<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Talks Continue</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 31</span> - Thad Foucher, agent for Nuggets guard J.R. Smith, said he's continuing to have conversations with Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien about a possible contract extension for his client.</p> </p> Barring an 11th-hour move by today's deadline, Smith will become a restricted free agent during the offseason.</p> </p> "It'd be fine," Smith said of that prospect. "I just got to play hard this year." -- <font color="#000000">Rocky Mountain News</font></p></div></div>