The Denver Nuggets’ surprising season came to an end on Sunday in a narrow home loss to wrap up a tight series with the Portland Trail Blazers. Although the season may not have ended the way they wanted, there’s no question the team is set up for future success thanks to the young core Nuggets President Tim Connelly has put together.
Now, that the Nuggets are done, Washington and Denver can finally address the elephant in the room: Which team Connelly will work for next season. Typically, the architect of the fourth-best team in the league isn’t open to new offers, and typically the Wizards aren’t the ones trying to poach them away, but this is an unusual situation.