The Washington Wizards have reportedly centered in on Denver Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly as their top target to replace Ernie Grunfeld, according to David Aldridge and Fred Katz of The Athletic.
The Wizards fired Grunfeld on Tuesday. He had been with the organization since 2003.
Tommy Sheppard is the Wizards' interim general manager. He is also a candidate to replace Grunfeld.
League sources believe the Wizards have centered in on Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly as their top target to replace former president of basketball ops Ernie Grunfeld, who Washington dismissed Tuesday morning.
Connelly, who grew up in nearby Baltimore and has been in charge of the Nuggets front office since 2013, began his NBA career as an intern with the Wizards in 1996, when he was a student at Catholic University. Washington hired him as a full-time video coordinator in 1999. He worked his way up through the front office until becoming assistant general manager of the Hornets in 2010 and eventually heading to Denver three years later.
Washington is going to miss the playoffs this season for the first time since 2016.
The Nuggets signed Connelly to an extension a few months ago. He's been with Denver since 2013.
The Nuggets have the second-best record in the Western Conference entering Tuesday.
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