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Le Batard & Friends Network

Oddball - Denver Sets Fire to their Playoff Hopes, Plus Luka Ejected

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.88.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Michael Malone and Calvin Booth are out in Denver, and Izzy and Amin are shocked. The Nuggets needed a jolt, but the timing is baffling. Between Taylor Jenkins and Michael Malone, we're starting to think every head coach is on the hot seat. The Nuggets may have tanked their playoff chances, but the Lakers are just heating up-- as long as Luka Doncic doesn't keep getting ejected. Plus, tune in to Headlines to hear some suggestions for new celebrations for Ja Morant, and also, Hot Streak is back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network.

0:04.9

Hey, welcome to AdWall. That over there is over there is Hacierrez. We are live from Miami. And when I say live, I mean, we recorded it live. We didn't pre-tape ourselves recording and then hand it in.

0:30.6

Not live at all. Exactly. You know what's not live at all either? The Denver Nuggets Championship chances.

0:38.3

That's right.

0:39.3

I'm putting them into dirt.

0:44.3

The Nuggets won up the Memphis Grizzlies yesterday morning by firing head coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth with three games remaining in the regular season.

0:49.3

ESPN reporting was that there was a cold war between the coaches.

0:54.9

This is from our good friend, Om Yong Musuk.

0:57.6

Quote, when the Nuggets entered the season,

0:59.4

sources told ESPN that there was a growing tension

1:02.0

team Malone and Booth that grew into a, quote,

1:04.7

cold war.

1:06.0

Josh Cronkey called the timing of the decision,

1:08.2

unfortunate, but hopes the changes may spark

1:10.6

something in the

1:11.2

team heading into the playoffs. Could this firing actually increase the chances of a Nuggets title

1:16.5

this year, Izzy? You see, here's how I think of it, right? So you look at it as they basically

1:21.9

exhausted the voice of Mike Malone, right? The message that he gives across, like, hey, when

1:27.0

things are going wrong, listen to coach, okay he gives across like, hey, when things are going

1:27.5

wrong, listen to coach, okay, we'll try that. Yeah, that's going to work. That has already out the window,

1:33.1

right? We've exhausted everything. We don't, and he's already, you know, he's difficult to listen to,

1:38.9

right? He's grading at times. He can weigh on you. And so you're saying yourself, all right, so we're not going to get any better.

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