Vinny Benedetto

3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Vinny Benedetto

The night David Adelman got married changed the life of the Nuggets’ new coach in multiple ways. First, he married his bride, Jenny, the mother of their two children. During the wedding reception, Adelman’s father, Rick, a longtime NBA coach, informed his son’s boss at Portland’s Lincoln High School, Jeff Peeler, that he would soon have to find a new boys basketball coach. “That happened. We shook hands.

3 weeks ago | gazette.com | Vinny Benedetto

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3 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Vinny Benedetto

Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room:NBA InsiderThe words “internal development” have been used a lot to start the summer, and that means it’s a big offseason for the Denver Nuggets' Julian Strawther. “Going from Year 2 to Year 3, I feel like it’s kind of like taking the training wheels off. I feel like it’s the biggest summer,” Strawther said last week. “Are you going to be around in this league or are you going to fizzle out?

4 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | Vinny Benedetto

This is supposed to be the NBA’s parity era, but Oklahoma City has other plans. The Thunder are going to be favored over the Pacers or Knicks in the NBA Finals, which start Thursday in Oklahoma City. Regardless of which team lifts the Larry O’Brien trophy, this year will mark the seventh consecutive season the NBA has had a different champion. Prior to the Raptors 2019 title, which started the streak, the Warriors and Cavaliers met in four straight NBA Finals.

1 month ago | denvergazette.com | Vinny Benedetto

The new coach of the Nuggets starts his first full-time gig as head coach without a direct superior and a to-be-determined roster of assistants. David Adelman was formally announced as the 23rd coach of the Nuggets on Wednesday at Ball Arena. He starts his tenure without a general manager or president of basketball operations above him in the organizational chart and plenty of decisions to be made regarding his first staff.