Oh, how Miss Kueter would have loved seeing Paul Millsap walk through the doors at the Montbello Recreation Center, smiling as he fist-bumped young Denver fans gathered to greet the Nuggets’ new $90 million man.
Twenty-five years ago, a teacher named Nancy Kueter stood in this same northeast Denver neighborhood and had a vision. Through the windows of John Amesse Elementary School, she saw this glorious, sun-kissed summer day coming for Millsap. Swear to goodness.
“Miss Kueter, she was my teacher in the first, second, third and fourth grade at John Amesse,” Millsap told me Thursday, after being introduced as the first A-list free agent signed in the franchise’s long NBA history.