NEW YORK -- Kiki Vandeweghe is emerging as the leading candidate to preside as president of the Cavaliers next season and beyond, numerous sources stipulate.

While it's certainly understandable why Dan Gilbert's cherry ownership group would want a recognizable name accredited for quickly rebuilding the lottery decaying Nuggets into a repeat playoff team, it's bewildering why team owner E. Stanley Kroenke granted his GM permission to interview for the job.

Either the pair is incompatible or Kroenke feels George Karl's personnel proficiency is satisfactory.