Coaching college hoops? A little different from the NBA, Nikola Jokic pointed out after UNC hired Michael Malone. “But he definitely has the poise and the brain to do it,” the Nuggets center added.

The Nuggets entered play tied with the Lakers for third place in the Western Conference but without the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Stop living in the past. These are not the Timberwolves of 2024. The Nuggets are 3-1 against Minnesota this season.

Michael Malone is the winningest coach in Nuggets history after a 10-year tenure that included the franchise’s first NBA title.

“You’re not gonna see two people like this in many generations,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said.

Three is not a lonely number. Lovely is more like it. Nuggets v. Spurs in the second round? Two weeks of Jokic against Wemby? Yes, please.