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DNVR Denver Nuggets Podcast

Scouting Nikola Jokic, what makes Serbians so good at basketball? With Nuggets scout Rafal Juc

DNVR Denver Nuggets Podcast

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4.7719 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Nuggets international scout Rafal Juc joins Adam Mares and Harrison Wind to discuss the Nuggets, Nikola Jokic and life as an NBA scout. Also, his memories from the first time he saw Jokic play, his scouting report on Nuggets second-round pick Ismael Kamagate, how working for Calvin Booth is different than working for Tim Connelly, and much more. What is a scouts schedule like? - 4:10 What makes a good scout? - 6:45 Difference in Euro Leagues - 13:40 Challenges coming to US for intl players - 19:10 Changes to scouting in Europe - 22:30 Talent coming from International - 25:00 Why are the Balkan states so good at ball & Jokic? - 27:00 Expectations for Jokic - 36:00 Ishmael Kamagate - 38:00 News & Notes - 48:00 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. What is up everybody? Welcome in to the DMVR Nuggets podcast presented by Drafkeen Sportsbook America's top rate sportsbook app. Look at that. Three days. It's really like 30 hours before we get on a plane.

0:22.2

I know.

0:23.0

I was talking to Kail earlier.

0:24.8

He goes, 48 hours from now, we will be on a 10-hour flight.

0:28.8

Yeah, absolutely crazy.

0:30.3

But we have a special show, not just because we're going to Belgrade to Serbia here in a couple days,

0:34.7

but we have a very special guest joining Harrison and I.

0:38.6

I don't even know if you know this, Rafael, but you are something of an international man

0:43.3

of mystery amongst the diehard Denver Nuggets fans. So I'm very excited to have you on.

0:47.6

International Scout for the Denver Nuggets, Raffal Juk.

0:50.8

Hey, thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

0:53.3

Did you know this, that you have a certain amount of mystique amongst Nuggets fans as the guy who's in Europe, you know, the guy with all the real intel on what's going on?

1:03.0

Hey, it counts with a job, you know, you gotta lay low, just stay low key, just be in the background. You know, I know my place in the taking order. Pretty much my job is to be all eyes and ears for my boss. So I don't

1:16.3

really do much media. I want to say it's probably my first interview with Denver

1:20.4

media. So in a sense, you guys are special. I know Harrison did a piece on me in the

1:25.3

past, but that was obviously writing.

1:29.8

So I'm pretty excited to be on here.

1:40.8

I also think, Raffell, correct me if I'm wrong, but you and Tommy, are you guys like the longest tenured Nuggets front office people?

1:43.3

You've been here from the beginning, right? Yeah, I've been actually going through

1:46.0

a team picture, you know, the other day. And I'm about to start my season number 10. And from that

1:51.7

original crew that Tim Connelly brought in, it's only myself, Tommy, Ben Tenzer and Jim Clebanoff,

1:58.0

if I'm not mistaken. So, and some people may not even recognize me because back then I had the

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