Michael Malone has become a polarizing presence in Denver. On the one hand, he was the head coach of the first Nuggets team to ever win the NBA championship.

The Denver Nuggets fired head coach Michael Malone on Tuesday with three games left in the regular season. Denver is currently 47-32, 1.5 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the No. 3 seed in ...

Malone, 53, became the head coach of the Nuggets in 2015 and had a fruitful 10-year run. That included 471 wins, six playoff berths, three division titles, and an NBA championship in 2023.

Malone's style also likely caused him to lose the locker room. Despite a solid overall record of 47-32, the Nuggets are on a four-game losing streak and are 3-7 in their last 10 games.

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The Nuggets chose not to wait. Malone had been the head coach in Denver since 2015. He finished with a record of 471-327, which makes him the winningest coach in franchise history.

Michael Malone appeared to criticize the commitment from his Denver Nuggets players just two weeks before his firing.

Malone’s ability to command respect and set a culture would go a long way in Phoenix — especially with younger players and a team in need of direction. Michael Malone is too good of a coach to ...

Malone, a champion in 2023, was among the longest-tenured head coaches in the NBA. The Nuggets finished the campaign as a bottom-10 defense, however, and Denver brass was ready to spark change ...

Just over 100 days ago, then-Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone sat behind a microphone at Ball Arena and scolded the Sacramento Kings' front office for firing Mike Brown on a whim.

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone lost his father on Monday, as longtime NBA coach Brendan Malone passed away at the age of 81. The NBA world has been sending their condolences to Michael ...

Malone won two NBA championships as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons in 1989 and ’90, and he was on the Orlando Magic coaching staff that won an Eastern Conference title in 2009. He was ...