Denver Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth, president Josh Kroenke and head coach Michael Malone speak during the team’s end-of-year press conference at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2024. In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert are joined by esteemed author and former Nuggets beat writer Mike Singer.
Mike weighs in on what went wrong for the Nuggets after they were eliminated by the Minnesota Timberwolves 4-3 in the Western Conference semifinals. Did Denver not have the depth needed to defend its title? Was this team compromised from the very start? Bennett talks about head coach Michael Malone’s reluctance to rely on youth when the team needed an answer for the unrelenting T-Wolves. Did the head coach run his players into the ground, as he suggested during an end-of-season news conference? Or did he not have a choice?After the passing of NBA legend Bill Walton, Mike and Bennett share personal stories of their interactions with the Basketball Hall of Famer.
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