Leprechauns & Voodoo dolls: When the 2003 Nuggets could have landed LeBron James

May 20—In May 2003, good-luck charms poured into the offices of the Nuggets. There was a leprechaun, a Tiki doll and a brass four-leaf clover. There was a horseshoe, a New Orleans Voodoo doll and a figure of St. Francis of Assisi. There was even a key from the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, where somebody perhaps had won a fortune. Woody Paige: When Lakers' best just wasn't good enough ...