Kroenke bought Nuggets, kept team in Denver, now hoping to deliver an NBA title

By EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer

DENVER (AP) — Some might say Stan Kroenke and family would be pulling off the impossible by bringing a long-awaited NBA title to Denver. That the Nuggets are in Denver at all was no sure thing before the family arrived nearly a quarter-century ago. Much has been made about how the Nuggets were able to reach their first NBA Finals thanks to the stubborn patience displayed by the Kroenkes. Less discussed was their willingness to dive into a messy acquisition process in 1999 for a largely irrelevant franchise that had been considered a relocation prospect as the 21st century approached.