Fresh off a summer vacation that took Denver Nuggets’ swingman Juancho Hernangomez island hopping in the Mediterranean from the coasts of Cardiff to Ibiza and Menorca, and then to the white sand beaches of Gran Canaria, the 6-foot-9 forward was back in Denver Monday readying for his sophomore season.
It’s a bit different for Hernangomez this time around, who at this point last summer was a spry 20-year-old putting on his Nuggets threads for the first time after Denver selected him 15th overall in the 2016 draft.
“It’s completely different,” Hernangomez said when comparing last summer to now.