
By any reasonable measure, this Denver Nuggets season was a success. Sure, they regressed modestly from their 2023 and 2024 juggernauts, but they remain in line for a top-four seed in the Western Conference.
That, apparently, was not good enough for the Nuggets' brass—and it was urgent enough for them to fire coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth in a Tuesday house-cleaning for the ages.