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Chris Dempsey: #Nuggets are currently meeting with ex-Memphis coach Lionel Hollins Twitter @dempseypost

Denver Nuggets, Coaching, Lionel Hollins 

Benjamin Hochman: Nuggets scouting coordinator Dan Tolzman, who had offers from numerous teams, is taking a director-level scouting job with the #Raptors Twitter @nuggetsnews

Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Dan Tolzman 

NCAA scoring leader Erick Green of Virginia Tech is one of six players scheduled for a predraft workout for the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday at Pepsi Center. Green, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard who averaged 25 points for the Hokies last season, is set to be joined by Arizona forward Grant Jarrett, Oklahoma forward Amath M’Baye, Oklahoma guard Steven Pledger, Kansas swingman Travis Releford and North Carolina guard Dexter Strickland. NBA.com

Denver Nuggets, Draft, Workouts, Amath M'Baye, Grant Jerrett, Travis Releford, Erick Green, Dexter Strickland, Steven Pledger 

Davide Chinellato: #Nuggets Danilo Gallinari to #Gazzetta: "Rehab is going very well. I have treatments twice a day. Everything is going as planned" #NBA Twitter @dchinellato

Denver Nuggets, Injuries, Danilo Gallinari 

Adam Zagoria: Former Creighton big man @Echenique00 works out tomorrow for the #Nets. Denver, Portland, Boston, Memphis,Minny interested for summer league Twitter

Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Summer League, Workouts, Gregory Echenique 

Marc J. Spears: Nuggets' hiring of Tim Connelly as GM won't alter scheduled coach interviews for Brian Shaw Tues and Lionel Hollins on Wed, source tells Y! Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

Denver Nuggets, Coaching, Brian Shaw, Lionel Hollins, Tim Connelly 

Marc J. Spears: While DEN still expects to offer coach job to Hollins or Shaw,CEO Josh Kroenke & new GM Tim Connelly will discuss coaching situation tonight Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

Denver Nuggets, Coaching, Brian Shaw, Josh Kroenke, Lionel Hollins, Tim Connelly 

Benjamin Hochman: “His reputation around the league as a front-office rising star is spot-on,” Bulls assistant GM Brian Hagen on Connelly Twitter @nuggetsnews

Chicago Bulls, Denver Nuggets, Brian Hagen, Tim Connelly 

Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw will interview Tuesday for the Nuggets’ coaching vacancy, an NBA source told The Denver Post on Monday morning. Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins, the other top candidate, will interview on Wednesday, as Denver looks to replace the fired George Karl. Denver Post

Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Coaching, Brian Shaw, Lionel Hollins 

The Denver Nuggets have hired New Orleans executive Tim Connelly as the franchise's executive vice president of basketball operations, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Connelly, 36, has been considered one of the league's rising young executive stars and will move immediately into the Nuggets search for a coach and preparation for the NBA draft and free agency. He will replace the NBA's executive of the year, Masai Ujiri, who left for the Toronto Raptors. Yahoo! Sports

Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, Tim Connelly 

Chris Tomasson: Chris “Andersen’’ Birdman on George Karl being fired; “It’s never a good feeling to get released or get fired So I can imagine how he feels" Twitter @christomasson

Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat, George Karl, Coaching, Chris Andersen 

Ramona Shelburne: Clippers GM Gary Sacks name has been connected to Denver. Would be good fit. But he's kind of got his hands full in LA right now ;) Twitter

Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Gary Sacks 

A flight snafu prevented former Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins from making it to Denver to interview with the Nuggets on Saturday. Hollins' interview has been rescheduled for Wednesday, a source said. Denver Post

Denver Nuggets, Coaching, Lionel Hollins 

In another blow to a quickly emptying front office, the Nuggets lost their in-house general manger candidate to the Sacramento Kings. Nuggets president Josh Kroenke said the team's vice president of basketball operations, Pete D'Alessandro, is leaving Denver to be the general manager of the Sacramento Kings. D'Alessandro was the right-hand man for Masai Ujiri when Ujiri was the executive in charge of the Nuggets' basketball operations. The Kings identified D'Alessandro as a leading candidate early in their search for a general manager and landed him Saturday. D'Alessandro's departure means the Nuggets probably will have to hire a general manager from outside the team. Denver Post

Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings, Masai Ujiri, Josh Kroenke, Pete D'Alessandro 

Ujiri agreed in principle to a contract extension with the Nuggets, leaving only an out clause to be discussed, in case he wanted to leave for his beloved city of Toronto. "Had it been any other team to ask permission, from the Lakers to the Knicks, and they were throwing ridiculous money at him, I would have said no," Kroenke said. "Did I put myself in a difficult situation by being his friend? Of course." Denver Post

Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Masai Ujiri, Josh Kroenke 

Although the direction of the Nuggets is in question, Kroenke believes his heart was in the right place. "Was I too soft with Masai? Part of me feels that way," Kroenke said. "But part of the way I am as a person, whether it's Masai Ujiri or whoever is in the front office, if somebody has a dream opportunity, I'm not going to hold them back." Denver Post

Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Masai Ujiri, Josh Kroenke 

The Sacramento Kings have an agreement in principle to make Denver Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Pete D'Alessandro their new general manager, two people with knowledge of the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. USA Today Sports

Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings, Pete D'Alessandro 

Brad Turner: After meeting with Clippers on Friday, Lionel Hollins didn't have interview in Denver Saturday because of flight delays. To be rescheduled. Twitter @BA_Turner

Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Coaching, Lionel Hollins 

Adrian Wojnarowski: The Sacramento Kings have reached an agreement in principle to make Denver VP Pete D'Alessandro its general manager, league sources tell Y! Twitter @WojYahooNBA

Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings, Pete D'Alessandro 

Yahoo Sports reported Friday afternoon that the Nuggets small forward will opt out of the final year of his contract and become a free agent. The report also lists the Pistons as potential suitors — along with several other teams. The Pistons like the athletic, veteran defender, and he fits the need of a starting-caliber small forward. And they will have the cap space with $20-million-plus to spend. Detroit Free Press

Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Free Agency, Andre Iguodala