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The Denver Nuggets are expected to reach an agreement on a contract extension with general manager Calvin Booth soon, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.

“Booth will be the chief architect of what comes next as the Nuggets have been talking to him about a contract extension for months, multiple sources say, and a deal is expected soon,” Shelburne reported.

Booth has been the Nuggets’ general manager since 2020. Denver won its first-ever NBA championship in 2023.

Booth, 48, played in the NBA from 1999-2009. Three seasons later, he joined the New Orleans Pelicans as a scout. After one season, he left for the Minnesota Timberwolves and eventually became director of player personnel.

In August 2017, Booth joined Denver as assistant general manager under president of basketball operations Tim Connelly. He took over the role of general manager in 2020 after Nuggets GM Artūras Karnišovas left to run basketball operations for the Chicago Bulls.

In May 2022, Connelly left for Minnesota to become president of basketball operations, making Booth the team’s front office leader.

The Nuggets already had their championship core in place with Nikola Jokić, Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., but the Booth-led office has done an excellent job around that quartet.

Notably, the Nuggets signed eventual sixth man Bruce Brown in free agency and traded for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who joined the starting lineup. Christian Braun, now a starter, also joined the team through the draft.

It’s clear the Nuggets want Booth to stay for the foreseeable future, and all signs point in that direction. He has been part of a winning front office that has turned the franchise around, and Denver obviously hopes that trend continues going forward.