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Never a dull moment in the NBA breaking news.

The Denver Nuggets, who won the NBA championship in 2023,

have fired their head coach Michael Malone and their GM Calvin Booth.

Ladies and gentlemen, the playoffs start in like 10 days in the NBA.

What is happening?

Now, I was scurrying during the break to get some information.

It's so weird because I think yesterday I alluded to Denver being a bit of a mess.

And this morning I saw that Jamal Murray's hurt.

And the way Michael Malone is talking lately, he's just talking kind of wild.

But that has historically been his MO.

He's a Queens guy, grew up in the Northeast. He's a tough talker.

He's a little combative. Do you remember when the Lakers beat Denver one game in that series

in the playoffs? And he came back and oh, the Lakers won one game. He's just basically, you guys

are talking trash about us? I can't believe it. We're going to destroy them. He said, like, put it in your pipe and smoke it. He was really just a great game. He's just basically, you guys are talking trash about us. I can't believe it. We're going to destroy them. He said like put it in your pipe and smoke it. He was really just

aggressive. And this is his nature. And there are reports I'm reading that maybe he was kind of

sort of losing the locker room in Denver. Again, he is a mouthy individual. There's nothing wrong

with that. As a coach, you know, that can work for so long. But when you're not winning, uh, the staff here found some numbers for Yokic in April. Okay, this is real. He's averaging 45 points, 12 boards, and 10 assists in the month of April.

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