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.
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
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
Diallo and Spencer Jones have the defensive mentality that much of the Nuggets roster lacks.
โThe Nuggets need more guys in their rotation who like to defend. A lot of this team hates playing defense. It's a mentality. Diallo has it. Spencer Jones has it.โ
DeRozan checks in first and who exits for him will change through the preseason.
โhe'll be coming in first, I mean obviously, and we'll probably change the rotation of who comes out when he goes in throughout the preseason to try to figure out the right thing.โ
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