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Kroenke's sales pitch to Wade
Posted on: July 13, 2017 at 10:06:35 CT
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http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/21/josh-kroenke-nuggets-president-pivotal-summer/
More than 14 years ago, on March 22, 2003, a Missouri guard named Josh Kroenke scored a career-high 14 points in a second-round NCAA Tournament game against Marquette.
Kroenke had no idea at the time that he would, more than a decade later, be attempting to employ the player on the other team whose performance in that game ended Missouri’s season and Kroenke’s college basketball career. So when Kroenke, now the president of the Nuggets, made his pitch to free agent Dwyane Wade last July, he was sure to stir up the memory.
“I looked Dwyane Wade in the eye and said, ‘Dwyane, I’m probably the only person who is going to try to recruit you this summer who scored 14 points on you,’ ” Kroenke recalled Wednesday during an interview with The Denver Post. “Those types of little interactions can kind of set the tone for the rest of the meeting. So it was very serious but also very light-hearted, and that’s who we are fundamentally as an organization.”
More than 14 years ago, on March 22, 2003, a Missouri guard named Josh Kroenke scored a career-high 14 points in a second-round NCAA Tournament game against Marquette.
Kroenke had no idea at the time that he would, more than a decade later, be attempting to employ the player on the other team whose performance in that game ended Missouri’s season and Kroenke’s college basketball career. So when Kroenke, now the president of the Nuggets, made his pitch to free agent Dwyane Wade last July, he was sure to stir up the memory.
“I looked Dwyane Wade in the eye and said, ‘Dwyane, I’m probably the only person who is going to try to recruit you this summer who scored 14 points on you,’ ” Kroenke recalled Wednesday during an interview with The Denver Post. “Those types of little interactions can kind of set the tone for the rest of the meeting. So it was very serious but also very light-hearted, and that’s who we are fundamentally as an organization.”
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