Malone Fired
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So Bruski's a nice guy, I've met him a few times, whatever, but I think the media narrative on the Malone firing from the Kings was WAY over simplistic. They basically told the story they wanted to tell. And I'll be the one guy on this board to stand by that firing. Fine, I'm OK with that.
Now I don't know the circumstances of the Denver firing, but the timing is atrocious - it's the Grizz timing but even worse! That doesn't mean that the Nuggets didn't have good internal reasons for doing it - and given that the timing is so terrible there may have been very very very good reasons for doing it. But the media will go with "Nuggets are dumb" because that gets clicks, regardless of whether that's the real story or if there's a lot behind that.
Now I don't know the circumstances of the Denver firing, but the timing is atrocious - it's the Grizz timing but even worse! That doesn't mean that the Nuggets didn't have good internal reasons for doing it - and given that the timing is so terrible there may have been very very very good reasons for doing it. But the media will go with "Nuggets are dumb" because that gets clicks, regardless of whether that's the real story or if there's a lot behind that.
We should be real about Malone's tenure. He was a good coach. Vivek hired him before he hired the idiots to run the team. Those idiots hated Malone, not Vivek. They waited until Boogie was out sick and the team hit a skid and sacked him getting their way only to demonstrate just how unbelievably stupid they were hiring a coach that hated their star player. That whole saga, which in many ways lead directly to Vlade/Williams blowing the Luka pick are why Vivek is hated despite saving the team for the city. He made a bad GM hire and then coupled it by trying to appease the fan base and making a second bad one.
Those who are so quick to run off Monte really should consider that.
Those who are so quick to run off Monte really should consider that.
the Nuggets literally have one tradeable pick and that one’s in 2031 And their two best non-Joker assets are Braun and Watson, who are still on their rookie deals and more valuable to the Nuggets than probably anyone else.
they tried trading for Lavine at the deadline but didnt have enough for the Bulls to pull the trigger while all it eventually took was Huerter/Zach Collins/Tre Jones and the Spurs relinquishing the protections on the Bulls pick this year.
