Tag: denver nuggets
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Denver Nuggets draft picks show promise at Summer League | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The three members of the Nuggets’ Summer League squad most likely to impact regular-season games proved enough before the team’s finale. Denver capped Summer League with a 96-89 win over the Raptors on Sunday and left…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why Bo Nix is not worthy of top-10 ranking among NFL QBs
Name 10 NFL quarterbacks better than Bo Nix. — Carlos, the elk-hunter Kiz: Broncos Country has got its orange knickers in a knot, because a recent ESPN survey of league execs, coaches and scouts failed to list Nix among the top 16 of league QBs. OK, there’s one important skillset where Nix definitely ranks in…
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Denver Nuggets’ roster depth chart after free agency | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The Nuggets roster construction is clearer after a couple of signings over the weekend. The additions of rookie Trevon Brazile and Alpha Diallo — technically a rookie, though he’s 29 — bring the Nuggets to 12…
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Alpha Diallo signs with Nuggets, returns to Denver
Alpha Diallo is coming back to Denver. The 29-year-old agreed to a one-year contract with the Nuggets on Sunday. Diallo, who spent his sophomore year of high school at Denver West, agreed to a $1.4 million deal, according to ESPN. Diallo, born in New York City, finished his high school career at Harlem’s Frederick Douglass…
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How Lincoln High sparked TJ Bamba’s journey to the Denver Nuggets
Add making up for lost time to TJ Bamba’s long list of skills. When the 25-year-old member of the Nuggets’ Summer League squad first moved to Denver after finishing his freshman year of high school at KIPP Academy, a charter school in the Bronx, he had yet to play organized basketball. “I was just playing…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Nikola Jokic still loves Nuggets, but the honeymoon’s over
It’s perfectly in Nikola Jokic’s right to delay signing a contract extension until next summer. With the inability of the Nuggets ownership and front office to attract a star free agent, Jokic may be forced to go elsewhere in the NBA to get another ring. — D.J., cross-fading and scratching Kiz: Unlike you, Mr. Worrywart,…
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Nuggets vs. Rockets | 3 takeaways from Denver’s Summer League opener
The two newest Nuggets made their Summer League debuts, and a Denver executive provided an offseason update during a 97-86 loss to the Rockets Friday in Las Vegas. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s opener at Cox Pavilion: “We feel confident. We trust him,” Wallace said. “He’s been very vocal and very consistent with that…
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What move must the Avalanche, Nuggets make to win a title in 2027? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: What move do the Avalanche, Nuggets need to make to win a title in 2027? Evan Rawal, Avalanche reporter Answer: Add a top-four defenseman For the Avalanche to win the Stanley Cup in 2027, Joe Sakic must work his magic and find the team another top-four defenseman. Colorado brought back both Brett Kulak…
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Why DaRon Holmes II acted as Summer League practice player for Nuggets
The trip to Las Vegas is anything but a vacation for DaRon Holmes II, even though he’s not on the Nuggets’ Summer League roster. “I shouldn’t be going on vacations right now,” Holmes said Wednesday before Denver’s summer squad headed to the desert. “I haven’t proved myself yet, so my goal is to get better…
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Who’s still available after Nuggets waive Jonas Valanciunas?
Jonas Valanciunas is free to write his next chapter. Denver’s front office on Wednesday made the expected decision to waive the veteran center before the deadline. The move saves the Nuggets at least $8 million on next year’s cap sheet. Only $2 million of Valanciunas’ contract for next season was guaranteed. The guaranteed money can…