Tillman shoots for gold in Denver
Fred Jeter | 8/18/2022, 6 p.m.
Basketball has taken Justin Tillman around the world. Now he’s back in the U.S. and looking to play on the highest level — the NBA.
The 6-foot-8 former VCU Rams forward recently was signed to a non-guaranteed, one- year contract with the Denver Nuggets.
In Denver he will join another ex-VCU Ram, former first round draft choice Bones Hyland, who will be a second year guard for the Nuggets.
Tillman, a Detroit native, and Hyland (finishing in 2021) never played together at VCU.
As a VCU senior in 2018, Tillman averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds, with a high game of 37 points against Dayton.
Undrafted in the NBA, he went on to play for pro teams in Israel, Turkey, Puerto Rico, Italy and with Atlanta and Memphis G-League affiliates. Tillman played in June with Miami’s Sum- mer League team in Las Vegas.
Should Tillman fail to make the Nuggets’ opening day roster, he may be assigned to Denver’s G-League affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich.
