Denver Nuggets interim coach David Adelman backed his Russell Westbrook decision after beating the Memphis Grizzlies

NBA rumors link Russell Westbrook to Nuggets’ tension behind Michael Malone’s firing.

Despite Murray's recent absence, Westbrook has been coming off the bench for rookie point guard Jalen Pickett. When asked pregame about Westbrook's role now that Murray is set to return, interim Nuggets head coach David Adelman made it clear he will be playing his best players.

It turns out that team president Josh Kroenke wanted to make this move around the All-Star break, but the team won eight in a row, leading into it, reports Tim MacMahon and Ramona Shelburne at ESPN. Kroenke made the decision to fire Malone and Booth late Sunday night,

People say that we are vulnerable, but the beast is always the strongest or the most dangerous when they’re vulnerable,” Jokic said. “Maybe he woke up the beast.”

Nikola Jokic has been openly frustrated at times this season, but that does not mean the reigning NBA MVP had a direct role in Denver Nuggets head coach

It’s been rumored for a while that Malone and Booth have not gotten along, so some sort of a move has long been expected. Conventional wisdom said that Booth would fire Malone when the opportunity presented itself,

Interim Denver Nuggets head coach David Adelman had an impossible task on paper in his first game against the Sacramento Kings. Just a day after the Nuggets fired long-time coach Michael Malone — the winningest coach in franchise history and the only one to bring the organization an NBA title so far — Adelman essentially had to keep the Nuggets' entire season from collapsing with just three regular-season games left.

But could he also be their new head coach after Michael Malone was fired? You think I'm kidding, don't you? I'm not! We would LOVE to see him pull a Bill Russell and become a player-coach, the first in the NBA in decades.