Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone has established himself as one of the most highly respected coaches in the NBA. Malone has also helped build the Nuggets, who won the title last season and are favorites to repeat in 2023-24, into a yearly championship contender.
Former New York Knicks assistant coach Brendan Malone passed away today, Oct. 10, at the age of 81. The father of Denver Nuggets championship head coach Michael Malone, the elder Malone laid the way for his son with a lengthy coaching resume.
The Denver Nuggets announced the passing of longtime basketball coach Brendan Malone at the age of 81 on Tuesday. Malone was a sideline staple throughout the NBA for three decades and his professional journey began with the New York Knicks as an assistant on Hubie Brown's staff in 1986, the first of three terms at Madison Square Garden.
Brendan Malone, a longtime NBA coach and the father of Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, died at age 81. The Nuggets announced the elder Malone's death on social media Tuesday but did not state a cause.
Nuggets head coach Michael Malone has suffered a family tragedy just weeks before the start of the NBA season.
Brendan Malone, the first coach of the Raptors and a longtime NBA assistant — including a stint with the Bad Boys Pistons of the late 1980s — has died at the age of 81, multiple teams announced in a statement.
Former NBA head coach Brendan Malone has passed away at age 81, the Nuggets announced today. He was the father of current Denver head coach Michael Malone.
The NBA named former New York Knicks assistant coach Brendan Malone the winner of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award. Malone's honor comes just a few weeks after his son Mike guided the Denver Nuggets to their first NBA Finals victory as a head coach.
Isiah Thomas is one of the best point guards in NBA history. Thomas was the leader of one of the greatest teams in NBA history, the 'Bad Boy' Detroit Pistons.
Isiah Thomas was the leader of one of the most physical teams in NBA history; the 'Bad Boy' Detroit Pistons. During the late 1980s, Thomas and the Detroit Pistons played a thrashing and physical brand of basketball, which many fans and players did not. Teams knew they were in for a rough game filled with physicality when they played the Pistons.
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