Denver Nuggets News

Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin will miss the rest of the season because of a bad right knee. Martin had arthroscopic surgery Wednesday, and the team said the operation ``revealed more significant damage'' than originally thought. Martin has five years and more than US$66 million left on his contract. He played in two games this season, averaging 9.5 points and 10 rebounds. The Nuggets played at Orlando on Wednesday night. ``I ...

At the morning shootaround, Kenyon Martin talked about how good it felt to feel good again. By nightfall, he was down in the dumps, facing yet another knee surgery. An MRI on Wednesday night revealed loose cartilage that needs to be removed through arthroscopy. ``I won't be out the entire season, but I have no idea at this point,'' the Denver Nuggets forward said about a timetable for his return. ...

Michael Redd scored 28 points to lead five Bucks in double figures, and Milwaukee used a big first half to surge past the depleted Denver Nuggets 119-108 in a pre-season game Saturday night. Redd had 19 points before halftime as the Bucks (3-3) scored 76 points in the first half _ 40 in the second quarter. The first-half output topped the Bucks' 2005-06 season high for points in a half (74) and helped Milwaukee shake off a ...

Kenyon Martin had 20 points and eight rebounds before limping off the court in the third quarter, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 114-102 Wednesday night at U.S. Bank Arena. Martin, who scored 15 points in the first half, was kneed in the quadriceps and limped off the court with 3:32 left in the third quarter. The power forward, who was slowed by a variety of leg injuries last season, did not return. Martin, who played ...

Anthony Roberson scored 28 points and Baron Davis added 18 to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 121-115 victory over the Denver Nuggets in a pre-season game Saturday night. Tied at 114 with just more than a minute to go, Davis sank two free throws to put Golden State ahead for good. He then made a three-pointer and Monta Ellis scored the Warriors' final points. It had looked earlier like Golden State would cruise to ...

Carmelo Anthony had 21 points and six rebounds and Reggie Evans added 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 118-102 victory over Turkish Basketball League powerhouse Efes Pilsen in an exhibition game Tuesday night. Horace Jenkins led Efes Pilsen with 26 points, while Marcus Haislip had 23 points for the perennial Turkish champions who shot 43 per cent from the field and 23-for-26 from the ...

The Nuggets exercised their three-year option on coach George Karl's contract on Tuesday, keeping him with Denver through the 2009-10 season. Under Karl, the Nuggets have enjoyed their best stretch since joining the NBA in 1976. He was hired Jan. 27, 2005, and has led the team to a 76-46 regular-season record and .628 winning percentage. ``As we've said all along, we're committed to building a championship-calibre team,'' said team ...

Kenyon Martin, who was suspended for insubordination in the playoffs, and Denver Nuggets coach George Karl agree on one thing: how to describe their somewhat repaired relationship. ``I think it's pretty cool right now,'' Karl said Monday. ``That's probably not a pretty hip way of defining it.'' Actually, it's how K-Mart described it himself about 20 minutes later. ``I'm cool, I ain't got no problems with anybody, I'm good. I'm ...

La La Vasquez, a VJ at MTV, and her fiance, NBA star Carmelo Anthony, are expecting a baby in March, her representative, Jack Ketsoyan, confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday. The baby will be their first child together, Ketsoyan said. The couple have been engaged since 2004 and plan to marry after the baby's birth, he said. Vasquez, 27, is a VJ for MTV shows ``Total Request Live,'' ``Spring ...

The Denver Nuggets re-signed forward Reggie Evans to a multiyear contract. Terms were not released. The 26-year-old Evans averaged 5.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 23.3 minutes in 26 games with the Nuggets last season. The Nuggets acquired him from Seattle in a four-team trade Feb. 23 that also sent Charles Smith and Ruben Patterson to Denver.