The Kroenke way is to treat everyone — whether it’s front-office exec Tim Connelly, two-time MVP Nikola Jokic or fans who want to watch the team on television — as replaceable parts, MarkKiszla writes. Column:
The Kroenke way is to treat everyone — whether it’s front-office exec Tim Connelly, two-time MVP Nikola Jokic or fans who want to watch the team on television — as replaceable parts.
While Connelly has made mistakes in Denver, what feels like an impending divorce from the team is stupid. Here’s why: He wouldn’t leave for a gig in Minnesota if the Kroenke family showed one of the league’s top roster architects the same love Connelly has poured into building the Nuggets into a legit contender.
Yes, Joker wants to stay in Denver. But, hey, so did Connelly, who became frustrated when the Nuggets didn’t lock him up with a new long-term deal months ago. The words of Malone from the aftermath of the Nuggets’ first-round playoff elimination by Golden State hang as heavy as wet spring snow in Colorado trees bent to the breaking point.