DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets have hired veteran NBA coach Bob Weiss as an assistant on Michael Malone’s staff and announced the hiring of Calvin Booth as an assistant general manager.
Weiss has coached 31 seasons in the NBA, including the last four as an assistant with the Charlotte Hornets. He’s been a head coach with four teams, compiling a 223-299 career record with the Spurs, Hawks, Clippers and SuperSonics.
Prior to coaching, Weiss played a dozen seasons in the NBA.
Also Wednesday, the Nuggets made official their hiring of Booth who spent the previous four seasons in the Minnesota Timberwolves front office, serving as director of pro personnel last season.
We'll have a new face in the front office.
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— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) August 16, 2017
KPUG Edit: Weiss played for Seattle in the 1967-68 season. He was a Sonics assistant coach from 1994 to 2005 and had a brief 30-game run as head coach in 2005-2006. Booth played center for the Seattle Sonics from 2001 – 2004.
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