Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall has another No. 54 jersey to add to his collection.
As a thank you for helping the Nuggets recruit free-agent forward Paul Millsap last week, the team gave Marshall an honorary jersey, complete with his number and name on the back.
Marshall joined Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly and guard Gary Harris in to Millsap in Atlanta last week. A day later, Millsap agreed to a , giving the Nuggets a four-time all-star to pair with their young center Nikola Jokic.
“I can sell water to a well,” Sunday night. “! Paul Millsap let’s do it big for the city one time.”
Marshall told Denver7 that he was eager to help out another local sports franchise and bring back a player coveted in the NBA’s frenzied free agency. Millsap as a youth, and played quarterback in middle school here, before his mother and his siblings moved to Louisiana.
