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Nuggets rookie DaRon Holmes will start to get settled in Denver this week after arriving for his introductory news conference on Monday morning, where coach Michael Malone and owner Stan Kroenke were among the attendees.

In what has been a whirlwind week for Holmes, who was drafted 22nd overall in the first round of the NBA draft last Wednesday, he shouted out one of his young teammates.

“The first Nugget to reach out to me, and I’m gonna remember this for the rest of my life, was Julian Strawther,” he said. “He’s the only one to really reach out so far.