(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,

Malone was clear on Thursday (amid plenty of social media hoopla) that he would have voted for Jokic if he was given a ballot. "I did vote for [Jokic] again this year if I had a v