Denver Fans are better than this
Listen, if the Nuggets were only filling 64 percent of their stadium, eight percent lower than any other franchise, 70 games into a throwaway season, I’d get it. But we’re only seven games in, and at 3-4, the Nuggets season is anything but a throwaway.
So why aren’t the fans going to games? They’re going to everything else. Both the Rockies and Avalanche have been just as disappointing in recent years, and yet the Avs (22nd) and Rockies (14th) both draw higher attendance.
Is Denver just not a basketball town?
I don’t think that’s it. I think Denver Nuggets fans got complacent during the George Karl era — I think they got used to success — and I think they don’t know how to get themselves back into the groove.
But let me tell you this: The Nuggets are building a very entertaining product down at the Pepsi Center — even if it’s not coming along as quickly as we’d like — and the city of Denver is really missing out.
So for all you Colorado sports fans out there who have been looking for a reason to jump back on board the Nuggets, stop looking and do what you do best: Be a fan.
