Life On the Nuggets Beat With Vinny Benedetto

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4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Matt Moore welcomes in Vinny Benedetto of the Denver Gazette to talk about his path in journalism to covering the Nuggets. The pair go over what has surprised Vinny this season, the difference in high school coverage vs. pros, the growing pains of Jamal Murray and MPJ's returns, and a big picture look at the playoffs. You can follow Vinny on Twitter here. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! PrizePicks Check out PrizePicks.com and use promo code: “NBA” or go to your app store and download the app today. PrizePicks is daily fantasy made easy! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Lockdown Nuggets, your daily Denver Nuggets podcast, part of the Lockdown Network, your team every day.
0:10.8	My name is Matt Moore.
0:11.7	I'm the senior NBA writer for the Action Network.
0:13.9	Thanks for making it's your first listen each and every day.
0:16.4	We're free and we're available on all platforms.
0:18.5	Today, I have a very special guest, Vinnie Benedetto,
0:21.1	from the Denver Gazette and Colorado Springs Gazette is here.
0:25.4	Help talk some nuggets, introduce him to the audience.
0:28.3	Make sure that folks know and follow Vinny.
0:30.5	Make sure that you do follow Vinny because his coverage is absolutely terrific.
0:34.1	It's great to have more than one beat writer on the beat at a time,
0:48.9	which has been rare in my time in Denver. You can follow him on Twitter at B Benedetta. That's B-E-N-1-N-E-D-1-D-T-O. So B-E-D-E-T-O.
0:54.4	Vinnie, thanks for coming on, man. Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for the warm welcome. Yeah, so I want to ask you, you've been on the beat for a while, but I haven't had you on yet.
1:00.8	When did you actually start covering the nuggets?
1:04.4	That is a very good question.
1:06.3	So it started long before the Denver Gazette was a thing, which, and that launched, you know, probably a year, 18 months ago.
1:14.3	But they used to send me up for playoff games.
1:17.3	Like I remember, I think, what was it?
1:18.8	Probably 2019 playoffs, the Spurs and Trailblazers series.
1:25.3	So they would send me up for home games just to like, you know,
1:28.8	my boss knew it was something I would really enjoy doing. So he would kind of just throw me a bone
1:33.3	and give me a credential for the night and send me up. And then it kind of started in earnest
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