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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 2d

This was the best action the Nuggets ran last night and shows you just how quickly they can use their two bigs — Jokic & Valanciunas — to put the opponent in a real bind. Great, great stuff. #NuggetsSky

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 3d

Not hyperbole here: That might have been the best half of preseason basketball I've ever seen.
This Nuggets team has so many ways to score, it's amazing. I will also say the Clippers are definitely legit with all of their new additions as well.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 3d

This Nuggets preseason game feels like a regular season game. A ton of intensity on the court

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 16d

F) Adelman on playing both Jokic & Valanciunas together: “Those two guys will play together at certain points.”

Also, Cam Johnson said his goal is to play more than 75 games this season. He played in 57 last season…Peyton Watson has worked on his jump shot and “I’m excited to take that next jump.”

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 16d

D) Bruce Brown’s outlook on the team: “The vibe is great. The vibe is at an all time high. We all know what we want to do at the end of the day.”

E) Jamal Murray on having a chance to really prepare his body for the upcoming season: “I just feel a lot better than I did last summer.”

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 16d

B) Jonas Valanciunas stressing he’s happy to be a Nugget: I’m here, I”m happy to be here. And I’m going to dive in to win more games than ever.”

C) Head coach David Adelman’s outlook on his team: “This conference is unreal and we know that. And we’re part of it. We’re a problem.”

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 16d

The press conference portion of Nuggets Media Day lasted 3 hours this morning. Here are the things that resonated with me most.

A) Nikola Jokic reaffirming his commitment to the Nuggets, saying “My plan is to be with the Nuggets forever,” when asked about a contract extension after the season.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · 16d

Nikola Jokic on not signing an extension this year, and the possibility of doing that next summer. “My plan is to be with the Nuggets forever” #Nuggets

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Sep 9

At the risk of…whatever, given the fact I am and have always been in the media. There are too many in-game interviews for all of these sports. Sheesh! Let these coaches and athletes do their jobs. And talk to them afterward.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Aug 14

- Longest road trip is 7 games in 12 days from Dec. 27-Jan. 1, 2026. Very compact amount of time for that many road games. Depth will be tested.
- 26 games on national TV
- The longest homestands are 4 games. There are three such instances.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Aug 14

What’s catching my eye about this season’s slate…
- 3 of first 5 games on the road
- A stretch of 10 of 14 on the road from Nov. 11-Dec. 7
- 16 sets of back to backs — including three that are consecutive sets of back-to-backs. I’ve never seen that before

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Here is the Nuggets schedule for the 2025-26 season! Things get started Oct. 23 at Golden State

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Aug 8

Here is the Nuggets preseason schedule. They'll play just 1 exhibition game at home
#NuggetsSky

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jul 21

In case Nuggets fans had not seen this. This should put the Jonas Valanciunas saga to bed. #NuggetsSky

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Nuggets just made official their trade for Jonas Valanciunas, capping off a stellar transaction season. #NuggetsSky

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jul 11

Tamar Bates settled in and played well in the 2nd half.

Defensively, you’re starting to see what the Nuggets want to be. Disruptive in taking away the paint, but also getting out to the 3-point line.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jul 11

Quick takeaways from tonight’s Nuggets summer league opener:

Daron Holmes looks great, and has a LOT in his offensive bag. 3-point shooting; driving closeouts; creating off the dribble. Really well done and looks healthy.

Hunter Tyson had a good start, now is searching for consistency

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jul 10

If you haven't seen Michael Porter Jr's very classy farewell video to the Nuggets here is the YouTube link to it. It is about 12 minutes and well worth your time #NuggetsSky

youtu.be/nKO8vdbuQHE?...

Thank you Denver/How I Found Out I Got Traded — Michael Porter Jr.

YouTube video by Curious Mike

youtu.be

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jul 8

The MPJ trade is now official #NuggetsSky

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jul 4

Nuggets fans, now that we've had a few days to digest the new roster -- which hopefully will continue to include Jonas Valanciunas -- how are we feeling about the team and its chances to get back to the Finals? #NuggetsSky

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jun 30

So, what the Nuggets have done most today is they got deeper with Bruce Brown coming back, and they got markedly better defensively with the Brown and Cam Johnson additions. Now they are starting to profile similarly to the Nuggets team that won the title. Expectations for this team should be high.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jun 30

The Nuggets have traded Michael Porter Jr to Brooklyn according to Shams 👀

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jun 27

It's good to see so many of these really good SEC players get drafted here in the 2nd round. That conference was amazing last season, and, by and large, played a style that translates to the NBA. I expect them to thrive.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jun 26

Was a fun first round of the NBA Draft. Excited to see how these players pan out. A lot of good talent was taken tonight.

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Christopher Dempsey @chrisadempsey.bsky.social · Jun 26

Charlotte has done a nice job tonight as well

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