As Jeff Green sat comfortably Saturday morning inside Ball Arena, fielding questions for over seven minutes on all manner of topics, Nuggets coach Michael Malone walked by and lobbed his most overtly political statement yet of this election cycle.
“Vote for Uncle Jeff!” Malone said, lobbying for him to be the next President of the United States.
Too smart to wade down that rabbit hole, Green rejected the idea like a swat into the fifth row.
The Nuggets’ reserve power forward has quietly stepped up as one of the team’s veteran voices amid Denver’s promising 6-3 start to the season.