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Denver Nuggets Tweet of the Week: R.J. Hampton mourns the loss of his beloved high school coach

The bond between a player and a coach is often a strong one, and that can be especially true during the very formative high school years. It is not uncommon to hear professional athletes talk about the impact that his or her high school coach had on their career. For R.J. Hampton, this seems to be the case. On Friday, he took to social media in order to share his thoughts after hearing of the passing of his high school coach, Rusty Segler. Hampton, who graduated in 2019 from Little Elm High School in Texas, grieved the loss of his former coach with kind words on Twitter.