Nuggets fire head coach Michael Malone, general manager Calvin Booth

Less than two full seasons after winning their first NBA championship, the Denver Nuggets have cleaned house with three games remaining in the 2024-25 regular season, firing both head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth.

Both were informed of the decision by team president Josh Kroenke on Tuesday morning, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Denver Post. The Nuggets are in the midst of a four-game losing streak that has jeopardized their chances of making the playoffs for a seventh consecutive year.

Malone, 53, was the fourth-longest tenured head coach in the league and the winningest coach in franchise history with a record of 471-324 in 10 seasons. Lead assistant David Adelman will take over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season, starting when Denver takes on the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.

“This decision was not made lightly and was evaluated very carefully,” Josh Kroenke said in a statement, “and we do it only with the intention of giving our group the best chance at competing for the 2025 NBA championship.”

Booth, 48, was in the final year of his contract with the organization. He has worked in Denver’s front office since 2017 and held the general manager title since July 2020, when former president of basketball operations Tim Connelly promoted him to replace Arturas Karnisovas.

Booth took the reins as Denver’s top decision-maker after Connelly left for a job with the Timberwolves in May 2022. The Nuggets benefitted from Booth’s finishing touches on the roster, including the additions of Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, on their way to the 2023 championship.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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