Overview

• Denver named Ben Tenzer as executive vice president of basketball operations and Jon Wallace as executive vice president of player personnel.
• The franchise is exploring a potential $25 million trade for Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze to give Nikola Jokic a defensive-minded backup.
• Bitadze averaged 6.6 rebounds in 18 minutes per game last season and shot 61.1 percent from the field, stats that align with Denver’s need to lighten Jokic’s workload.
• These moves follow consecutive second-round playoff exits and April’s firings of coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth.
• Head coach David Adelman will work with the new front office leadership to reshape the team’s strategy around their two-time MVP.