THIS is why the Nuggets Mascot makes over $600K a year!🤯  

Climbing that ladder in a mascot costume is nuts

OSHA did not approve of this 😂😂😂

As of February 2024, Rocky the Mountain Lion, the Denver Nuggets' mascot, earned $625,000 per year, making him one of the highest paid mascots in the NBA.

His reaction to the crowd was Epic. My favorite mascot.

He was more surprised than the crowd was

He deserves a million easily, ive never seen him let down the crowd.

That guy who dribbled that ball after the mascot threw the ball is a champ 😅

That man turned WAY TOO QUICK being up that high 😂😂😂

Yeah that was pure skill. Bro wasn't even phased 😂

Bro whipped around so quick as if he wasn't 50 feet in the air lmao

It was sooo cute when he turned around in disbelief that he got it the first time. Omg 🥰😂😂

The way his head whipped around when the crowd went crazy...lol.

That no look bouce pass was a dime at the end 😂

"I ain't even NEED that second ball... Now can someone rescue me please I'm scared "

His response to unknowingly making the basket was great!

Bro has sooooo much faith in that ladder😂

When the whole crowd yells like that…That’s the greatest sound in the world.

MASCOT: So you telling me u want me to climb up 80ft and shoot a half court shot say less 😂

These mascots have nerves of steel I’d be crapping myself if I was that high.

That crowd was THERE for it!! Best day of that man's life 😂😂

He was "oh, I made the shot, guess I won't need this afterall"

One wrong move and he is taking the room temperature challenge

What my boss expects when I tell him the ladder isn't tall enough.

The catch by the dude at the bottom clean asf too

Why he react like my dog reacts when I say “treat” 😂😂

Red Bull: we should hire you

That’s a dude living life for sure😂

I love mascots especially the real good ones like this fella

mans was shocked himself 😭😭😭

Not only an amazing shot and an amazing response (both from the crowd and from the mascot), but can we take a second to appreciate the guy that comes into frame in the bottom right? Dude is SO PUMPED! You can read his lips as he screams "LET'S F#*&$ING GOOOO"

Bro is out here literally risking his life to get a basket, RESPECT! 😎🤟🏼

Bro he passed the second ball down clean af too!

The mascot is the boss of the place yo 😂

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!"😂

He said F being up here, I’m making it and taking my bag Home!!

The way bro looked back so quickly 😅

😆 🤣 😂 the crowd could of prank him wickedly 😂😂

The crowds reaction made this beautiful lol

The way his bldy snapped to make sure he got it 😂😂

Thats the most hype I've ever seen for a lion costume ever. Good to see people treating their mascots right! Also did you guys hear that one dude's voice at the end ramping up? Dude sonded like a viking on a charge, axe up and running just "YEAAAAAAAA- " and then it got cut off. But it sounded awesome

worth every penny, best maskot in all of sports

Has to be the best Half court shot in history.🤯😎

You can’t emote that well in that costume but I felt everything with that swift look back

I have ladder PTSD from climbing ladders like that in the’80s.

This is like a big ole family reunion 🥰🥰

And notice this guy had 1. No mats beneath him in case of falling. 2. No wires or strings 3. No one holding the ladder to support his body weight. They deserve a million🥶

The ladder from hell would be my undoing

Under paid that mascot deserves a raise he is awesome ❤😅

Climbing that Ladder Did It For Me 🤭

Worth every penny, he’s probably the best mascot ever

That’s a lot nuggets players in that suit that’s his side hustle 😂

I love the announcer’s “yeagggghhhhggg!”

You know he was thinking, and I quote : " That's greeeeeeat " Yes you just read that in Tony's voice 😂

I'm amazed oshaman didn't block the shot

The crowd sees him make a one-in-a-million shot but he misses it. 😢😂

When I was a theater tech major they had us climb over this ladder to get over our fear of heights….

anyone else notice the ball he threw down get caught on the first bounce? so oddly satisfying.

That shot was dope..but everyone's reaction to that shot was beautiful.. I love humans sometimes!!

Bro forgot that the top of the ladder isn’t a step😭

Fantastic moment!!!!! It Never Gets Old. ThankYou 🎉

This might just be the definition of insanity. So he: 1- climbed that ladder 2- did it in a mascot costume 3- somehow got that basketball up there to take a shot 4- took the shot backwards 5- freaking made that shot

What an incredible shot on the first try!

Not one soul holding that ladder 😂😂 surprised it held up under those balls of steel!

The guy on the loud speaker sounds like The Rock

😞guys...its with a heavy indinapolise heart... Our beloved knick off Tony El Tigrē would take a wheezing gurgling final breath as he never would make it to the bottom of that antique ladder that night..no he would fall the moment an absolute ROPE, some would call it a laser beam ...i just calls it like it was.. The gentleman that won the strongest man competition earlier that day in the arena just long than absolute frozen rope beer can from the upper deck last seat available from behind a post that was in the way, he couldn't even see it and I mean it was an absolute frozen rope, square in the nose off the letter and he would get hung up on the very last throne upside down neck burst The first thing to hit was his collarbone on the last step as his head late inside the ladder his body upside down on the outside of that ladder. Although it was not an instant death and he lay there for days there was nothing anyone wanted to do and so enjoy his final toss (that ball has magnets and was a remote controlled into the hoop)

Mascots are professional athletes

He practiced that shot a billion times

OSHA is like, "😮!"

That was dope!!! His reaction is the best. Total respect 😂

how smoothly he takes the ball at the bottom

ngl i was waiting for a backflip

my memories of WWE is waiting for the ladders to fall over

You’d have to pay me that much to climb up there too 😂

Health and safety guy called in sick today. Mascot: 🙌🏾🐱🪜🏀

The way he turned around after they started cheering. He was just as surprised as them. Lol

Him: I made it? of course I made it. I'm the mother fckin man.

Mascot job description: -Not afraid of heights. -Works well under pressure

He was like: "Oh, I made it!!???.....I...I mean, you damn right I made it!!!!"😂😂😂😂😂😂

Climbing that ladder in a mascot costume is nuts

That guy has more faith in that ladder than I have had in him missing that shot

The shock he got from those reactions is so cute 😂

Mascot was like: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

The commitment to the performance and attitude after nailing it was next level, especially being up that high.

Homie looked back like "tht sht really went in??" 😂

Even the mascot was surprised, look how quick he turned around 😂

Bro tossed the other ball like “fck it. My job here is done” 😂😂

Him celebrating on a ladder 30 stories high is crazzy😮. He's HIM💯🔥

I wonder what his insurance plan looks like😅

He threw the ball down like, "I'm him, lol.

The way he moved completely matched the costume’s expression

Dude deserves 600K just for climbing that ladder

The way he whipped his head around when he heard cheering 😂

My man, or whatever species that is, is wayyyy too chill up there. The roar of the crowd and all that movement, and doesnt lose balance.

He whipped around like, "stop playing"

The instant cheer of over a thousand people gives me chills every time

I would immediately retire and forever be known as a legend.

Mascot was thinking "maybe i can backflip from here for the finale"

The pace at which he turned and the shock on his face is priceless 😂

Bro said I don’t get paid $600,000 for nothing

That Crowd reaction is LEGENDARY