DENVER — The Denver Nuggets are NBA champions for the first time ever and the team is ready to celebrate with its fans.
Nuggets players Michael Porter Jr. and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope dished out chicken fingers at Raising Cane's in Denver Wednesday morning.
The pair of talented Nuggets was at the Raising Cane’s Central Park Boulevard location near Interstate 70.
Porter Jr. and Caldwell-Pope worked the drive thru and front counter at Raising Cane's. Nuggets fans at the restaurant watched as Porter Jr. and Caldwell-Pope served Cane’s chicken finger meals to customers.
“This was such a fun experience, working with the crew and serving our fans at Raising Cane’s,” said Porter Jr. “I used to work at a snow cone stand back in the day with my brothers and sisters, so I felt like I was able to pick up taking orders pretty quickly.”
“Working the drive thru was my favorite part,” Caldwell-Pope said. “It’s crazy to see how many fans showed up! We were working to serve their chicken fingers as fast as possible - it’s hard work! Respect for the crew.”
Last year, Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog dished out chicken fingers at Raising Cane's in Aurora after the team won the Stanley Cup.
MPJ, KCP at Raising Cane's
The Nuggets will celebrate their new championship trophy with a parade and rally. Hundreds of thousands are expected for the celebration in downtown Denver on Thursday.
The NBA championship parade will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at Union Station. It will proceed down 17th Street to Broadway and then south all the way to Civic Center Park.
In addition to the parade, pre-rally events will begin in Civic Center Park at 9 a.m. Thursday with GRiZ, Big Gigantic, and Paws The Music performing live, as well as season highlight reels and live video from the parade.
At about noon, after the parade arrives, the City and County of Denver will present a special program honoring the 2023 NBA Champions.
9NEWS will broadcast the Nuggets' celebration from start to finish Thursday on 9NEWS, 9NEWS.com and the 9NEWS+ streaming apps.
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