“Jokic Made His Career” – Fans Upset Over Michael Malone Calling Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ‘MVP’ On Live TV

Michael Malone made his feelings clear regarding the NBA MVP award after watching Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Game 1 of the WCF Finals.

“Jokic Made His Career” – Fans Upset Over Michael Malone Calling Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ‘MVP’ On Live TV

Michael Malone and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Image by FirstSportz)

The former Denver Nuggets head coach, Michael Malone, was present for the Western Conference Finals Game 1 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Notably, 3 games before the NBA playoffs, Malone was abruptly sacked by the Denver Nuggets. They were the fourth seed and were doing well, so it was a crazy move. However, some believe that the Nuggets’ star Nikola Jokic played a role in his sacking.

Now, by Malone’s recent comments at Game 1 between the Thunder-Timberwolves, it looks likely that Jokic did have a part in his sacking. Following Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Michael Malone made his ESPN commentator debut. And it’s safe to assume that he has already created some buzz.
Malone was gushing about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, even referring to him as this season’s NBA MVP.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander showed why he’s the MVP.

Michael Malone said

These remarks were surely going to bring out some reactions from the Nuggets’ fanbase, and it did. His former side’s fans were not happy with the SGA MVP comment that Malone made and made it known via their social media. As for Malone, he is not one to shy away from speaking his mind. Malone is known for his fiery and outspoken nature.

On Tuesday, he did just that. Is Malone’s change in his MVP position a sign of tension with Nikola Jokic? Or is it simply because he is no longer required to follow the Nuggets’ corporate line? As time passes, we’ll most likely have more answers. However, there is undoubtedly a significant change from the person who was ready to go through a brick wall for Jokic only a few months ago.

Jokic is unlikely to publicly express his displeasure with Malone’s remarks, given his personality. He may not respond at all, if anything. However, Malone has a reputation for being a hothead and acting out when he’s upset. Consequently, this shouldn’t be shocking.

Fans left stunned after coming across Michael Malone’s recent comments regarding the NBA MVP award

Michael Malone got the attention of the whole Nuggets’ fanbase after his recent comments regarding the NBA MVP award. A few months back, Malone was rooting for his former star, Nikola Jokic, to win the MVP award, but after his sacking, his stance has changed. Malone boldly claimed that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the ‘MVP’ this season.

This surely left the Nuggets fans stunned and annoyed towards Malone’s latest remarks. Many of them took to various social media apps and sites to put forward their views and rants towards Malone. While the Nuggets fans were annoyed, other fan bases enjoyed this moment. One fan wrote on X, “What a f*n snake a** loser.” Check out some of the reactions below:

In any case, SGA and Jokic both had outstanding seasons that earned them a spot as this season’s MVP contenders. Given that, it’s obvious that Nuggets supporters are not pleased with their former coach following his remarks on Tuesday night.

Michael Malone praised the interim Nuggets HC, David Adelman, on his ESPN debut

Moments after Michael Malone was sacked 3 games before the NBA playoffs, David Adelman was appointed as the Nuggets’ interim head coach. By the looks of it, Adelman did a great job with the Nuggets in such a short time, knocking out the Los Angeles Clippers in round 1 of the playoffs. However, Adelman and co. were knocked out by the Thunder, but they gave them a fair fight, taking the series to Game 7.

Notably, Malone was impressed by Adelman’s coaching and made his feelings clear on his ESPN debut as an analyst.

In the last series, David Adelman did a hell of a job with Denver utilizing a zone defense and it gave the OKC Thunder a lot of trouble at times.

Michael Malone said

In addition, Adelman deserves a great deal of credit for his amazing coaching, which even Malone appears to find impressive. That suggests that he may not harbor resentment toward his former coworker. Whether or not Adelman gets appointed as a permanent head coach is still to be seen, going into the offseason.

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