Nuggets Shake Up Front Office: Ben Tenzer’s Bold New Role and Jon Wallace’s Surprising Arrival Hint at Major Team Transformation

The moves come after the Nuggets surprisingly fired head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth with just three games left in the regular season.

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Following those firings, Tenzer was promoted to interim general manager. He served in that role at the end of the regular season and through the Nuggets’ playoff run.The Denver Nuggets’ front office is coming together following the team’s shakeup toward the end of the regular season. The team reportedly promoted Ben Tenzer to executive vice president of basketball operations and hired Jon Wallace from the Minnesota Timberwolves to be its executive vice president of player personnel, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.

The Denver Nuggets have been anything but quiet as the season wrapped up, shaking up their front office in ways that are turning heads across the league. In a bold pivot, Ben Tenzer has stepped up as the executive vice president of basketball operations—he’s not just filling shoes; he’s reshaping them. At the same time, the Nuggets have brought Jon Wallace aboard from the Minnesota Timberwolves to take on the role of executive vice president of player personnel, signaling a fresh new era for Denver’s roster strategies. This whirlwind of change followed the sudden and surprising dismissal of head coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth with mere games left in the regular season—a move that sent shockwaves through the NBA world. Tenzer, after being elevated to interim GM during that critical stretch, steered the team right through the thick of playoff pressure with a steady hand. It’s an intriguing chapter for the Nuggets, one that promises a lot on the horizon… and I’m all eyes and ears to see how this new front office dance unfolds. LEARN MOREThis story will be updated.