The Denver Nuggets are just days away from the NBA playoffs starting, and a whole new change has come to the team after Michael Malone and Calvin Booth were fir

This was never more evident than in Denver's 140-139 double-overtime loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 1. Westbrook attempted to disrupt Nickeil Alexander-Walker's three-point attempt as time expired, in the process running into the Wolves guard and being whistled for a foul.

However, Adelman did make a tough (and bold) choice that Malone may have never considered if he was still roaming the Nuggets' sideline: he slashed the volatile Russell Westbrook'

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News of Michael Malone's Denver Nuggets firing (as well as former general manager Calvin Booth) stunned the NBA world on Tuesday. Though, for anyone paying closer attention to the drama in Denver, it seems this duo's petty infighting about how to properly build a Nuggets championship contender ultimately weighed too much on the Nuggets from top to bottom.

The Denver Nuggets fired head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth earlier this week in a move that shocked many. It was well-known around league circles that the coach and GM did not get along and the team hoped that shaking things up this late in the season might inspire a playoff run.