Nuggets GM also says he wants to sign Lawson to new deal

Part of the talk at the “hello Denver, meet Andre Iguodala” press conference on Thursday involved Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri and Iguodala both saying they would be willing to talk about a contract extension. Words like that are nice, we’ll see where it goes.

But another note out of the Denver Post talks about the Nuggets locking up Ty Lawson — who can be a restricted free agent at the end of next season — to solidify the roster.

Ujiri already has said he wants to sign point guard Ty Lawson to a long-term deal, and Lawson told The Denver Post last May that he was excited about that possibility. If Ujiri and team president Josh Kroenke can re-sign their backcourt, that will give Denver a thrilling nucleus going forward, knowing small forwards Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler and center JaVale McGee are already signed for years to come. Meanwhile, power forward Kenneth Faried is entering the second season of his rookie contract.

Locking up Lawson would be smart.

That would have the Nuggets locked in as a good and entertaining team. Not a title contender, they’ll need more pieces for that, but on a second tier behind the Lakers (who have a couple years before they need to rebuild around Dwight Howard) and Oklahoma City (which is not going anywhere for a while).