Nuggets already vindicated for controversial offseason shake-ups

Denver Nuggets v Sacramento Kings | Thearon W. Henderson/GettyImagesIt seemed absolutely nuts in the moment when the Nuggets’ brass decided to fire the head coach, Michael Malone, and the GM, Calvin Booth, in one fell swoop with just days remaining in the regular season. It then seemed equally nuts to simply promote from within, only bringing in a former employee, Jon Wallace, to run the front office with freshly promoted Ben Tenzer, and upgrading David Adelman from a lead assistant position to being the head coach.

It reeked of cheap, meddling, and out-of-touch owners, but through 25 games of this regime, the moves have been almost completely justified. The Nuggets are off to the best start…