Adam Mares

This is a championship open window is open team and you have to maximize every second. And I think you saw, I mean, look, this is not, I think Mike Mullen's a great coach and did a great job here. He's the winningest coach in nuggets history. Uh, But 10 years, there's a reason you don't see coaches around for 10 years. That's hard to do.

And I do think that there was a bit of, you know, maybe his voice was expiring a little bit. Again, nothing urgent, no singular event. But I think it was something that the organization felt, the fan base probably felt to some extent. And then there was a huge conflict between him and Calvin Booth. And it was well publicized. People have talked about this.

And I do think that there was a bit of, you know, maybe his voice was expiring a little bit. Again, nothing urgent, no singular event. But I think it was something that the organization felt, the fan base probably felt to some extent. And then there was a huge conflict between him and Calvin Booth. And it was well publicized. People have talked about this.

And I do think that there was a bit of, you know, maybe his voice was expiring a little bit. Again, nothing urgent, no singular event. But I think it was something that the organization felt, the fan base probably felt to some extent. And then there was a huge conflict between him and Calvin Booth. And it was well publicized. People have talked about this.

And I think that that strain behind closed doors seeped out emotionally into the fabric of the organization in a way that it just came to a head. And both of them went home. So one of those things where the alignment never arrived and both guys now find themselves on the couch.

And I think that that strain behind closed doors seeped out emotionally into the fabric of the organization in a way that it just came to a head. And both of them went home. So one of those things where the alignment never arrived and both guys now find themselves on the couch.

And I think that that strain behind closed doors seeped out emotionally into the fabric of the organization in a way that it just came to a head. And both of them went home. So one of those things where the alignment never arrived and both guys now find themselves on the couch.

There's no question. And I think that you look at this and say, Jokic covers a lot of sins. He's a great player and he can make up for a lot of shortcomings. And so it is hard to say last year they were among the favorites to win the title. Jamal Murray gets hurt late. It falls apart on him and they come up short. But you can't look at that season and say it was a failure from top to bottom.

There's no question. And I think that you look at this and say, Jokic covers a lot of sins. He's a great player and he can make up for a lot of shortcomings. And so it is hard to say last year they were among the favorites to win the title. Jamal Murray gets hurt late. It falls apart on him and they come up short. But you can't look at that season and say it was a failure from top to bottom.

There's no question. And I think that you look at this and say, Jokic covers a lot of sins. He's a great player and he can make up for a lot of shortcomings. And so it is hard to say last year they were among the favorites to win the title. Jamal Murray gets hurt late. It falls apart on him and they come up short. But you can't look at that season and say it was a failure from top to bottom.

You look at it and say, OK, a thing breaks the other direction and maybe they go on to the finals. So I think it was easy to assess that in the last year. But this year, you look at it and say, what's going to show up? The potential of last year, the good parts of it, or the concerns?

You look at it and say, OK, a thing breaks the other direction and maybe they go on to the finals. So I think it was easy to assess that in the last year. But this year, you look at it and say, what's going to show up? The potential of last year, the good parts of it, or the concerns?

You look at it and say, OK, a thing breaks the other direction and maybe they go on to the finals. So I think it was easy to assess that in the last year. But this year, you look at it and say, what's going to show up? The potential of last year, the good parts of it, or the concerns?

And I think this year was just triple the level of concerns, the exact same ones, only more so, and none of the excitement of the previous two years. So it just became obvious that the leadership of both of those guys mixed together in a thing that became toxic and I think ran its course in Denver. Yeah.

And I think this year was just triple the level of concerns, the exact same ones, only more so, and none of the excitement of the previous two years. So it just became obvious that the leadership of both of those guys mixed together in a thing that became toxic and I think ran its course in Denver. Yeah.

And I think this year was just triple the level of concerns, the exact same ones, only more so, and none of the excitement of the previous two years. So it just became obvious that the leadership of both of those guys mixed together in a thing that became toxic and I think ran its course in Denver. Yeah.

I can't make that case for you because this doesn't happen. This is the latest firing in NBA history tied for the latest firing. Going back to Hubie Brown 50 years ago, that was the last time a player was a coach was fired with three games remaining in the season. So this is not something that I think is a genius move. I think it's a last ditch move.

I can't make that case for you because this doesn't happen. This is the latest firing in NBA history tied for the latest firing. Going back to Hubie Brown 50 years ago, that was the last time a player was a coach was fired with three games remaining in the season. So this is not something that I think is a genius move. I think it's a last ditch move.

I can't make that case for you because this doesn't happen. This is the latest firing in NBA history tied for the latest firing. Going back to Hubie Brown 50 years ago, that was the last time a player was a coach was fired with three games remaining in the season. So this is not something that I think is a genius move. I think it's a last ditch move.

This is a well, we might as well do it now because we're definitely going to do it. The only other case because I can't make the case that the Nuggets are going to do this. They have Jokic. That's the case. Right. The ceiling is high. That's what we've been saying. Right. And you can shorten your rotation in a playoffs. So depth is obviously a problem for Denver.