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Denver Nuggets 2006-07 Preview  

 Expectations in Denver are much more modest than they were a year ago, even though this Nuggets team is still loaded with talented big men, solid point guard play and a go-to star.

Nene's season-ending knee injury was a harbinger of tough times in Denver, where the Nuggets never lived up to lofty expectations, bowing out to the lower-seeded Clippers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.

The Nuggets were fifth during the regular season in scoring (100.3 points per game), but they collapsed in the playoffs, averaging just 87.4 points, 15th among the 16 teams

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Nene was re-signed to multi-year deal despite the injury, and will be expected once again to join Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby in forming one of the best frontlines in the NBA

The 2006-07 Denver Nuggets team is going to look very similar to the Nuggets teams from the last few years. The Nuggets will continue to see opposing defenses pack it in and dare them to shoot from the outside. J.R. Smith should be able to spread the court a little, and Joe Smith should help bolster an injury-prone front court. Overall, expect more or less the same out of most of the Nuggets and hopefully a healthy season.

The Nuggets has the talent and the coaching to pick up where it left off two seasons ago; among the NBA's best. They certainly figure to be among the NBA's most improved teams, if only because their disappointing 44-win season shouldn't be tough to top.

Season Opener:
Nov. 1 @ LAC (10:30 p.m. ET, TNT)  Get Nuggets Tickets
Home Opener:
Nov. 3 vs. MIN (7 p.m. ET)
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