What coaches and players say about roles, minutes, gameplans and development.
Adelman feared camp would show only nine playable players and is glad to see growth from many.
“It'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.”
The back end of the Nuggets rotation is wide open.
“The back end of the rotation is up for grabs. You can feel it.”
Denver's bench minutes are up for grabs and Diallo had a strong night while Jones sat.
“it's going to be a competition with these guys to try to find minutes. It's not easy. Spencer Jones isn't even playing. So the minutes to be found will be earned, but he had a really good night.”
Gordon expects Bagley to anchor the second unit as the big when Jokić sits.
“he's going to help us very much lift that second unit and be big when the joker's off the floor.”
Strawther scored 14 and 15 points in his first two preseason games.
“Two explosive scoring games from Julian Strawther to open preseason — 14 points in the opener, 15 tonight with three made 3s. Making a real case to open the season in the rotation.”
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