While LeBron James decides if he would rather own the Liberty Bell or be Magic Johnson’s boss at the conclusion of free agency, the best the Nuggets can hope for during the NBA’s silly season is that somebody will answer their “Manimal, free to a good home” advertisement.
The Nuggets failed to make the playoffs for the fifth straight season, face luxury-tax woes and have been unable to bribe any team in the league to take Kenneth Faried and his $13.7 million contract off their hands.
In any other NBA city, the masterminds (president of basketball operations Tim Connelly and general manager Arturas Karnisovas) behind this mess would be sharing a very hot seat.