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‪NBA Stat‬: Summer plans: Michael Porter Jr. in Machu Picchu, Peru. #NBA

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Jon Krawczynski: Props to @Cole Aldrich and wife @BrittAldrich45 who recently traveled to Peru with Starkey to fit 1,000 people w/hearing aids.

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Just how adventurous is Diaw? During the trip to Peru, where he fished for piranhas in the Amazon rainforest, he ate something else that none of his other buddies would try. Let Turiaf tell the story. “Boris is the guy that’s going to go to the restaurant and order like chicken hearts—whatever odd thing that people may think it is,” he says. “And one day we were eating at this beautiful restaurant on a little cliff, and this guy brings out this crazy huge octopus that’s cooked, and everybody was surprised, like, ‘Man, I’m not going to touch this.’ And then Boris said, ‘You guys are not going to eat it? Alright, cool.’ He grabbed the plate and he ate the whole octopus, and he loves octopus. And I’m, like, ‘Boris, you are insane.'”

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They play soccer on Thursdays, Denver's melting pot of footballers from Brazil, Argentina, Peru. It's a hodgepodge of muscular men, lithe ladies and one 6-foot-11 dude who somehow seems to fit in like he is 5-foot-11 — except when there's a header battle. Then, yeah, he's definitely 6-11. "I'm like a normal person," Nene said. "Everyone is the same. I'm not special." For the big Brazilian, soccer is his national pastime. And the longtime Nuggets center has been playing pickup matches in Denver parks this summer, a man-child playing his favorite childhood game. "I feel more close to Brazil (when I play)," said Nene, a native of São Carlos, Brazil, who joined the Nuggets in 2002. "I miss it so much, and my friends live there. But I can come here and play soccer and enjoy it. It's a sport I love. I grew up playing soccer. And I just get to have some fun."

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