Tim Connelly and the Denver Nuggets may have had a successful draft night, but their offseason work has only just begun. With free agency beginning tonight, this franchise has to make some tough decisions, and they’re going to have to make them quickly.

There’s talent on this team. Lots of it. There aren’t many organizations that can say they have as much young potential as the Denver Nuggets, and it’s exciting. Between Emmanuel Mudiay, Nikola Jokic and newly selected Jamal Murray, head coach Michael Malone has three players who look to have the ability to become perennial All Stars, if not superstars. And with guys like Jusuf Nurkic and Gary Harris, he has two tough-minded, skilled role players who could eventually grow into a whole lot more.

And that’s without even mentioning Joffrey Lauvergne, Juancho Hernangomez, Malik Beasley and others who have upside other franchises would love to see on their roster.

Oh, and there’s Kenneth Faried, Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler, too. They may not be spring chickens, but they’re not aging, either. In fact, you could make the argument that all three have yet to play their best basketball.

So … what I guess I’m saying is that the Nuggets have a lot going for them. Possibly too much.

Right now, despite talent, potential and excitement, the one thing the Denver Nuggets are missing is an identity. Who are they? What will they be? What direction is this franchise going?

I had hoped they’d answer some of those questions on draft night, but all Connelly did was make the Nuggets’ roster even more of an amorphous blob of potential. Now, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it doesn’t change the fact that at some point, hopefully sooner than later, he’s going to have to grab the chisel and shape this franchise.

So, with that said, here are five questions the Denver Nuggets need to answer this offseason:

Who’s the face of the franchise?

We’ll get this one out of the way first, because it’s probably the least important/impactful of the bunch. Still, it’s worth asking.

When the Pepsi Center begins filling their stands again, hopefully this season, who are they coming to see? Who’s the guy putting butts in the seats? Because, honestly, if you asked me who is the face of the franchise at this very moment, I’d probably have to say Kenneth Faried, and that’s a real bummer. But there’s no question that casual fans associate the Nuggets with Faried much more than they do with Mudiay, Gallo or Jokic.

That will change, though, whether he’s traded or not. It needs to. No matter if it’s Mudiay or Jokic taking “the leap” in their second season, Murray having a Rookie of the Year-worthy campaign, or Gallo continuing on from last season with a healthy year, someone will take on the role of “face of the franchise.”

Or, if everything goes right, maybe we’ll be talking about the “faces of the franchise,” as the entire young cores develops in unison.