A high school drumline. Seventy five screaming kids. A rec center.
The Denver Nuggets’ introductory press conference for their newest player, Paul Millsap, was no ordinary scene. But this is no ordinary free agent.
While most similar events are held in a sterile room at the Pepsi Center, the welcome party for Millsap, a 6-foot-8, 246-pound power forward and four-time all-star, was designed with a message.
“We like to think it’s a homecoming for Paul,” Nuggets general manager Artu016bras Karnišovas said.
The three-year, $90 million contract Millsap signed Thursday before meeting with the press at the Montbello Recreation Center – located two miles from his childhood neighborhood — made him the highest-paid athlete in the history of Colorado professional sports.