Dev Johnson

He comes in, don't know quite what to expect, some hilarious shots early on, but he just didn't stop.

He shot maybe the most ridiculous shot I've ever seen, a deep logo three, missing a shoe.

Remember that?

Oh, yeah.

Did not go in, but still a very, very memorable shot.

Hit the next one with the shoe on, though.

As soon as the shoe went on, everything changed.

No, Peyton Watson really looked confident, had some great finishes.

Those floaters you mentioned, like we were joking on the watch along, he just looked like rusty to the point of needing oil.

Oil can!

But he didn't stop, man.

And by the end, he was flying around.

He looked just like Peyton Watson.

If you didn't know, you would think it was Peyton Watson out there.

These are very early returns.

This is a very ridiculous opponent to try and draw too many long-term, meaningful takeaways from.

But it is NBA competition.

The Nuggets did have to sort of figure out who they were

they were you know they're they themselves were their own opponent in many ways coming into this and it went off pretty seamlessly man like there wasn't a lot of like what are we doing there were a few moments where that backup unit was was on the court and it was clear they hadn't been playing together for a while they were kind of cycling the ball in a very stilted way like nothing was quite happening but that was the more the exception than the rule like they really like

Peyton Watson really just came back and looked like Peyton Watson.