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Oct 16, 2026
Riley WelchGUEST
Uh, and so I actually left with about three weeks left in the G League season.
Riley WelchGUEST
Luckily, like, I have great relationships with the owner of the Gold, the Nuggets front office-
Peter ArizHOST
Mm-hmm
Riley WelchGUEST
... and they were all great with me about, you know-
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
But guys like, uh, Jeff Teague have made it clear that sometimes you wanna be out of a team and out of an organization, you make it known.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And then he also talked about his time in Grand Rapids, uh, with the Gold, and he said the coaches try to teach you a lot about how to play with the Nuggets, which is huge for the two-way and the young guys.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And that's a system working the way it's supposed to work.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
It's sophisticated basketball.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
They don't now need to learn on the fly.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
They already know the system.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
They already understand the expectations because they played in it hundreds of time with the Grand Rapid Gold.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And again, not just great for the Denver Nuggets as, as a franchise and as a, as a unit, but it's great for those two-way guys.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And what Spencer Jones talked about in his presser, basically saying, you know, that gives you the best case and the, the, the best way to get your name and find your footing on a roster.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And maybe he goes back to the Grand Rapids Gold.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Who knows? But unfortunately, they did have to move KJ in order to sign Ryan Nembhard.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And then we get into the last topic of this episode, which is, uh, the potential for Denver to have the best guard depth that they've had in a little while.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
They're investing in keeping their stars healthy, and that's the level of detail we're talking about.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
They actually brought back a, a, a former Employee who was employed with the Grand Rapid Gold who ended up leaving and now came back and they created this role just for him because they trust him enough.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And I think that is fantastic for this Denver Nuggets team whose injury history is not fantastic.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
But we move on to the next topic, and that is Nikola Jokic over on, uh, the media day front.
Chris GallagherHOST
And diving into it, there's a lot of questions surrounding Adelman and what exactly his bench is going to do and also who's going to overall be on this roster.
Chris GallagherHOST
I mean, obviously they have 21 guys in the training camp and the guys like the Booby Millers of the world are going to be guys who are really there for two-way contracts and or the G League team on the Grand Rapids Gold that the Nuggets will call up if they're playing well.
Chris GallagherHOST
But they do have veterans as well and also a man who everyone has forgotten about but has all the tools to be a very good NBA player.
Chris GallagherHOST
And the Nuggets need that, especially defensively.
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Chris GallagherHOST
But good training camp for the 24-year-old could help him earn some early playing time.
Chris GallagherHOST
Holmes missed his entire r- rookie season with an Achilles tear, and finally returned to action last season, appearing in 25 games for the Nuggets.
Chris GallagherHOST
Though he only averaged 3.7 points and 1.4 rebounds in his eight minutes, he did show a lot with the Grand Rapids Gold.
Chris GallagherHOST
He showed that he is a talented player, that he's someone who the Nuggets will certainly be able to use as time goes on.
Chris GallagherHOST
He averaged 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks and 7 rebounds per game over three years in Division I.
Chris GallagherHOST
Now, we could certainly see Jones land with a spot with the Grand Rapids Gold, but at a minimum, he will provide athleticism and defense to help his new Nuggets teamend- teammates work a bit harder in training camp.
Chris GallagherHOST
To keep in mind, none of these three signings will make a real difference for the Nuggets, as they mentioned.
Chris GallagherHOST
As long as they don't make any more changes in the next week, the 21-man training camp roster is now set.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Realistically, what these signings are is Denver stocking bodies for training camp and scrimmages, giving their coaching staff more depth to run full 5-on-5 work against Denver.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
against and setting up the pipeline where if either guy performs well enough in camp, they've got a very real well-worn path to a Grand Rapids Gold roster spot for the season, which an NBA call-up, always a possibility if injuries or performance open a door later.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
And we saw that with recent guys.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Obviously, they did this last year to Mark Bates, Curtis Jones, two of the guys that they brought in.
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Thomas LeuthnerHOST
The Walker-Whitmore battle in the crowded backcourt and frontcourt picture, Denver's front office is treating training camp as a genuine audition process across the entire roster, not just settling into a predetermined group and coasting through camp as a formality.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
I mean, bringing in two more undrafted names on top of an already Semi-stacked group of camp invites and two-way hopefuls tells you that they want real competitive depth in every single practice, every single scrimmage, every five-on-five run, and not just enough bodies to fill out a walkthrough.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Second, I think about this through the G League pipeline lens, specifically the Grand Rapids Golds, obviously.
Thomas LeuthnerHOST
Going to need some real roster players doing these exhibit 10-day signings are as much about stocking that pipeline with players that Denver has evaluated up close as they are about the parent club.
Troy MahabirHOST
Then you have the Salt Lake City Stars, who receive Ibrahima Diallo.
Troy MahabirHOST
Then you move on to the Grand Rapids Gold, who received the returning player rights to Steven Crowell.
Troy MahabirHOST
And Rip City Remix's 2026 second round pick in the G League draft.
Troy MahabirHOST
Then Rip City Remix receives Mark Sears, his returning player rights.
Troy MahabirHOST
Onno Sterger, his returning player rights.
Troy MahabirHOST
Javante McCoy, his returning player rights.
Troy MahabirHOST
Grayson Murphy, his returning player rights, and a Grand Rapids Gold 2027 second round pick.
Troy MahabirHOST
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