"Masai Ujiri heard from seemingly every agent except Jerry Maguire on Wednesday, the first day NBA executives could speak with player representatives. Free-agency talks have begun, and Ujiri's first priority is re-signing a certain Brazilian big man.

"We want Nene back," said Ujiri, who isn't targeting any other big-name big men in free agency.

And if the Nuggets don't re-sign the Brazilian big man?

"We're going to give our young big guys a chance," Ujiri said in reference to Timofey Mozgov, Kenneth Faried and Kosta Koufos?. "I was studying the free-agent class. We want to be smart here; we want to make the right decisions. Are we going to go out and do anything crazy? I don't think so. These young guys are going to play. They'll get the opportunity. They'll play hard and compete.""