Shaquille O'Neal leaves the clear feelings about Michael Malone's shock for nuggets

In one of the most impressive developments of the season, the Denver Nuggets He separated with coach Michael Malone, who brought them to his NBA solitary championship in 2023, and CEO Calvin Booth, a few days before the playoffs began.

Thursday's “Inside the NBA” episode, Shaquille O'Neal called the disrespectful movement, criticizing Nuggets' option to let Malone go so soon after a title was delivered.

“I would have liked to see them giving them a little more respect (Malone),” said O'Neal. “He brought a championship to the organization.”

“And listen, to recover these boys, Kenny knows it, the NBA is a season full of summits and valleys, so if they reach the right time, they have the staff to win another championship.”

Nuggets have fought for a stretch of hard injuries this season, more recently Jamal MurrayRobin a Batman by Nikola Jokic, who has lost the last six games of the team due to an injury to an hamstrock. Since the All-Star pause, the team is only 12-13. Before the victory of Wednesday 124-116 on the Kings of Sacramento, they were going to set up a four-game scooter.

Assistant David Adelman has intervened as temporary main coach, while Denver is expected to carry out a meticulous GM search during the low season.

Nikola Jokic says he learned about the decision of Michael Malone de Nuggets ahead

After the victory against Sacramento, Nikola Jokic He said he was informed of Michael Malone's removal before time.

“I knew a little before everyone,” said Jokic (by ESPN). “And he (Josh Kroenke) said to me,” We made a decision. “So it wasn't a discussion.

With the post -seasoning one, the nuggets focus is now to regain their rhythm.

From the writing, they sit at number 4 of the Western conference with a record of 48-32. They will close the regular season with return games: at home against Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, and then a road test against seed number 2 Rockets of Houston Sunday.

Adelman emphasized that the team must meet and find their collective identity quickly.

“The last 30 hours have been quite crazy, quite stressful to everyone,” Adelman said ahead of the Kings game (by Fox Sports).

“But the bottom line was that we have to stay unified. I think it was a good thing for everyone to sit in a room together and to realize -we have not played our expectations until the end. They are not only the players (but) that everyone is part of this.”

With his dismissal, Michael Malone now has a NBA record, tied with Hubie Brown, for the most trained games (79) and most victories (47, tied with Larry Brown) by a coach fired during the season.