Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly has agreed to a contract extension, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.
Connelly’s contract could have expired at the end of this season, but he has been in negotiations for several weeks with Nuggets president Josh Kroenke on a new deal, Wojnarowski adds in another tweet.
The team has confirmed the extension in a press release. General manager Arturas Karnisovas and the entire basketball operations staff in Denver have also received extensions, according to the release.
“It gives me immense pride to announce contract extensions for our entire front office, as our journey to this point has been one of hard work, patience and trust in one another,” Kroenke said in a statement. “When Tim joined us in 2013, he understood the vision that we had for the future of the Nuggets, and through his dedication our program is incredibly well positioned to compete at the highest level for years to come. Building a true championship contender in the NBA is a unique process for each franchise, and our path in Denver hasn’t always been clear. But Tim, Arturas and the rest of our staff continued to work through every challenge we faced along the way, and I hope Nuggets fans are as excited as we are about our future. We firmly believe we can bring an NBA championship to Denver, and are thrilled to continue our pursuit together.”
The Nuggets have emerged as one of the Western Conference’s top teams, mainly due to smart selections in the draft. Denver has drafted All-Star center Nikola Jokic and guards Jamal Murray, Gary Harris and Malik Beasley during Connelly’s regime.
This isn’t the first time Connelly received an extension. He got one from the Nuggets in 2016 when he held the title of GM. Karnisovas held the title of assistant GM at the time.
Hit on most of his picks, won most of his trades.
Connelly deserves credit for hiring Karnisovas. He’s the guy who runs their amateur scouting and drafts. They’ve given him $$ and the GM title to stay, but eventually some team will steal him away. Knicks should have made a big play for him, instead of going after Perry. Pels should see if he’s interested.
Man they pick very well. Jokic at 41 is unbelievable. Jury still out on MPJ and Tyler Lydon looks like a bust. That may be his worst move the Donovan Mitchell for Lydon and Trey Lyles deal. I like Lyles but c’mon spider is sick with it. Imagine they had him.
MPJ was steal of the draft when we look back at this draft in a few years.
They didn’t draft or trade Mitchell in reality. It was a pre-draft trade of the #13 pick (Utah selected Mitchell) for #24 and Lyles. They wouldn’t have picked a guard at #13 or otherwise in that draft, with all the young guards they had.
One of the rare, few who deserves the “President” title.
Really? I bet even you could come up with more than a few.