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• Alex Samodurov Commits To UNCPanathinaikos forward Alex Samodurov committed to North Carolina, his agents Alex Saratsis and Giorgos Panou of Octagon told Jonathan Givony of Draft Express. Samodurov averaged 5.1 points and 1.7 rebounds for Panathinaikos this season. The 21-year-old will play under new coach Michael Malone next season....2026Continue with Jonathan Givony -
• Ben McCollum Signs New Six-Year Deal At IowaIowa head coach Ben McCollum signed a new six-year deal with the school on Friday, sources told ESPN. In his first season with the program, McCollum lead Iowa to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1987. UNC pursued McCollum to fill their head coach vacancy before appointing Michael Malone....2026Read about Ben McCollum -
• Billy Donovan Negotiated Out Clause In Bulls' Extension During 2025 OffseasonBilly Donovan quietly positioned himself for a clean return to the coaching market months before stepping away from the Chicago Bulls, negotiating a contract clause during the 2025 offseason that granted him a personal exit option for the 2026-27 season. Donovan secured the extension after the Bulls blocked the New York Knicks from interviewing him as a potential replacement for Tom Thibodeau. The...2026Continue with Billy Donovan -
• Tiago Splitter Remains Leading Candidate For Blazers' Head Coaching JobPortland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon has conducted an extensive coaching search while the team competes in the playoffs, with multiple sources confirming that interim head coach Tiago Splitter remains the front-runner for the permanent position despite widespread interviews with other candidates. Reports suggesting Dundon seeks to fill the role for $1 million to $1.5 million are false, accordin...2026See more articles Tiago Splitter -
• Jordi Fernandez Signs Multiyear Extension With NetsJordi Fernandez and the entire coaching staff of the Brooklyn Nets have signed multiyear contract extensions with the franchise. Fernandez was hired by the Nets during the 2024 offseason as they pivoted to two full rebuilding seasons. Fernandez has received positive reviews to date despite the team's struggles with a roster undergoing significant changes. Fernandez spent several seasons working un...2026Visit the page Jordi Fernandez -
• Michael Malone Initially Turned Down North Carolina With Focus On NBA ReturnMichael Malone repeatedly declined North Carolina's overtures before agreeing to become the program's head coach, revealing Tuesday that he initially assumed the Tar Heels' contact was little more than a formality. When incoming athletic director Steve Newmark first reached out, Malone told him college basketball was not a serious consideration. He was focused on returning to the NBA following his...2026See more articles Denver Nuggets -
• Bulls Prioritize Retaining Billy Donovan As Part Of Next GM SearchChicago Bulls CEO Michael Reinsdorf announced Tuesday that any candidate for the team's vacant basketball operations position must be committed to retaining head coach Billy Donovan, a firm condition as the franchise begins a formal leadership search. Speaking on a video call one day after firing vice president Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley, Reinsdorf outlined his priorities...2026Visit the page Chicago Bulls
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• NBA Could Have 8-12 Head Coaching Changes In OffseasonThe NBA had just two coaching changes during the 2025 offseason, but there is a growing expectation that the league could have more than a third of its teams turnover their position this year. "There's going to be 8 to 12 [changes]," one league source with direct knowledge of the coaching market told Jake Fischer. Last season, a pair of teams made sudden coaching changes right before the playoffs...2026Click for news about Jake Fischer -
• Michael Malone contract, buyout: New North Carolina coach salary
Here's what to know of new North Carolina coach Michael Malone's contract, including his buyout and other salary details:...2026
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• Michael Malone Signs Six-Year, $50M Deal With North CarolinaNorth Carolina has officially hired former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, agreeing to a six-year contract worth approximately $50 million while averaging more than $8.3 million per year, sources confirmed to ESPN. The figure places Malone among the five highest-paid coaches in college basketball. Steve Kerr is currently the NBA's highest paid head coach at $17.5 million per season, but...2026Check it out Denver Nuggets
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Michael Malone trade rumors, contract, salary
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• NBA Coaching Salaries Surge As Steve Kerr Leads $17.5M Annual Pay ScaleNBA coaching salaries have reached unprecedented levels, with Steve Kerr topping the league at $17.5 million annually following a 2024 extension that doubled his previous deal. Six coaches received extensions worth $8-11 million per year this summer, while Mike Brown secured a $10 million annual contract with the New York Knicks despite being fired by Sacramento just 12 months earlier. The top tie...2025Check it out Steve Kerr -
• Nuggets On New Course Under Tenzer, Wallace; Culture Reset Centered On Nikola JokicThe Denver Nuggets' newly elevated basketball executives Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace are constructing the 2025-26 roster the primary objective of keeping Nikola Jokic content and committed long-term. The two leaders inherited a franchise in need of cultural repair after six months of front office upheaval that included the firing of general manager Calvin Booth and head coach Michael Malone in Marc...2025Click for news about Nikola Jokic -
• Nikola Jokic offers huge update about future plans with NuggetsCenter Nikola Jokic refused to sign a contract extension with the Denver Nuggets this summer. Why is he keeping his options open? Does he want out of Denver after it fired head coach Michael Malone and then lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs last season?...2025See more Nikola Jokic -
• Ryan Saunders To Become Lead Assistant For Grizzlies
The Grizzlies are hiring Ryan Saunders as their lead assistant under Tuomas Iisalo, Drew Hill of The Daily Memphian tweets. The former head coach of the Timberwolves, Saunders had been an assistant with the Nuggets under Michael Malone since 2022. Saunders was one of several Denver assistants whose contract was not renewed after the season. […]...2025Read about Ryan Saunders
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• Knicks Plan To Pursue Jason Kidd For Head Coach JobThe New York Knicks are expected to formally request permission from the Dallas Mavericks to speak with Jason Kidd about their head coaching vacancy. The Knicks parted ways with Tom Thibodeau shortly after the end of the Eastern Conference Finals. Some league sources have described the New York's interest as "serious" and some believe Kidd is atop the team's wish list. Kidd interviewed for the Kni...2025See more articles New York Knicks -
• Michael Malone Wanted Nuggets To Trade Christian Braun At 2024 Trade DeadlineChristian Braun has established himself as a valuable starting wing for the Denver Nuggets this season, but Michael Malone previously pushed to move the young player before his breakout. Sources tell Jake Fischer that Malone advocated for trading Braun prior to the 2024 trade deadline during the Nuggets' title defense, preferring to acquire a more established player in return. This revelation adds...2025Click for news about Christian Braun -
• Michael Malone, Calvin Booth Were Nearly Fired At All-Star Break As 'Everybody Was Miserable'
The ongoing "cold war" between Michael Malone and Calvin Booth became toxic for everyone within the Denver Nuggets. Even before both were fired on the eve of the playoffs, Josh Kroenke wanted to clean house at the All-Star break, sources said, but an eight-game winning streak spared Malone and Booth. "Everybody in the organization was miserable," a team source said. "That's what Josh felt. It's a ...2025Continue with Calvin Booth
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• Nikola Jokic Became 'Frustrated, Fatigued By Michael Malone's Fiery Ways'
On Monday afternoon, Calvin Booth had "reached his breaking point" with Michael Malone. Sources tell The Athletic that the most important players on the Denver Nuggets, including Nikola Jokic, had "grown frustrated and fatigued by Malone's fiery ways." Jokic's patience with the Nuggets' situation was beginning to wear thin in mid-March, according to sources with other teams. According to league an...2025See more Nikola Jokic
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• Report: Nuggets ownership didn’t want to trade Michael Porter Jr. at deadline
According to NBA insider Matt Moore, Denver Nuggets ownership didn’t want to trade Michael Porter Jr. at the February trade deadline. The Nuggets made two drastic moves on Tuesday, firing general manager Calvin Booth and head coach Michael Malone. “The Nuggets knew entering the year they were short on shooting,” Moore wrote. “Booth said as […] The post Rep...2025Continue with Michael Porter
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• Nikola Jokic Eligible For Three-Year, $212M Extension With Nuggets In OffseasonNikola Jokic will become eligible to sign a three-year, $212 million contract extension with the Denver Nuggets this offseason. Jokic has three seasons remaining on his contract with the 27-28 being a player option. Jokic can decline the 27-28 player option as part of his new extension. On July 1, 2022, Jokic and the Nuggets agreed to a five-year, $276 million supermax contract extension. Jokic we...2025Visit the page Nikola Jokic
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• All Nuggets Assistant Coaches On Expiring ContractsAll of the assistant coaches on the Denver Nuggets staff are on expiring contracts, sources told The Athletic. Michael Malone, who was fired on Tuesday, was the only coach on the staff who had a contract that ran past this season. David Adelman was named the interim coach of the team following Malone's dismissal. General manager Calvin Booth, who was also on an expiring contract, was fired on Tue...2025Read about Denver Nuggets -
• All Nuggets Assistant Coaches Are On Expiring ContractsAll of the assistant coaches on the Denver Nuggets staff are on expiring contracts, sources told The Athletic. Michael Malone, who was fired on Tuesday, was the only coach on the staff who had a contract that ran past this season. David Adelman was named the interim coach of the team following Malone's dismissal. General manager Calvin Booth, who was also on an expiring contract, was fired on Tue...2025Click for news about Denver Nuggets
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• Report: Nuggets, Calvin Booth failed to agree to contract extensionThe Denver Nuggets and general manager Calvin Booth failed to reach agreement on a contract extension before the team abruptly fired him on Tuesday, per NBA insider Chris Haynes. The Nuggets also fired coach Michael Malone. Haynes reported that the team and Booth “failed to reach terms on an extension that both parties felt was […] The post Report: Nuggets, Calvin Booth failed to agree...2025See more Calvin Booth -
• Nuggets Fire Michael Malone, Elevate David Adelman To Interim Head Coach
The Denver Nuggets have fired Michael Malone and elevated David Adelman as interim head coach. Malone is the winningest head coach in Nuggets' history and helped guide the team to the NBA championship in 2023. Denver has lost four consecutive games beginning with a 140-139 double overtime loss last Tuesday to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In September, Zach Lowe reported there were "rumblings" that ...2025Visit the page Denver Nuggets
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• Nuggets fire coach Malone, also won't extend GM
The Nuggets, in fourth place in the West, fired coach Michael Malone and said they will not extend GM Calvin Booth's contract....2025See also Calvin Booth
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• Nuggets’ Malone: “We’re Not Trading Michael Porter”
Michael Porter Jr. enjoyed his best game of the season on Monday, pouring in 36 points in 40 minutes en route to a 12-point victory over New Orleans. After the win, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was asked if he’s touched base with Porter more frequently ahead of the February 6 deadline, given that the […]...2025See more articles Michael Porter
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• Nuggets HC makes bold statement on Michael Porter Jr.'s futureAt least according to Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, Michael Porter Jr. isn't going anywhere at the trade deadline....2025See more Michael Porter -
• Michael Malone Says 'We're Not Trading Michael Porter'Michael Malone said that the Denver Nuggets were not trading Michael Porter Jr. amid rumors leading up to the trade deadline. "We're not trading Michael Porter. So I'm not touching base with anybody on that. ... Michael is a really important piece, he helped us win a championship," said Malone following the Nuggets' win over the Pelicans on Monday night. Porter, who scored 36 points on Monday, is...2025Visit the page Denver Nuggets -
• Nuggets trade rumors: Denver must add depth on the wing ahead of the deadline
On Tuesday, the Nuggets won 118-99 vs. the Mavs for their fourth-straight win. The team is 24-15 and is 8-2 in their last 10. Inserting Russell Westbrook into the starting lineup has proved to be the right move for head coach Michael Malone. This offseason, the Nuggets lost key pieces of their 2023 championship roster. […] The post Nuggets trade rumors: Denver must add depth on the wing ahe...2025See more Russell Westbrook
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• West Notes: Nuggets Shooting, Westbrook, Clippers Camp, Lakers Camp, Meeks
Among the noteworthy developments revealed during the press conferences held by Nuggets GM Calvin Booth and coach Michael Malone on Thursday was that the team is open to adding a 3-point shooter by the trade deadline, according to Bennett Durando of the Denver Post. “We are riding a fine line with our shooting when you […]...2024Read about West Notes