Coach and player quotes on roles, minutes, health and gameplans. Every quote checked against the transcript or post.
Adelman feared camp would show only nine playable players and is glad to see growth from many.
โIt's what you want. I'll be honest, the worry for me coming into camp was, do we only have nine players? And you can't survive the season like that. So it's good to see growth from a lot of guys.โ
Spencer Jones is testing his hamstring with running and dribbling but is still not close to returning.
โSpencer Jones got in a workout post practice today. Was doing some running, some dribbling, trying to test out that hamstring and go through the checklist before returning to play. Still don't think he's close to back yet.โ
Strawther scored 14 and 15 points in his first two preseason games.
โTwo explosive scoring games from Julian Strawther to open preseason โ 14 points in the opener, 15 tonight with three made 3s. Making a real case to open the season in the rotation.โ
Diallo gets first-quarter minutes and DeRozan plays the four in an all-bench unit.
โAlpha Diallo getting first-quarter minutes tonight as David Adelman goes with DeMar DeRozan at the four this time in his all-bench second unit.โ
Nuggets running their traditional starting lineup in tonight's game vs Utah.
โClassic starting five for the Nuggets tonight in Utahโ
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