Without a doubt, he has been the great signing in the offices of the last few months. Tim Connelly, architect of the current Nuggets, was leaving his position in Denver to sign with Minnesota as president of basketball operations. It was an important step in his career, one that is now repeated by his brother, Joe Connelly, who joins the Minneapolis organization from Colorado.
As reported by Mike Singer of The Denver PostJoe, whose roles in Denver have been tied to player development and scouting, will now become the Timberwolves’ director of scouting.
Regarding Joe’s references, it is obvious that he arrives endorsed by his brother, but even more so by a very good job in the Nuggets, where he was one of the promoters for the team to choose Bones Hyland in the 2021 draft, who has ended up translating into a great success.
As for Tim Connelly’s work team, it is not the first piece that he incorporates from the Nuggets, since the one who was Denver scouting coordinator, Jon Wallace, will become director of player personnel and general manager of the Wolves in the G League.