Red Velvet resides in Arizona with DaRon Sr. and Tomika at the moment. Holmes drove to Phoenix with the dog after the Nuggets’ 2024-25 season ended, and she has stayed there since. Whether she stays or returns to Denver could become a dispute. Holmes thinks he’s getting her back soon, but his mom has other ideas.

On Thursday, only two days short of a total year since the injury, Holmes II was ready to make his 2025 NBA Summer League debut, injury-free, and was able to put together an impressive performance in his first complete game as a member of the Nuggets.

Look. If people want to leave the country right now, I get it. Anyone should have that choice. And who knows? Maybe Denver doesn’t need JV after all.

DaRon Holmes II tore his achilles tendon last July toward the end of his first Summer League game was the Nuggets. He was playing well, showing a variety of skills that caused the Nuggets to trade up for Holmes in the first place. And then, tragedy struck in the fourth quarter.

The Denver Nuggets' first-round center tore his Achilles in his first appearance, resulting in an entirely missed season. The big fella from Dayton is back now, though, and ready to show he belongs in a frontcourt mix that includes Nikola Jokic and (probably) Jonas Valanciunas.