Calvin Booth Reportedly Interviews With Hawks Amid Nuggets Exit

After his departure from the Denver Nuggets following the expiration of his contract, former general manager Calvin Booth reportedly is eyeing a move to the East Coast.

According to NBA insider Marc Stein, Booth was among the candidates to interview with the Atlanta Hawks, who are searching for a president of basketball operations.

The Hawks fired general manager Landry Fields last month and promoted Onsi Saleh to replace him. Still, the team initiated a search for a president of basketball operations to create a new power structure in its front office. In addition to Booth interviewing with Atlanta, Stein reported that former Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair also met with the organization.

"Booth and McNair are among the five GMs leaguewide — along with Atlanta's Fields, Phoenix's Jones and New Orleans' David Griffin — to lose their jobs in the past month," Stein explained. "For the Hawks' purposes, Booth's scouting acumen and strong reputation as a talent evaluator could pair well with Saleh's strategic expertise. McNair, meanwhile, just worked in a two-executive structure alongside Wes Wilcox with the Kings."

Booth was dismissed alongside former Nuggets head coach Michael Malone with just days left in the regular season. ESPN's Tim MacMahon and Ramona Shelburne reported that team president Josh Kroenke "held Malone and Booth responsible for allowing their personal issues to negatively affect the organization." Denver advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals on Saturday with a dominant win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 7.

If Booth lands with the Hawks, he will certainly be hoping to have similar success after he helped construct a roster that won the Nuggets' first championship in franchise history in 2023.