Nuggets' Bret Bearup Gone From Team, Sort Of

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Bret Bearup will return to the darkness now, breathing a sigh of relief when he gets there because, well, that's been his comfort zone all along.

Denver's secret agent man will still work the phones, still remain in close contact with the Nuggets' ultimate voice, former owner Stan Kroenke, and likely still be consulted in hushed tones from on high when it comes time for real action on the basketball front. Yes, it's true, as reported by Yahoo! Sports, that Bearup (pictured in gray shirt) was pushed out of basketball operations by new vice president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri. But in a development that matters mostly because of the dynamics in play that relate to an eventual Carmelo Anthony trade, don't think for a minute that this is Bearup's end.

"(Ujiri) might have won the battle, but I'm not sure about the war," said one source close to the situation.

Here's the best part of Bearup's public purging: sources say he was given a raise by Kroenke to ease the pain of this process. So just in case you thought this was Bearup's worst day on the job, think again.

 

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