“I went to the University of Richmond, and we ran a very similar offense, a lot of similar actions that these guys do, so I’ve got five or six years of it from Richmond,” Golden said. So did the 25-year-old always fancy himself a facilitator? Or did playing in this organization’s farm system cause him to try to sprinkle a little Sombor spice into his game?
Golden had four games with 10+ AST including 12 AST/1 TO vs. “So he kind of reminds you in the way he plays of Nikola a little bit.”Īnd that could have practical benefits for Denver’s young group beyond this coming week. Sometimes he can keep it and go to the hoop. The way he can catch the ball at the elbow, the way off (dribble hand-offs) he can pass the ball. “Obviously, we know how good Nikola is, but (Golden) does have some characteristics of him. “He’s like a poor, poor, poor, poor man’s Nikola,” Nuggets assistant and summer league head coach John Beckett said Thursday before breaking into a laugh.
Why even bring it up? When the Nuggets open Summer League play Friday against Milwaukee, they’ll do so with G League big man Grant Golden doing things that in ways might look somewhat similar to the NBA Finals MVP. Sure, San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama, the league’s next European unicorn, might someday breathe the same rarified air, but the only place to find Jokic’s level of basketball wizardry this month is whatever random court he’s playing pick-up hoops on in Serbia. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Grant Golden of the Denver Nuggets during Denver Nuggets media day at Ball Arena on Monday, September 26, 2022. Let’s get one thing clear from the top: There’s no Nikola Jokic playing in Las Vegas during the NBA’s Summer League. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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