Denver already received some bad news about one of its promising young players, well ahead of the 2024–25 season.
The start of the 2024–25 NBA season is still months away and the Denver Nuggets have already received a piece of unfortunate news.
First-round rookie draft pick DaRon Holmes II reportedly sustained a torn Achilles Friday in the team's summer league opener against the Los Angeles Clippers,the injury in the fourth quarter of Friday's game while defending. After falling to the ground while attempting to block a shot, he got up favoring his right leg and hobbled to the bench. He did not return to the game and was later seen leaving the arena on crutches.
Now the Nuggets, who were bounced in last year's Western Conference semifinals by the Minnesota Timberwolves, will have to look elsewhere for big man depth as they seek to return to the top of the NBA's elite.Zach Koons is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who also specializes in Formula One news and analysis. He started as a breaking news writer at SI before joining the programming team in 2023.
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