The Nuggets are not renewing the contract of assistant general manager Tommy Balcetis, multiple sources familiar with the situation told The Denver Post on Monday.
Balcetis joined the organization in 2013 under then-general manager Tim Connelly, running the team’s analytics department and eventually rising to the assistant GM role. Born in Lithuania, he’s been highly regarded as an up-and-coming front office mind for years, having been selected for The Athletic’s 40 under 40 list of bright young executives, coaches and agents in 2022.
But when the Nuggets fired Calvin Booth in April, their G League affiliate general manager, Ben Tenzer, was named interim GM rather than Balcetis, revealing how team ownership felt about the front office hierarchy. Balcetis was considered an internal candidate for the vacancy, but not the favorite, before the Kroenkes chose to let his contract expire.
The decision leaves Denver without a full-time general manager or assistant general manager nine days before the first round of the 2025 draft. Tenzer remains in the interim position and was still considered a candidate as of Monday.
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