DENVER -- Josh Kroenke didn't need to look far to find the next head coach of the Denver Nuggets. All he had to do was take a short stroll from his office.
The team's president and governor took the interim tag off David Adelman on Thursday, rewarding the 44-year-old hoops lifer for righting the discombobulated Nuggets on short notice and leading them to a Game 7 against the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the playoffs.
Adelman replaced Michael Malone last month and led the Nuggets to wins in their last three regular-season games to avoid the NBA's play-in, dispatched the LA Clippers in seven games and took the West's top seed to the brink before losing 125-93 on Sunday in Oklahoma City.