Given Malone's background as one of the architects of perennial top MVP candidate Nikola Jokić, this entire TV appearance turned some heads around the NBA world. And it's the Nuggets who took the brunt of the damage.

David Adelman was thrown into the interim head coaching role for the Denver Nuggets with just three games remaining in the regular season, but he reportedly showed enough in replacement of Michael Malone to land the full-time job.

The former Nuggets head coach raised some eyebrows with comments he made Tuesday night during his debut as an ESPN analyst.

Michael Malone tells Pat McAfee that the Timberwolves need Anthony Edwards to adopt an aggressive mindset in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

Yeah, I'd be pretty upset about it, too. When you think about it like that, it's no wonder former Nuggets coach Michael Malone is being so shady toward his former team (and maybe even his best player?). Malone joined ESPN's broadcast crew covering the NBA ...