The Denver Nuggets have reportedly fired head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth in the final week of the NBA regular season, according to CBS Sports.

In essence, Booth wanted Malone to play the young guys he drafted, like Jalen Pickett and Peyton Watson, but Malone has long been more inclined to trust his veterans. Specifically, Russell Westbrook, who has been getting the minutes Booth would have preferred go to Pickett and has had a rough go of late.

Michael Malone, who coached the Denver Nuggets to the NBA title in 2023 and has led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons, was fired in a stunning move that comes with less than a week in the

As the dust settles after the most recent head-scratcher — the Denver Nuggets firing Malone — The Athletic NBA staff got a few writers together to discuss: Are these unusual occurrences part of new trends or just a weird season?

News of Michael Malone's Denver Nuggets firing (as well as former general manager Calvin Booth) stunned the NBA world on Tuesday. Though, for anyone paying closer attention to the drama in Denver, it seems this duo's petty infighting about how to properly build a Nuggets championship contender ultimately weighed too much on the Nuggets from top to bottom.

The NBA's new CBA caused the dynamic between Nuggets head coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth to deteriorate prior to their shocking dismissal on Tuesday.

The Denver Nuggets fire Championship-winning head coach Michael Malone with just three regular season games remaining, despite looking set to claim a play-off place.

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If Michael Malone is having regrets over his Nuggets tattoo now that the team's unceremoniously fired him, the man who the put the ink on the coach's body tells TMZ Sports he's down to cover it up.