Denver Nuggets in which he plays Nikola Jokic they fired coach Mike Malone, and along with him, general manager Calvin Booth was fired. The new coach will be former assistant David Adelman.
Denver has lost four games in a row and from the fight for second place in the Western Conference standings, they have reached the point where their placement in the playoffs can be questioned.
The bad game recently could not go unnoticed by the leaders of Denver, who decided on such a radical move in the most important part of the season, which can create a counter-effect.
Malone is the coach with the most wins in the history of Denver, and he took the bench in 2015. Eight seasons later, in 2023, he managed to win the NBA championship with the Nuggets, but the last results came to his head.
Several times in the previous years it was talked about in the American media that Malone did not use all the potential that the team has at the head of Nikola Jokić, but every time it was masked by good results.
The management of Denver also respected that Jokić did not get adequate teammates for the highest ranges in any transition period and that only Eron Gordon was chosen.
The management of Denver, led by the Kronkey family, decided that until the end of the Nuggets' season, David Adelman, the former assistant, will lead the team.
"The decision we made was not an easy one, and it was made very carefully and with the intention of allowing the organization to fight for another NBA title this season," Denver said in a statement.
David Adelman, by the way, is the son of the famous player and legendary NBA coach Rick Adelman.