggets coach George Karl said.

What an opening statement by the Nuggets . The team that made the West finals but could have stepped in an early hole after losing Dahntay Jones and Linas Kleiza to free agency and J.R. Smith to suspension went 5-2 in the games without Smith's scoring punch and were at 6-3 on Thursday despite a roster shuffle compounded by Kenyon Martin's bruised ...

I have no doubt that fatigue played a role in the Denver Nuggetsa 108-102 loss against the Milwaukee Bucks.

By J.A. Adande When Linas Kleiza left the NBA to sign with Olympiakos in Greece it didn't generate nearly as much attention as when Josh Childress signed with the team last year.

Mark Warkentien has an idea. Consider three seasons ago, when the valiant Hornets won 39 games despite injured starters missing an astounding 133 contests.

Trying to give more oomph and interesting themes to a league dominated by Panathinaikos and Olympiacos ever since 1992, the Greek Federation opened the doors to a third non-European player per team in a move aimed to achieve a better balance between those teams whose goals are merely to challenge by only attempting toapproach the Greens and Reds' ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the Denver Nuggets are heading into the regular season with high expectations among their own locker room.

Carmelo Anthony, guarded by the Pacers' Dahntay Jones during a game Oct. 11 in Beijing, says he feels good about the Nuggets' chances this season after they lost to the Lakers in six games in last season's Western Conference finals.

Originally published October 23, 2009 at 11:20 a.m., updated October 23, 2009 at 1:28 p.m. DENVER a ' In the high-stakes game of Western Conference poker, George Karl likes the hand he is holding.

New Nuggets acquisition Arron Afflalo, left, clamps down on point guard Chauncey Billups in practice.

The Sentinel's NBA coverage team brings you its preseason Power Poll on the blog.

Joey Graham goes to work under the basket during Nuggets practice. He's averaged 6.4 points in four years.

In this October of Josh McDaniels' fist pumps, Carlos Gonzalez's hit parades, Tyler Hansen's redshirt-pulling and Matt Duchene's hype-believing, it's easy to forget about Carmelo Anthony, who plays forward for the Nuggets.

The e-mails last season were fired off from across the state : Why doesn't Renaldo Balkman play more for the Nuggets? Those mad made a point.

The Nuggets will be without one of their best players, J.R. Smith, for their first seven games.

After five months of waiting to join an NBA team, Joey Graham's wait was over - and he had just half-a-day to arrive in time for the first practice.

It really has been a long off-season. Thing is, it's still not over. There's about a month left until a regular season tips off that many expect, will have the Denver Nuggets falling from their No.

While the top teams in the Western Conference bolstered their rosters by adding big name free agents, the Denver Nuggets largely stayed the course.

The Nuggets have acquired free agent Joey Graham, who averaged 7.7 points per game last year with Toronto, multiple sources confirmed.