Author: Vinny Benedetto

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The Nuggets are down to one remaining roster spot after signing Summer League standout Curtis Jones to the team’s final two-way roster spot on Sunday. The…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There were impressive off seasons in Denver, Houston and Los Angeles, but the Western Conference still runs through Oklahoma City. The Thunder are mostly running it back with the championship core that answered a lot of questions last season. Oklahoma City starts its title defense…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The reasons why Cam Johnson looks like a seamless fit in Denver start back in his childhood bedroom in Pennsylvania. “I used to sit down with a little notebook in my bedroom draw up sets. I always just loved the game,” Johnson said Friday at…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A good portion of Cam Johnson’s introductory press conference Friday at Ball Arena was spent talking about Jonas Valanciunas. Co-executives Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace didn’t have much to say on the matter after there was mutual interest between the veteran center Denver acquired via…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Underestimate Jon Wallace at your own risk. That’s a lesson John Thompson III learned back in 2004. Patrick Ewing learned the same in 2019, and Nuggets fans are doing the same this summer. Thompson had resigned as coach of his alma mater, Princeton, to take…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Jonas Valanciunas saga is one step closer to resolution. The trade that brings the veteran center to Denver and sends Dario Saric to Sacramento was made official Sunday afternoon. Now, the Nuggets and Valanciunas need to figure out what comes next. The Lithuanian and…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There is one constant as Aaron Gordon navigates a tricky recovery from his second calf strain of the season. That’s an openness to do whatever is asked of him to help continue the Nuggets’ winning ways as he works his way back to 100%. “Whatever…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Life on the bus suits Mike Dunlap just fine. The first-year Colorado Mesa basketball coach experienced the peaks and valleys of life at the highest levels of basketball — championship parades, charter flights and luxurious accommodations. Now he’s returned to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The NBA’s third installment of Rivalry Week started with a dud in Denver. “What do you mean, ‘rivalry week?’” Nuggets coach Michael Malone wondered prior to the Nuggets’ 144-109 win over Philadelphia on Tuesday at Ball Arena. “Is that what this is?” That was the…