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.