Denver Nuggets fire the coach Michael Malone

The Denver Nuggets fired their coach Michael Malone, the team announced on Tuesday.

The Denver Nuggets fired his coach Michael Malonethe team announced on Tuesday.

David Adelman, the main assistant of the Nuggets, will serve as an interim team coach For the rest of the season.

The Nuggets They also announced that they will not extend the contract of the General Manager Calvin Booth.

The surprising decision occurs when the Nuggets are in the middle of a streak of four losses. Denver (47-32) currently occupies fourth place in the classification of the West Conference.

Malone guided Nuggets to an NBA championship just two seasons ago. He has a 471-327 record in 10 seasons as a team coach.

“This decision was not taken lightly and was evaluated very carefully. We do it with the sole intention of giving our group the best opportunity to compete for the NBA Championship of 2025 and deliver another title to Denver and our fans,” said Josh Kroenke, vice president of Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, in a statement.

“While the moment of this decision is unfortunate, since coach Malone helped to lay the foundations of our program, which now reaches the level of championship, is a necessary step to allow us to compete at the highest level at this time. The standards and expectations of the championship are maintained for the current season, and in the face of the future, we hope to continue building on the foundations established by the coach Malone during his historic career of 10 years in Denver.”

Booth has been the general manager of the Nuggets During the last three seasons, the first season of the Denver Championship in 2022-23 being.

“I want to thank Calvin Booth for leading our management for the past three years and, above all, for helping to realize the template that our fans already gave his fans of his first NBA championship. Calvin’s knowledge of the game, his passion for exploration and his long career as a player and executive in the NBA helped to boost our organization to new heights, which we will continue to promote,” statement.