J.R. Smith is eligible to sign a long-term contract extension during the offseason, a prospect that interests him.

"That's something I'd like to do, but I'm not forcing the issue," he said.

Smith "definitely" wants to remain with the Nuggets.

Coach George Karl said the team likes Smith as a long-term piece despite a few growing pains.

"For me right now, my pendulum would be, yeah," Karl said. "It's a business thing. . . . I wouldn't say that we'd say that's not a possibility; (he eventually will develop how the Nuggets want)."