Believe it or not, these seats will give you a great panoramic view of the court. The backboard does stand in the way just a little bit but not enough for you to avoid these seats entirely. On weeknights, even if you have tickets for row 10, you should be able to get a seat in row 4 or 5. No one really sits in their assigned seat unless it's a sold out weekend game and those do happen at certain times throughout the season.

The most exciting plays to watch from up there are the fast breaks and the alley-oops because you can see them form really well thanks to sitting so high up.
I've sat here twice for Nuggets games. I love sitting on the balcony level for Nuggets and Avalanche games because I can see a high volume of games for not a whole lot of money spent. I always ride the light rail to the arena and usually eat at Tamayo or Brooklyn's before the game so I never spend any money on concessions really.

If you too are worried about spending money at the Pepsi Center, don't buy any of your Nuggets items and Altitude Authentics because they charge higher than retail price from what I've seen. I always purchase my NBA items from Amazon or NBA Shop.com and look for sales.