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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 1h

Did you know Jalen Pickett is more than a year older than Zeke Nnaji?

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 1d

The Nuggets waived Moses Brown and Kessler Edwards today, I'm told.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 2d

Ousmane Dieng’s buzzer beater gives the Thunder a 94-91 win. Nuggets win the minutes that matter.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 2d

Nuggets’ fourth-quarter offense makes me feel a little better about what’s going to happen is this media vs. coaches game Tuesday.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 2d

Nuggets lead 75-66 after 3. Denver's 15-34 from 3. Thunder are 10-37. Peyton Watson leads all scorers with 15 points. He's also got 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 of Denver's 11 turnovers.
Should be the end-of-bench guys the rest of the way.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 2d

Nikola Jokic is going to be impressed by the scratches on the back of Jonas Valanciunas’s arm.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 2d

Nuggets up 59-46 at the half. Pretty impressive effort from the reserves + Cam Johnson. Peyton Watson and Tim Hardaway Jr. have 13 apiece. Jalen Pickett and Julian Strawther with 8 off the bench. Denver's 13-25 from 3.
SGA has 12. Thunder are 8-27 from 3.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 2d

Thunder lead 22-21 after one. Nuggets are 5-12 from 3. Tim Hardaway Jr. is 3-4. Jonas Valanciunas hit an early one. Thunder are 4-15 from deep.

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Tyler King @kingtylerb.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 37 of Basketball in the Mountains is live. We’ve got a complete Nuggets season preview with @vbenedetto.bsky.social.

The big question in the Mile High City: is this the best/deepest team of the Nikola Jokic era?

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Complete Denver Nuggets season preview! Is it NBA championship or bust for the best team of the Nikola Jokic era? (with Vinny Benedetto) | Episode 37

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, the flexibility/willingness to change on a night-to-night basis has been a constant whether it’s rotations, playing two bigs together or defensive schemes. We’ll see if it sticks.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll make sure he got the invite

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

In better news for those of you who want to see just how washed I am, the Media Training Camp festivities will conclude with a media vs. coaches scrimmage.

Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

I have bad news for those hoping to see me and my fellow media members get embarrassed by the Nuggets’ coaching staff in a scrimmage. Sounds like Nuggets PR is hosting a pro day for media with drills. We, thankfully, will not be subjected to JJ Barea’s full-court defense.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

In past seasons, Nikola Jokic almost always played the entire first quarter. David Adelman has taken Jokic out around the 9-minute mark in Denver’s last few preseason games, so I asked about the tweak today and received a very DA answer.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 3d

Last two guys getting shots up at Nuggets practice today: Cam Johnson and Jamal Murray.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

I have bad news for those hoping to see me and my fellow media members get embarrassed by the Nuggets’ coaching staff in a scrimmage. Sounds like Nuggets PR is hosting a pro day for media with drills. We, thankfully, will not be subjected to JJ Barea’s full-court defense.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

What David Adelman wants to see the rest of preseason: health.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

(Jamal will probably not admit as much)

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

David Adelman says Jamal Murray made it a goal to come back in better shape this season. DA really likes the way Jamal is moving so far this preseason.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Nuggets up 104-83 after 3Q. Murray has 28 on 9-18 FG. Jokic 18-8-8. Gordon 17 and 4. Cam Johnson hits a couple of 3s in the third.
Not sure we see much more of the starters this preseason.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Nuggets starters are back out there to start the 3Q.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Some halftime reading on Cam Johnson's big brain:
www.denvergazette.com/2025/10/13/h...

How Cam Johnson’s basketball brain can meld with Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets

An unorthodox Easter Sunday in 2014 changed the course of Cam Johnson’s basketball career. As it is remembered by Jamie Dixon, the University of Pittsburgh coach at the time, Johnson was a senior at n...

www.denvergazette.com

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Nuggets up 67-55 at HT. Impressive work from Denver's starters. Murray has 21-2-2 on 7-13 FG. Jokic (10-4-4) and Gordon (10 & 3) also in double figures.
Giddey (19), Buzelis (14) and Dosunmu (11) in double figures for da Bulls.
Spencer Jones gets the 10th-man minutes in 1H.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Murray just picked a dime up off the court after that bounce pass through traffic for an Aaron Gordon dunk. Nuggets up 15 late in the second.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Nuggets going with the size matters lineup early in the 2Q. It's Murray/Johnson/Gordon/Jokic/Valanciunas early in the 2Q.

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Vinny Benedetto @vbenedetto.bsky.social · 5d

Nuggets lead 37-29 after one. Denver scores 16 points on 17 FTA - Bulls fouled 3-point shooters multiple times.
Murray has 10 on 3-7 FG. Jokic with 8-3-3. Braun with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
Buzelis, Dosunmu and Giddey with 9 points apiece for Chicago.

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