Michael Malone joins NBA countdown on ESPN

Michael Malone, is presently not engaged arsenic a coach, but has recovered a caller nonrecreational opportunity. Malone led the Denver Nuggets for 10 years, from 2015 until the extremity of past play erstwhile helium was fired. During his clip successful Denver, Malone was capable to pb the squad to the title rubric successful 2023.

Although it was mentioned that immoderate NBA teams were funny successful his services, helium did not instantly resume coaching aft his dismissal. However, arsenic announced by ESPN web president Jimmy Pitaro, Malone volition articulation NBA Countdown, which airs earlier games, arsenic a full-time adept advisor for the 2025-26 season. 

Michael already tried his manus astatine the "managerial" occupation past season, close aft leaving Denver.

From players to coaches

Michael Malone was calved connected September 15, 1971. After finishing precocious school, helium entered the Catholic Loyola University successful Maryland, wherever helium graduated with a grade successful history. He rapidly realized that helium could not person a important vocation arsenic a player, but helium wanted to permission his people successful hoops arsenic a coach.

Already astatine the clip of his studies, helium was an adjunct manager successful a section squad from Baltimore. His vocation continued done assemblage basketball, and successful 2001 helium became portion of the coaching unit of the NBA squad New York Knicks, wherever helium worked unneurotic with his father, Brendan Malone. 

Michael stayed with the Knicks until 2005, erstwhile helium went to Cleveland arsenic an adjunct coach.

This large manager was hired by the Golden State Warriors arsenic an adjunct to caput manager Mark Jackson, and already the pursuing play the squad recorded important progress. His publication was exceptional, arsenic evidenced by the information that helium was the highest paid adjunct manager successful the full NBA astatine the time.

Finally, connected June 3, 2014, helium became the caput manager of the Sacramento Kings. Franchise proprietor Vivek Ranadive besides brought successful Michael's father, marking the 2nd clip successful NBA past that a lad and begetter person served arsenic caput manager and archetypal assistant. 

Two years later, successful June 2015, Malone takes implicit the Denver Nuggets, wherever helium remains until 2025 and builds a estimation arsenic 1 of the league's astir respected coaches.