Denver, CO
Nuggets sign former Denver West basketball player Alpha Diallo out of EuroLeague
The Nuggets have made a habit of signing bench players with Colorado ties.
The latest homecoming they’ve arranged is for Alpha Diallo, who played a season of high school basketball at Denver West and is now signing a one-year, $1.4 million minimum contract with Denver in NBA free agency, a league source told The Denver Post on Sunday.
Diallo, 29, was named Defensive Player of the Year in the EuroLeague last season. This will be his first foray into the NBA after a five-year stint with AS Monaco. He recently committed to join Dubai Basketball on a multiyear deal, according to a report by the European media outlet BasketNews, but his contract included a clause granting his release if he left for the NBA by July 15.
The Nuggets have signed Diallo, Reggie Jackson (Palmer High School), David Roddy (Colorado State) and KJ Simpson (CU) to various deals in the last three years.
Born in New York, Diallo helped lead Denver West to the Colorado Class 4A Sweet 16 as a sophomore. He transferred to Lincoln High before his junior season, but he was ruled ineligible to compete for the entire school year due to what CHSAA deemed an implicit recruiting violation; Lincoln’s coach at the time had just coached Diallo in a summer tournament.
The eligibility fight with CHSAA eventually led Diallo to leave the state. He returned to the East Coast and played four years of college basketball at Providence, where he earned Second Team All-Big East honors twice.
Signing Diallo is the latest example of Denver’s attempt to prioritize defense and athleticism around Nikola Jokic. Last month, the Nuggets drafted Trevon Brazile and Bryce Hopkins in the second round, betting on defensive upside in both cases. They’ve also replaced backup center Jonas Valanciunas with the younger, bouncier Marvin Bagley III on a veteran minimum contract.
Denver tentatively has 12 players under contract on its 15-man roster for the 2026-27 season now: Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Cam Johnson, Christian Braun, Zeke Nnaji, Julian Strawther, DaRon Holmes II, Tyus Jones, Bagley, Brazile and Diallo. Restricted free agency negotiations have not yet been resolved with Peyton Watson and Spencer Jones.
Diallo will count for $2.45 million toward the luxury tax despite his $1.4 million salary, the minimum for NBA rookies. The accounting quirk exists so that owners aren’t incentivized to overlook more experienced free agents for tax purposes; the tax ramifications are equal for all minimum signings, regardless of NBA service time.
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Denver, CO
Denver nightclub shut down after alleged gunpoint sex assault by unlicensed security guard
DENVER — The city on Tuesday suspended the liquor and cabaret licenses of a Denver nightclub after allegations that an unlicensed security guard sexually assaulted an underage female customer at gunpoint last month.
Denver’s Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection ordered Olympus Discotheque at 2036 Broadway to shut down immediately and its owner to appear at a virtual hearing next week following the alleged July 18 attack on the 18-year-old victim.
The suspect, identified as Vicente David Espino-Gonzalez, was arrested last month and is facing several felony charges, including two counts of sex assault, strangulation and kidnapping.
According to Denver police and city licensing documents, a woman told officers she was sexually assaulted, strangled and held at gunpoint by a security guard at Olympus Discotheque early on July 18 after escaping the nightclub and flagging down an officer.
► Watch Maggie Bryan’s report in the video below:
Denver nightclub shut down after alleged gunpoint sex assault by unlicensed security guard
Investigators said surveillance video captured much of the incident, showing security guard Espino-Gonzalez leading the woman into the club’s basement before allegedly assaulting her for nearly an hour.
Police said the footage is alleged to show Espino-Gonzalez punching, kicking, dragging and strangling the woman, as well as holding a handgun to her head and neck while sexually assaulting her.
According to investigators, the woman identified Espino-Gonzalez as her attacker, and he was later arrested. Later that day, the nightclub’s owner reported finding a Beretta handgun on a balcony couch that matched the victim’s description of the weapon used during the assault.
According to Denver’s licensing department, Espino-Gonzalez was working through a security company whose license had been expired for nearly two years, and the guard himself did not hold a valid Denver security guard license.
Investigators also accuse the nightclub’s owner of serving underage patrons after an undercover operation conducted by DPD a week after the alleged assault.
Denver, CO
2026 Broncos training camp: Day 10 live updates
Welcome to Day 10 of Denver Broncos training camp.
The Denver Broncos have their first preseason game on Friday, so things should transition towards game planning for that in practice. The team did close Wednesday’s practice session, so we won’t have any live updates posts for tomorrow as there won’t be any updates to give.
Here are all your updates from Day 10 of camp.
Broncos training camp Day 10 live updates
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