Mark Warkentien is also a free agent GM. Who is I guess a really good GM. http://hoopshype.com/general_managers/mark_warkentien.htm

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-sterlingclippers031010&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Sterling can forget LeBron in 2010, but what about Carmelo Anthony(notes) in 2011? Warkentien has shown ‘Melo that he can construct a contender around him in Denver, and as much as anything, that’s what star players want with their max deals: reasons to believe they’ll play for titles.

Warkentien was the 2009 NBA Executive of the Year, and here’s a most absurd fact: He still hasn’t been offered a contract extension. Sources say his agent Steve Kauffman was told that talks would start over the summer and never did. Amazingly, Denver owner Stan Kroenke and his son Josh have yet to reach out.

"So far, Denver hasn’t done anything to try and keep him," a league source said.

Warkentien spent most of his childhood in Southern California, graduated from Cal State Fullerton and sources insist that Denver’s puzzling reluctance to engage in extension talks has left him prepared to move on. It would be a crushing blow to a Nuggets franchise that Warkentien helped elevate from a perennial first-round loser into a Western Conference finalist and championship contender. There’s always been something of a power play in Denver’s front office, a fight for ownership’s ear, but most league executives and agents consider Warkentien one of the sport’s shrewdest talent evaluators and negotiators.

Penn was his right hand guy… sounds like Paul Allen made the call.