For all Fat Lever knew, he was summoned to Denver to check out the new Nuggets before the start of a special season, the 50th Anniversary Season.
“I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m not doing anything,’” Lever said. “More than happy to come down.”
Once here, Lever was taken on a tour of the vastly-changed Pepsi Center. He was invited to Tuesday morning’s shootaround, which was held in front of KSE staff. After shootaround, Nuggets coach Michael Malone spoke, then team president Josh Kroenke spoke. Holding a jersey in his hand, he called over to bring Lever in front of the crowd.