The Denver Nuggets fired Michael Malone as head coach on Tuesday and promoted David Adelman to interim coach. The team responded by beating the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday to snap a four-game losing streak.

The 2024-25 NBA season has been full of surprises, as fans have often found themselves questioning reporters like ESPN's Shams Charania if he was hacked or the

Jokić said he found out about the firings "a little bit before everybody," but declined to further elaborate on his talk with Josh Kroenke.

The Nuggets, currently sitting at No. 4 in the West with a 47-32 record, announced Malone's firing on Tuesday after 10 seasons and a championship with the team. Malone led the Nuggets to a 471-327 regular-season record,

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 Denver Nuggets have had a week. The franchise stunned the sports world on Tuesday when head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth were fired with just three games to go before the playoffs.

The Denver Nuggets shocked the NBA world on Tuesday when they fired head coach Michael Malone with just three games left in the regular season, and the players were just as stunned as fans. ESPN's Shams Charania reported the firing left players "shocked.

People say that we are vulnerable, but the beast is always the strongest or the most dangerous when they’re vulnerable,” Jokic said. “Maybe he woke up the beast.”

It's been a wild few days for Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Amid the jockeying for position in the NBA playoff race, the franchise fired both their head coach Michael Malone and their GM Calvin Booth.