New Nuggets GM Calvin Booth has agreed to a long-term contract extension with Denver that is set to keep him with the team through 2024/25, sources inform Mike Singer of The Denver Post. Financial terms of the agreement have yet to be disclosed.
After former team president Tim Connelly departed the Nuggets front office during the 2022 offseason to take over the lead front office gig with the Timberwolves, Booth assumed the prime role in personnel decision-making for what could be a title contender in Denver this year.
Singer writes that Booth quickly addressed the team’s perimeter defense in trading for 3-and-D wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and reserve point guard Ish Smith earlier this summer, plus signing versatile free agent vet Bruce Brown. Booth also selected rookies Christian Braun and Peyton Watson in the 2022 draft and added former two-time All-Defensive First Team center DeAndre Jordan in free agency.
With the high-level scoring duo of guard Jamal Murray and forward Michael Porter Jr. set to return from injuries to help two-time reigning league MVP Nikola Jokic shore up the team’s offense, Denver looks to be at its healthiest since the 2019/20 season, when it reached the Western Conference Finals.
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