The Denver Post’s All-Quarter Century Nuggets Team honors the franchise’s 25-year arc, pairing recent dominance with historic legends. First Team selections pull from peak and legacy: Chauncey Billups, Jamal Murray, Carmelo Anthony, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic. The blend captures playoff breakthroughs, game-changing performances, and Jokic’s evolving, transformative era. Murray’s rise as a closing-time playoff threat sits beside Jokic’s unrivaled impact, while Gordon’s versatility and Melo’s era-defining scoring anchor the lineup. The Second Team adds Ty Lawson, Allen Iverson, Michael Porter Jr., Nenê and Marcus Camby, with reserve vote-getters Andre Miller, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Danilo Gallinari, Kenyon Martin and Antonio McDyess rounding out the quarter-century panorama. The piece tracks a franchise that has reached 17 playoff berths, nine 50-win seasons, 12 playoff series and a culture shift from bleak to banner moments, while noting a Hall-of-Fame lineage among its selections. It’s a celebration of Colorado basketball’s ascent, anchored by Jokic’s era-defining dominance and a roster that blends relentless guard play, elite scoring, and two-way versatility across generations.

Beyond the on-court milestones, the piece underscored the Nuggets’ unique identity: a championship in the modern era built around a player with rare vision and playmaking, a cast that rose to meet him, and a city that embraced every step of a storied, sometimes turbulent journey. The roster’s evolution—from Melo’s early promise to Jokic’s triple-doubles and clutch wins—embodies a franchise transformed. The piece ends by recognizing the collaborative nature of the voting panel and the enduring legacy of the Nuggets’ quarter-century run, a narrative that will continue to shape fantasy rosters and basketball discussions for years to come.