Malone inks contract extension with Nuggets

Denver Nuggets manager Michael Malone has signed a deal extension that makes him 1 of the league’s highest-paid coaches.

ESPN Sources: The Denver Nuggets’ Michael Malone — who led the franchise to the 2023 NBA championship — has agreed on a contract extension that’ll make him one of the league’s highest paid coaches. pic.twitter.com/klyGsLSYKO

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 13, 2023

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Malone’s new contract comes after he led his organization to the 2023 NBA championship, the 1^st in Nuggets history. Michael’s long-standing partnership with the franchise’s superstar and 2-time MVP, Nikola Jokic – has led to great success for Denver in the past years as the team seemed ready to compete for the title in the next few years.

Nuggets boss who has led the team West Conference-leading 8-2 record to begin the new campaign – spent 8 years lifting the organization out of the lottery, into the postseason and, finally, to a National Basketball League championship. The Nuggets’ 16-4 run in the 2023 postseason was the NBA’s most dominant since the Golden State Warriors in 2017.

Malone is the NBA’s 4^th longest-tenured manager in the league, behind only Gregg Popovich, Erik Spoelstra, and Steve Kerr.