Applications for the job closed on Friday and the Nuggets management group met last night to consider the dozen or so it had received.
Of those, ''a couple'' were up to the required standard, Brown said.
''We got just over a dozen and most of those were from overseas,'' he said.
''There were a few local ones and there are a couple we are seriously looking at and who we feel would be capable of a role like that.''
The franchise management group has the power to make an appointment but Brown said as a courtesy it would present its recommendation to the board.
''I'd like to have it tidied away by next week but I have to work with the franchise management group on that to get a decision. But we need to get it done reasonably soon if we are going to give ourselves more time to help the coach settle in and things like that.''
Nuggets captain Mark Dickel, who last week emerged as the favourite to replace former coach Alf Arlidge, said he did not make a formal application for the job but remained open to idea of being a player-coach and wanted to leave it at that.
Meanwhile, it appears the Nuggets are close to signing or have already signed Fijian international Marques Whippy.
Brown would only say the franchise had some announcements to make but the 26-year-old forward would be a useful acquisition for the Nuggets.
The word is he is in the mould of Mika Vukona.
A little under-sized at 1.96m and 106kg, but athletic, aggressive and skilful.
He played college basketball for Brigham Young University (BYU) Hawaii in the NCAA division two.
In his final year at BYU he averaged 11.5 rebounds and 14.2 points.
He is a good rebounder and fabulous defender who is also very good at getting to the post on offence and drawing fouls.
Whippy might be the ideal replacement for BJ Anthony if Anthony decides his future lies elsewhere this year.
He is rumoured to be considering a move north.
