1998, a year that should live in infamy for the Nuggets and virtually everyone who ended up in the top three of the draft that year.
Last week I teased that the 1998 draft lottery was the biggest stiff job the Denver Nuggets ever received. Well, not only is it that but statistically speaking it is the biggest draft lottery stiff job OF ALL TIME. Several factors went into it. First and foremost, the Nuggets were coming off an 11 win season; second, because of the rules surrounding recent expansion teams, the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies, Denver's chances were even greater of getting #1 overall; finally, the Nuggets had additional ping pong balls because of a trade with Milwaukee from a couple seasons earlier.