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Article: Elson, Nuggets are ready to part ways Offer from Spurs goes unmatched for backup center.(Sports)

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Byline: Aaron J. Lopez, Rocky Mountain News

Staff writer Chris Tomasson contributed to this report

For three seasons, backup center Francisco Elson dutifully served as an affordable insurance policy.

On Thursday, the Nuggets decided his updated premiums were just a tad too high.

The Nuggets once again are sans Francisco after declining to match the two-year, $6 million offer sheet Elson signed last week with the San Antonio Spurs.

Because Elson was a restricted free agent, the Nuggets had seven days to match the Spurs' offer or wave goodbye.

"He moved up the ladder and deserves a bigger contract," Nuggets coach ...

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