Nuggets president Josh Kroenke expressed satisfaction Tuesday with what he’s seen from his team in the preseason, but is making it clear the stakes are high.
“It’s a big year for the organization from top to bottom,” said Kroenke in a Tuesday news conference along with general manager Tim Connelly and head coach Brian Shaw at the Pepsi Center.
Saying the Nuggets will use the “latter part of last season as a launching pad for this season,” Kroenke is happy to see all of his players available again as it looks to get back into the playoffs after missing out last season.
“We’re all excited to get back out there with a healthy roster,” Kroenke said.
He would not put a number to what a successful season means to him, saying “trying to quantify success is kind of hard,” but did say just getting to the playoffs is not a goal.
“I think there’s no mindset that says we just want to qualify for the playoffs,” Kroenke said.
The Nuggets open the season Wednesday at home against Detroit.
“I think that we have a pretty good team,” Kroenke said. “I think this town was pretty excited about this team a couple of years ago. And right now we’re trying to figure out a way to not only build upon what we established a couple a years ago, but keep progressing toward a bigger prize and that’s a championship.”
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