The Memphis Grizzlies made the surprising decision to fire Taylor Jenkins on Friday, letting go of its head coach of nearly six seasons with just nine games remaining in the regular season and the postseason on the horizon.
Among the many stunned by the Grizzlies' decision was Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone. Malone is familiar with a rare precedence of this type of firing from when his father, Brendan Malone, was an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers when they fired Paul Silas in the middle of the 2004-05 season despite holding the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference at the time. Even still, Malone found Jenkins's firing a shock.
