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“NICK-OH-LAS!” bellows veteran Jeff Green as Denver teammates bounce off the court and fist-bump Owens after victories at home.īut when the Nuggets won the Western Conference Finals by sweeping away the tradition-rich Lakers in Los Angeles, he watched on television from Colorado.

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They call him Nick, except when shouting his full name as the exclamation point on a “W.”

He has contributed in roles ranging from child ambassador and ball boy to his current duty as a game-day consultant, befriending and inspiring a generation of players from Dikembe Mutombo to Jokic. The scrapbook of team history is plastered with snapshots of Owens’ life.

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Maybe we’re different from any organization in pro sports, because this really is a family, and we’ve been waiting for this moment for a long, long time,” coach Michael Malone told me as we stood in the hallway of Ball Arena, where the Nuggets are undefeated in eight games while rolling to a 12-3 record in the playoffs. “We built this team, all of us together, players and coaches and owners and ticket sales people and fans. With only Miami left to conquer in the NBA Finals, this unprecedented Nuggets run is a passionate family affair of the heart. What we’re witnessing is more than a quest for a championship by a team born during the 1960s, back when Hampden Avenue marked the end of local civilization rather than the beginning of endless suburban sprawl. If you did not grow up with this franchise, forced to fight for every smidgeon of respect since the Denver Rockets fired their first jump shot as an outlaw in the renegade ABA back in 1967, maybe it’s impossible to fully understand the hullabaloo shaking down thunder in the Rocky Mountains. When Owens rolls his wheelchair into the Denver locker room before every home game to study video of Kevin Durant, LeBron James or the next superstar standing in the way of a championship 56 long basketball seasons in the making, center Nikola Jokic greets Nicholas with these words: “Good to see you, my brother.” Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪlthough Nicholas Owens cannot walk, he has been there every step of the way with the Nuggets during their run to the first NBA Finals in team history.

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