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The Nuggets believe they will have a better season by taking the kid from Goodyear. Welcome to Denver, DaRon Holmes II. The Nuggets do not expect you to solve mysteries like Sherlock, smile like Katie or punch like Larry. They simply need you to protect the rim and drain some 3s when MVP Nikola Jokic is on the bench.

Colorado basketball has never featured a one-and-done talent. That changed this past season. And that one-and-done designation for Cody Williams became official on Wednesday night. Williams highlighted a historic first round of the NBA draft for the CU men’s basketball program, getting picked 10th overall by the Utah Jazz during the draft’s opening night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Williams became the 10th first-round pick in CU men’s basketball history, but that number soon grew to 11 when Tristan da Silva was picked 18th overall by Orlando.

The Nuggets moved up six spots to get their man on Wednesday, selecting Dayton big man DaRon Holmes II with the 22nd overall pick in the NBA draft. Denver was long-rumored to be the landing spot for the 6-foot-9, 236-pound Holmes, who averaged 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists last season for the Flyers. Here’s a look at how national media analysts graded the Nuggets’ pick: Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley (Grade: B): “The Nuggets arguably have the planet’s best player in three-time MVP Nikola Jokić.

The Nuggets’ ongoing pursuit of frontcourt help for Nikola Jokic inspired general manager Calvin Booth to leap six spots in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft for a prospect he’s determined can be part of the solution. Denver traded up from No. 28 to acquire the 22nd overall pick from Phoenix on Wednesday night, selecting Dayton big man DaRon Holmes II, the team announced.

It has been an encouraging week for the future of the Colorado offensive line. On Tuesday, the Buffaloes received a verbal commitment from Jay Gardenhire, per a report from 247Sports. The massive, 6-foot-8, 350-pound Gardenhire from West Bloomfield (Mich.) is rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports who also had offers from Florida Atlantic, Buffalo and Boston College.

Dalton Knecht’s winding journey to the NBA found its endpoint — finally. The Prairie View High School product, whose college path included stops at Northeastern Junior College (Sterling), Northern Colorado and Tennessee, was chosen 17th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the NBA draft on Wednesday night in Brooklyn. With L.