Will it move from Michael Malone, fix everything for Nuggets?

Melissa Rohl

Fox Sports NBA Vriter

Less than two years ago, Michael Malone was on top of the world of NBA.

After led by Denver Nuggets On their first franchise history in June 2023. was presented at the primary parade of “Tata” Lakers, “the money that took over after removing Los Angeles in the Western Conference. While thousands of fans screamed, they told them it was not satisfied. “We don’t want one (Championship),” Malone said. “We want two.”

Fast forward to Tuesday, with Nuggets in the fourth place in the Western conference and only three games remained in the regular season, the team made a shocking move, strangible to Malone and Calvin Booth General Manager.

Malone was at the forefront of Nuggets and was the Winning Trainer Franchisa (510-394). Assistant coach David Adelman will serve as a temporary coach. Booth, who was at the expiration agreement, served as the Director General of 2020. years.

Nugget’s decision is surprising for several reasons. The oldest among them? Time.

Nuggets are considered championship candidates and the main slot at such a critical intersection is raising the eyebrows. It is interesting that another Western conference candidate has done the same thing more than a week ago, and Memphis Grizzlies fired Trainer Taylor Jenkins.

For Nuggets is a question, will it disrupt the continuity of the team? In the west, only two games are separated by third seeds for third seeds from pedial grizzs, which means that they are among the six teams that are in danger of falling in the show for the show.

Or, how hopefully hopes hopes on hope, will this start the team that lost four matches in a row Jamal Murrai Missing five games due to shin injury, helping them turn things?

“This decision was not very carefully assessed, and we only do it with the intention of competing for the championships in NBA and our fans,” Josh Kroen, said, because the coach of Malone helped build the foundation of our The program level program, it is a necessary step to allow us to compete at the highest level now. “

It is known that there was a split between Malone and Booth, they do not agree with them via Malone’s desire to sign again KentaVous Caldwell-Pope and its preferences to have access to victory, priority proven veterans. Caldwell-Pope, which was an important part of the Nuggets Championship team, left in the free agency last summer, as well as Bruce Brown.

This season, Nuggets fought injuries, changed by changes and they were 20. in a defensive rating.

Malone recently called his team after losing in 12-Seeds Portland Trail Blazers 21. Marta, inviting their players to look in the mirror and talk in their minutes. He added that “shame in that game and our approach.”

Nuggeti also recently lost at home to 13. Seeds San Antonio Spurs 2. April.

But with Jokic in a two-horse race with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander For the MVP Award and Nuggets are ready for another playoffs after six flat postseason performances, Malcanic shooting was completely unexpected.

The fear was, with things that went, Nuggets would expect expectations a little for the second year in a row. 2024. In the second round of playoffs, they lost Minnesota in the series in the Seven-Game series.

Through Malone’s decade, a long term with Nuggets, transformed the franchise.

He inspected Jokic’s rise to choose Denver as 41. Whole entrance in Draft 2014. years to become a three-room MVP. He was also standing by Jamal Murray after suffering the torn ACL and missed the entire season 2021-22. Then Murray was worried he would be traded. Malone told him, “Hell no. You are ours.”

Murray average on average 26.1 points to 47.3 percent shootings, 5.7 jumps and 7.1 helps during his championship. “My team has always had a belief in me,” Murray said Fox At that time.

The dismissal of Malona is ironic, as one of the loudest critics is that the coach seat became a door turning, and whoever headed huge for team issues.

Three of the four coaches who won the championship between 2020. And 2023. years, including Malone, Frank Vogel and Mike Budenholzer. And from the beginning of the pandemic, 27 of the 30 NBA team changed coaches, and the lone exceptions are San Antonio (Gregg Popovich), Miami (Eric Speeststra) and the Golden Steve (Steve Kerr).

Less than four months ago, Malone did not hide his disgust on the decision of Sacramento Kings to fire Mike Brown, who was a unanimous coach winner in 2023. Years. Kings who also fired Malona 2014 years, violated the news to leave the news in the brown.

“No class, no balls.” Malone said in December in December.

Malone is now at the end of shocking news.

Before just wonderful weather, Malone enjoyed the drinks, and his players were accepted as stood on stage in front of thousands of fans adoration.

But in the blink of an eye, he became part of the statistics despising.

Melissa Rohlin is a writer of NBA for Fox Sports. She has previously covered the league for illustrated sports, The Los Angeles Times, news about the flow in the Gulf San Antonio Express-West. Follow it on Twitter @Melissarohl.