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The Denver Nuggets were a professional basketball team based in Denver Colorado. The Nuggets joined the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 1948–49 season and then joined the National Basketball Association when the NBL was absorbed by the Basketball Association of America to create the NBA for the 1949–50 season. The Nuggets were the first major professional sports franchise in Colorado and the first NBA franchise west of the Mississippi.