(Given the news of the week, while the timing was weird, it was obviously done to serve as a quickie in-season and postseason audition for coach David Adelman on Josh Kroenke’s part. The Nuggets got their groove back, and DA got the job.)

"Nikola [Jokic] won the first of his three MVPs and I did vote for him again this year if I had a vote," said Malone on NBA Countdown. "I want to make sure the people in Denver know that because right now,

Former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone clarified his comments regarding the MVP debate between Nikola Jokić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Thursday.