Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - With renewed enthusiasm and vowing to remain coach of the Denver Nuggets, Dan Issel made his first in-depth comments since being suspended last week. Issel conducted practice at the Pepsi Center on Monday, his first such contact with the team since he was suspended for four games after making an ethnically insensitive remark to a Hispanic fan Dec. 11 after a 99-96 home loss to Charlotte.