Tim Connelly seriously considered a contract offer from the Washington Wizards before ultimately deciding to remain with the Denver Nuggets.

Connelly and his wife are from the Washington D.C. area, which made the job particularly attractive to him.

Connelly met with the Wizards last week.

Tim Connelly discussed why he turned down the president of basketball operations job with the Washington Wizards to return to the Denver Nuggets.

"It's safe to assume, and maybe it's me being overly optimistic, that we're going to see a better version of us next year. I don't know if that means more wins. I don't know if we're going to win a playoff series and advance, but I don't think there's any reason to think there will be any regression next season," said Connelly.

Connelly added that he expects Paul Millsap to return to the Nuggets. The team holds a $30 million option on his contract this offseason, although that number could be restructured.

"I fully expect Paul to be back in a Nuggets uniform," said Connelly.

Tim Connelly will remain with the Denver Nuggets as President of Basketball Operations.

Connelly met with the Washington Wizards to discuss the possibility of being hired for the same job with their franchise.

Connelly is from the Washington D.C. area, which made the opportunity attractive to him.

Josh Kroenke reportedly made "an aggressive case" to retain Connelly once an offer from the Wizards was made.

Mike Budenholzer, Michael Malone and Doc Rivers have been named the 2018-19 Coach of the Year finalists.

Budenholzer is widely expected to win the award. Budenholzer previously won the award for the 14-15 season with the Atlanta Hawks.

Rivers won the award in 99-00 with the Orlando Magic.

The Washington Wizards have offered their head front office position to Tim Connelly.

The Wizards received permission from the Denver Nuggets to interview Connelly.

Connelly toured the Wizards' practice facility on Friday while meeting with Ted Leonsis.

Connelly is a native of the Washington D.C. area and has told friends since that returning to D.C. to run the Wizards would be his “dream job.”

The Washington Wizards have been granted permission to interview Tim Connelly for their vacant president of basketball operations position.

The meeting is expected to take place next week.

Connelly, who began his front office career as an intern with the Wizards in 1996, is currently the president of basketball operations for the Nuggets.

The Nuggets are confident that GM Arturas Karnisovas could assume full leadership responsibility should Connelly leave for the Wizards.

Juancho Hernangomez has undergone successful surgery to repair a core muscle injury.

The surgery was performed on Thursday morning by Dr. William Meyers at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia.

Hernangomez averaged 5.8 points and 3.8 rebounds in 19.4 minutes over 70 games this season with the Denver Nuggets.

Michael Porter Jr. has been fully cleared for all basketball related activities and expects to play in Summer League.

"I can't wait for that," said Porter.

Porter said he also could have played towards the end of the 18-19 season.

Porter was the 14th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Porter underwent a second back surgery in July of last year.

Porter said he's no longer feeling pain in his back.

Nikola Jokic blamed himself after the Denver Nuggets lost to the Portland Trail Blazers in game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals.

Jokic finished with 29 points and 12 rebounds in the game.

Jokic pointed to a key missed free throw with 11.4 seconds left in the game.

"They look at me as a leader, they look at me as their best player. So yeah, I missed those free throws near the end and in the Portland game we went to four overtimes, I missed a lot of other shots and I'm supposed to make some of those," said Jokic.

Michael Malone added that while Jokic probably got tired after 14 playoff games, the loss fell on the larger group.

"I got Nikola Jokic in there taking blame for the loss! It's not his fault. This was a group effort. I think the cumulative effect of 14 playoff games, and us asking him to do as much as we asked him to do, finally took its toll on him tonight."

The NBA confirmed that there will be no suspensions following a game 6 scuffle between the Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets.

The incident took place in the 4th quarter between Will Barton, Torrey Craig, Seth Curry, and Zach Collins.

"He waited for a few people to get in between us, and when a few people were in between us, he put his finger in my eye. You know what I'm saying. I can't allow people to put their fingers in my eye. That's real sassy. They got a few sassy dudes over there. Front-runners. And we can't allow that," said Seth Curry of Barton.