Coach Michael Malone’s free pass is in need of revocation. We can all agree he’s done a tremendous job with the Nuggets’ offense. But he failed to get our guys to play defense, and he’s even worse when it comes to managing player rotations. He couldn’t bring out the talent of Jusuf Nurkic, and instead banished him to the bench, leading Nurkic to get traded to Portland (and we all know how that turned out).
J.M., concerned fan
Kiz: If Malone deserves a fair share of blame for the relationship with Nurkic going sour, then doesn’t the Denver coaching staff also deserve credit for the development of Nikola Jokic, Gary Harris and Jamal Murray?