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The New York Times |
Calvin Booth was done with Michael Malone.
Bleacher Report |
The Nuggets, who are ranked fourth in the Western Conference at 47-32 with less than a week before the regular season ends, announced that lead assistant David Adelman will serve as interim head coac...
BBC |
Malone won the NBA Championship with the Nuggets in 2023 and last year took them to the Western Conference semi-finals, where they lost out to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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