With additional hat-tips to Avalanche star Valeri Nichushkin and MSU Denver volleyball.
Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone works during the first quarter against the Phoenix Suns at Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. The occasionally deep thinkers on the Grading The Week crew don’t mind coaches who refuse to stick to sports.Malone, the Nuggets’ head whistle since 2015, sits proudly in that camp. He’s never been shy about offering an opinion on the news of the day, even if it’s from a worldview that doesn’t always mesh with 100% of his audience.
So Team GTW doffs its collective caps to Malone for missing Friday night’s NBA Cup tilt in New Orleans between the depleted Pelicans and his Nikola Jokic-less Nuggets.Because instead of traveling to Louisiana on Friday, Malone watched his daughter Bridget and her Mountain Vista squad compete in the state high school volleyball tournament.You know why? Never mind the usual basketball stakes.
“I think I have made huge progress with my mental health,” Valeri Nichushkin told reporters after his season debut against Washington, “and hope that it never happens again.”Speaking of volleyball, a nod to the Roadrunners of MSU Denver, whose squad went into Saturday afternoon’s clash at Fort Lewis having won 17 of their last 18 and ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division II South Central regional rankings.
Michael Malone to miss Nuggets' NBA Cup opener in New Orleans for daughter's volleyball game: "Really cool that he's there"
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