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Denver #Nuggets writer for Forbes. Grateful Dead, Star Wars. No-fascism zone. Still at the old place (same handle) but weaning off. My Forbes pieces: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joelrush/ My NBA Bluesky list: https://shrtn.escalar.pt/iRuN

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#MileHighBasketball at its finest!

Aaron Gordon to Nikola Jokic to Cam Johnson to Jamal Murray to Christian Braun for the corner 3.

Beautiful #Nuggets ball movement, and fantastic to see Cam cutting & kicking it out, perfectly in the the flow, just fitting in seamlessly.

05.10.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

More beautiful #MileHighBasketball ball movement, this time from the bench instead of the starters

Jonas Valanciunas to Peyton Watson to Tim Hardaway Jr. to Julian Strawther for 3

#Nuggets

05.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The #Nuggets' 3rd unit gets some "beautiful #MileHighBasketball" ball movement love, too here...

Curtis Jones to Zeke Nnaji to Hunter Tyson for his 3rd triple of the game

05.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jonas Valanciunas creating offense out of defense for the #Nuggets w/ 2 back-to-back blocks

First a Julian Strawther dunk on the cut off a great feed by Bruce Brown, then Peyton Watson on a breakaway windmill slam

#MileHighBasketball

05.10.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jalen Pickett hit two crazy-ass shot-clock-buzzer-beating 3-pointers in a row, and the #Nuggets' bench reaction was epic (especially pre-season).

Could be more to this guy than most have bought in for.

05.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Geddy and Alex Send a Message to Rush Fans
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Holy crap! #Rush is going on tour again next year!

Geddy Lee: "The biggest question is the obvious question: How do we replace someone who's irreplaceable?"

They've chosen Anika Nilles as their drummer & will add a keyboardist so Geddy can roam more.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiX...

06.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Taylor Swift a deadhead?

Because I see "The Fate of Ophelia" trending as her new song, but to my knowledge that song lyric was originally penned (and definitely popularized) by Robert Hunter in 1979 for the Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia song Althea.

05.10.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Just woke up and saw the score, and hey, I'll be damned, way to go Broncos!

Happy to see I was wrong about what seemed like impending disappointment. Hopefully this marks a legit upward turning point in their season.

05.10.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah it's 3 in the morning and I'm wiped out, can't power through to watch more Donks disappointment...

Hope I'm wrong, but seems like it's already easy to see where this is going...

05.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Wait, wasn't the Broncos defense supposed to be good?

05.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Whew! Finally fired off all the Nuggets plays I clipped. Now just to watch the Broncos... But it's 2:45 am here so I'm not sure if I'll make it to the end, I'm pretty damn beat! πŸ˜…

05.10.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former UCLA teammates Peyton Watson and Jaylen Clark share a moment and a hug after the #Nuggets' and #Wolves' first preseason game

05.10.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DaRon Holmes drains a 3-pointer from the wing... his first (preseason) triple for the #Nuggets after missing last season w/ injury.

Hopefully a good sign of better things to come.

05.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Nuggets' Moses Brown, their way, way backup center on a training camp contract, impressed early with 8 points in 4 minutes.

05.10.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jalen Pickett hit two crazy-ass shot-clock-buzzer-beating 3-pointers in a row, and the #Nuggets' bench reaction was epic (especially pre-season).

Could be more to this guy than most have bought in for.

05.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The #Nuggets' 3rd unit gets some "beautiful #MileHighBasketball" ball movement love, too here...

Curtis Jones to Zeke Nnaji to Hunter Tyson for his 3rd triple of the game

05.10.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Zeke Nnaji with another great scoring drive to the rim...

...and don't overlook the really heads-up outlet pass from Jalen Pickett, even if Hunter Tyson didn't make the most of it, this is a Nikola Jokic-approved move for sure.

#Nuggets

05.10.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Zeke Nnaji drives in for the posterizing dunk that was probably the play of the game for the #Nuggets in their preseason opener.

More of this, please, Z.

05.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jalen Pickett really started heating up early in the #Nuggets' 4th Q...

3 quick buckets here, and 2 set up by steals from Spencer Jones & Zeke Nnaji, turning D to O

05.10.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hunter Tyson drains the 3-pointer
#Nuggets

05.10.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hunter Tyson drains the 3-pointer
#Nuggets

05.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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An excellent Bones Hyland flop draws the foul on Jalen Pickett

05.10.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Peyton Watson's improvement as a finisher, especially around the rim, looked very encouraging in the #Nuggets' 1st preseason game. Especially the patience, awareness and maturity he showed.

05.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More of the #Nuggets creating offense out of defense, Bruce Brown w/ 2 steals, followed by Peyton Watson with 2 great finishes at the other end.

05.10.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More beautiful #MileHighBasketball ball movement, this time from the bench instead of the starters

Jonas Valanciunas to Peyton Watson to Tim Hardaway Jr. to Julian Strawther for 3

#Nuggets

05.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jonas Valanciunas creating offense out of defense for the #Nuggets w/ 2 back-to-back blocks

First a Julian Strawther dunk on the cut off a great feed by Bruce Brown, then Peyton Watson on a breakaway windmill slam

#MileHighBasketball

05.10.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jamal Murray takes the ball off a Cam Johnson dribble handoff, then dumps it inside to Aaron Gordon for the layup
#Nuggets

05.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nikola Jokic with yet another driving floater off the glass...
#Nuggets

05.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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05.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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DA... playing the piano? Acting like a zombie?

(Not trying to clown on him, this was just the first frame of one of my video clips from today's game, and his pose kinda cracked me up.)

05.10.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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