Nuggets discuss head coaching job with Wizards assistant Don Newman

The Denver Nuggets received permission to interview Washington Wizards assistant Don Newman and discussed the franchise’s vacant head coaching job with him in the past week, according to league sources.

Newman’s 16 NBA seasons as an assistant coach — including an eight-year stint with the San Antonio Spurs — give him the credibility to discuss a head coaching position.

Since joining Randy Wittman's staff in 2012, Newman has served as the architect of an improved Wizards’ defense.