WASHINGTON — The Wizards have interviewed three candidates for their front office opening. None of them have been Tim Connelly.



If Washington wants to make the Nuggets president of basketball operations an offer, it might have to do so without ever meeting with him.



The Wizards’ intrigue with Connelly began shortly after they parted ways with former president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld one month ago. The Athletic reported the day after Grunfeld’s ousting that league sources believed the team had centered in on a top choice to fill the vacancy: Connelly, who worked for the Wizards for a decade and a half before leaving in 2010 to become assistant general manager of the Pelicans. He joined the Nuggets in 2013.



Wizards owner Ted Leonsis denied there was a front-runner for the position in his meeting with local reporters last month, a day after firing Grunfeld.



Since departing Washington, Connelly has privately told people...