Crazy that the Denver Nuggets fired their head coach Michael Malone right before the playoffs. We’ll have to see if something happened to cause this or not. Seems like bad timing and after leading the Nuggets to what was nearly a dynasty… I think this sort of thing pretty much eliminates them from championship contention.
NBA is the new English Premier League, first it was Taylor Jenkins, now it's Michael Malone, I really do not where all this dismissal are coming from right with playoffs just around the corner. Nature of these calls is making it feels more like there is an outcry from the star/franchise players of these teams, or could losing 4 games in a row be enough reason behind Nuggets decision, I don't think so.
Firing their GM Calvin Booth is understandable because he made questionable trades, and gave ridiculous contracts to bench players like Zeke Nnaji and Reggie Jackson, but firing your head coach just because your team is on a 4-game losing streak after what he did to the team is just simply unacceptable. I mean I'm not a Nuggets fan, but we know how he develop the Nuggets ever since he became the head coach. We know how he developed an playstyle that's focused on Jokic. He's the head coach of the Nuggets when they won their first title, and they just fired him a few games before the playoff starts.
When I saw the Grizzlies firing Jenkins, that's already a ridiculous one, but seeing this one makes me think that there might be a head coach that will get fired on the final game of the regular season. Anyway, it is what it is, and I believe that both Jenkins and Malone will be hired as a coach on a new team on the next season. Let's just wait on which team it will be.
They have a good record, both of this coaches, so it wouldn't be surprised if they can got another position as a head coach, or even an assistant coach for that matter. And it was reported that it's due to pay as they didn't agree on the contract extension?
How about Nico though? Still with the Mavs?
In any case, it was the owners decision so it's hard to argue against them. It's their franchise and their fans can only hope that they make the right decision on firing the best coach of Nuggets history in Malone.