Nuggets Extend Qualifying Off To JaVale McGee; Pass on Rudy Fernandez

By Jonathan Maness - Jul 1st, 2012 at 3:39 pm

The Denver Nuggets did what many expected them to do on Sunday, they extended JaVale McGee the qualifying offer but passed on Rudy Fernandez – making Fernandez an unrestricted free agent.

The Nuggets top priority this off-season is locking up McGee, who still has a lot of room to grow. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri will meet with McGee’s representatives in Los Angeles on Monday.

There seems like there isn’t a lot of interest in McGee, which should be to the Nuggets advantage to re-sign him at a reasonable amount. However, that could change when big man like Roy Hibbert and Brook Lopez are off the market.

Denver will also try and keep Andre Miller.

Topics: Andre Miller, Denver Nuggets, JaVale McGee, Rudy Fernandez

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Born and raised in the beautiful state of Colorado, Jonathan R. Maness grew up in the days of Broncos' great John Elway and Nuggets' greats Laphonso 'The Fonz' Ellis. As a lifelong Nuggets fan, he has followed the Denver Nuggets through the worst of times (and there were a lot of them) and currently through the best of times. This 30-year-old sports journalist has had the honor of taking photos of the Nuggets home games from the comforts of the Pepsi Center's floor. In his free time he works on the Sports Copy Desk at the Fort Collins Coloradoan.