Denver – Nuggets Vice -President Josh Kroenke said on Monday that he wrapped himself twice to fire the most winners in the history of the franchise and CEO, who joined the last pieces of the only team puzzle than last week finally preserved only three games in the season.
Kroenke postponed in November to give the team time to eat and the eight-threats the winning strip is heading to All-Star Break to ease his desire to divide in February with coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth.
Kroenke finally fired both men in motion last week, which amazed the league, because Nugets were still in a mix for home court in the first round of play -offs and less than two years removed from the first NBA Municipal Championship.
“So what would be crazy, I do what I did last week, or do I do it at eight of the winning lane?” Kroenke asked.
Only one of these eight victories leading to the All-Star break came against a team that would make a playoffs, Orlando MagicSeed No. 7 in the east.
“I think these eight games were masking a trend that happened behind the closed door, which eventually began to really influence the end of our season,” Kroenke said.
Kroenke said he also seriously considered changing around thanksgiving with Nuggets away to the beginning and “I really felt as if things were not in the right direction.” However, he said he was postponed to give the team time to settle.
Despite the leadership of Denver to the first title in 47 years, Malone and Booth have long clashed over the list of philosophies, which led to disagreement to toxicity in an organization that began to influence the wealth of the team and which led Kroenke to their firing.
Kroenke also dealt with the news that it will not approve of trading forward Michael Porter jr. Partly due to his link to Porter’s Alma Misouri, he calls “completely false”.
“I will first say I am incredibly proud of Michael,” Kroenke said, referring to his way back from several surgical operations earlier in his career. “But I think any news that we are not open to trading with every possible improvement of the team is completely false.
“The second thing I say is … I won’t explain any green shops here when I don’t see complete organizational cohesion and we maximize the group we got.”
No players or club staff asked to change the organizational structure, Kroenke added. Offered triple MVP Nikola Jokic The chance to discuss the decision that has already been made, but Kroenke said on Monday that Jokic’s answer was the head of “no”.
“You are responsible when you have such a player, especially, apparently, in his main element,” Kroenke said about Jokic. “But I feel even more responsible for a person. … I would be the stupidest guy in basketball if I didn’t request him to think about certain things. But it is my responsibility to make these decisions for the best of the organization and I think Jokic understands and respects it.”
Nuggets won all three games under the temporary coach David Adelman to secure the third 50th season and the fourth seed in the west, where they will open at home on Saturday against the fifth deployed Los Angeles Clippers.
Kroenke said he would start looking for both positions after the season, but he shrunk as he asked if he wanted to have GM in place before he hired the head coach: “My thoughts are not there because this season was not over.”
Kroenke also announced that he had promoted Ben Tendzer to the Provisional GM for Play -off.
Kroenke launched his nearly 30 -minute press conference, his first missile, praise Malone and Booth: “I want to start at first just to thank Calvin and coach Malone …
Kroenke said he eventually decided to move from both men “with the hope of rejuvenating the Group’s energy and restoring some positive thoughts before the playoffs. I think we have done it in the last three games … We still have a long way.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
