Did the Nuggets ruin their chances in 2016 free agency?

By foxsports
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The Denver Nuggets had a busy offseason, trading Ty Lawson to the Houston Rockets and locking up a few pieces of their core on long-term deals. 

Did the Nuggets actually make a mistake by extending veteran small forwards Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari, though? 

Here's more from David Aldridge at NBA.com:

"The Nuggets must have some appeal if they were able to keep Chandler and Gallinari away from free agency by giving them long-term extensions. Still, one wonders why Denver was so determined to lock both players in when doing so basically takes the Nuggets out of the 2016 free agency chase -- with a roster that isn't anywhere near good enough at present to contend for a title."

(h/t NBA.com)