Nuggets, Avs fans are worthy of TV access

It is truly great to see the Nuggets grow up and become the champs. The Kroenkes now have winners in both of their Denver teams. The Avalanche and the Nuggets are two of the best of the best. And the fans know it.

After Monday’s Nuggets’ win, I watched Stan Kroenke during the interview on the arena floor with the TV announcer and at the winner’s table. There he spoke clearly and loudly about the great fans of Denver, the state of Colorado and across the nation who have given their unwavering support to his teams. Is his praise a hollow thank you? Has he really given any thought to all of his fans that are shut out of local TV coverage and yet are the most loyal fans in the country? That part of his character remains to be seen.

Neil Iskow, Parker

So now that the Nuggets have won the NBA Championship and Stan Kroenke has openly stated how wonderful all the fans are, perhaps it’s time for him to put his money where his mouth is and allow all his fans to watch the regular season games. Let us watch them on Xfinity, settle the contract, and do this for the fans. We love our Nuggets. Don’t you know that?

Ellen Derrick, Denver

Nuggets fulfill childhood hoops dream

Some of my earliest childhood memories revolve around going to Denver Nuggets games with my dad. I was only 3, but I remember walking into McNichols Arena; those stairs felt like climbing a fourteener. My dad had season tickets, back when the team seemed to be destined to be last in the league and setting records only for ineptitude.

In those early years, I fell in love with the game. Basketball Jones is a real thing. I would shoot hoops on summer days into the dark of night, through the rain, imagining (ignorantly) that I might someday play point guard for the Nuggets. I remember a closet filled with jerseys with the names Abdul-Rauf, Ellis, Pack, Mutombo, Van Exel, and McDyess. I remember Mutombo holding a basketball in tears when the Nuggets upset the Sonics.

Now here we are, watching the Nuggets fulfill a childhood dream by playing the game the right way. They’re humble and unselfish. They work hard and move, cut and pass beautifully.

These men are incredibly athletic and skilled, yet to get to this mountaintop, to summit a fourteener, you must have discipline and a strong work ethic. You must have passion and desire to be a champion.

I feel so lucky to see this moment for the Nuggets and all their fans, especially those who have been in love with them since 1990 as a 3-year-old boy.

Thank you, Nuggets Nation.

Ian Naudain, Rollinsville

After triumph and glory, shameful aftermath

As an older guy, I recently discovered the game of basketball thanks to the Denver Nuggets. They’re my “hometown” team and brought me to a place of appreciation for pure athleticism, talent and team spirit. With the championship game ending on such a high note, I relished in their victory and was touched by the class they showed.

However, this morning, it was as if I were kicked in the stomach with the accounts of shootings of innocent people celebrating downtown. What in God’s name is going on? How could a human be so cold and devoid of any feeling of caring for their fellow humans and carelessly shoot a firearm into a crowd? This is sick stuff.

Ten people were shot, including a suspect. Where can we be safe anymore?

I’m embarrassed for the “dude(s)” who climbed traffic signals to shake violently with a crowd who could be hurt if he or, heaven forbid, the lights fell.

Let’s get a grip, kids. This ain’t how we behave when showing love for the hometown team. This is a terrible assault on Denver and the NBA Champions. Shame on you.

KF Riker, Mancos

Sad examples in The Post of why we need a carbon tax

Re: The Denver Post’s June 9 print edition

Kudos to the Denver Post for printing at least three items addressing the climate crisis. Your paper educated readers on water/snow melt (pp. 2,5), “record high” air pollution (p. 10), and visually depicted that pollution in Dave Granlund’s telling cartoon captioned “Yearning to Breathe Free” (p. 13).

As a Californian passing through Denver’s airport en route to Citizen Climate Lobby’s annual meeting and lobbying effort on Capitol Hill, I’ve learned about the collateral damage Canada’s wildfires have lately inflicted on East Coast air quality. With that as the setting for our meetings with legislators on The Hill, I will use your climate coverage in urging action to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by supporting the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, when it is reintroduced in Congress.

The measure would put a price on carbon at the pump, the well, and ports. The revenue collected would be rebated to taxpayers.  Working- and middle-class families would minimally break even and in many instances would come out ahead financially while virtually everyone would be incentivized to use clean, renewable energy.  America’s leading economists largely agree  (Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2019) that this form of carbon pricing is the most efficient way to combat the climate calamity.

I hope Colorado can avoid the mega wildfires endangering California. Maybe a livable environment is within reach.

Tom Osborne, Laguna Beach

Enjoy Fort Morgan’s hometown feel

Thank You, Fort Morgan. My family enjoyed your unique efforts to welcome residents and visitors back to your downtown by embracing the makeover trend as a city. The murals are wonderful, adding warmth and color to brick buildings. It must be working because we saw Teamsters enjoying a big picnic, a variety of affordable merchandise in stores, friendly merchants, active disc golfers, great ice cream and sorbets, and Gov. Jared Polis exchanging greetings. The Platte is high and the swimming pool is open.

Tamara Rowe, Denver

Editor’s note: Fort Morgan is the featured city in HGTV’s Season 2 of “Home Town Takeover.”

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