![]() Went to countless different places to look at different sites for our own team. … I was the internal person looking at different sites. So when I came back, we didn’t have a G League team at the time, but I was always kind of passionate about us getting a team. And then I came back when Josh (Kroenke) hired Tim Connelly in 2013. … I was with the Nuggets for four years, ’05 to ’09, and then left to go to law school. So this is kind of a unique full-circle moment for me. That was my first kind of entry into scouting and the Nuggets front office and the NBA in general. So they actually sent me to the Colorado 14ers games (the former D League affiliate) at the Broomfield Event Center. … I wanted to grow more and learn about scouting. I was in school in Boulder, my junior year, and it was the D League at the time. Tenzer: “It’s funny because when I first started with the Nuggets, it was the 2005-06 season. What made you want to take on a new role as a G League general manager on top of your Nuggets front office position? This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity and length. He spoke with The Post about his background with Denver, his passion for the G League and his thoughts on the on the Nuggets’ young two-way players. Tenzer is the Gold’s new general manager entering the 2023-24 season after having established himself as a key member of the front office that helped guide the Nuggets to their first NBA title. Those convenient flights were a cross-country bridge. So when the Detroit Pistons dropped the Grand Rapids Drive for a new affiliate in 2020, the Nuggets saw an opening. Tenzer, who has spent 14 years with the Nuggets dating back to his days as an intern, had been trying to “build bridges” for some time between Colorado’s NBA team and a G League franchise. It’s one of the reasons Ben Tenzer and the Nuggets were attracted two years ago to the minor league basketball team that calls Grand Rapids home. ![]() Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuĭirect flights are available between Denver and Grand Rapids, Michigan, on a daily basis.
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