Denver (AP) – Josh Kronk, President of Denver Nags, said on Monday that he was twice stuck in the launch of the best coach in the history of the concession and the general manager who linked the final pieces of the only puzzle of the tournament in the team before they were able to can last week with only three games in the season.
Krouwk stopped in November to give the team time to a generation and win eight games heading to the All-Star break, eased his desire to separate the roads in February with coach Michael Malon and GM Calvin Booth.
Kronk recently launched both men last week in a move that amazed the league because Nags had already received a watershed in a row respectively and was removed from the first offer in the American Professional League Championship in the city.
“So what would be crazy, I do what you did last week or did that in a series of eight games that won?” Crohic request.
Only one of those eight victory that leads to the All-Star break came against a team that would make the Orlando Magic qualifiers, ranked No. 7 in the East.
“I think these eight games have filled a trend that was happening behind the closed doors that eventually began to affect the end of our season,” Kronk said.
Kronk said he seriously considered a change about Thanksgiving with nuggets at a good start and “I was really feeling that things were not in the right direction.” But he said he stopped and then gives the team time to settle.
Although Denver had its first title 47 years ago, Malon has long clashed and has long been a liability of the existing philosophies, a dispute that led to Somaya in the organization that began to affect the team’s wealth and that Kronk prompted them to launch.
The Nuggets team won all the three matches under the leadership of interim coach David Adelman to secure a third consecutive season of 50 wins and square in the West, where they will open at home on Saturday against Los Angeles Clippers, the fifth seed.
Kronki said he would start in search of both positions after the season, but he was asked when asked if he wanted to have a general of Motors in his place before appointing a main coach: “My thoughts are not present because this season has not ended yet.”
Kronk also announced that he had promoted Ben Tenzer to the temporary GM for operation.
Kroenke started its news conference for about 30 minutes, the first since the shooting, by praising Malone and Both: “I want to start at first, I just thank you for both Calvin and Coach Malone … and to be honest, and none of them deserves, so I apologize.”
Kronk said that he eventually made the decision to move from both men, “hoping to renew the group’s energy and re -establish some positive ideas before the qualifiers. I think we did this during the last three matches … We still have a long way.”
Joker considerations
Nikola Jokic is the gemstones of the Nuggets menu, and the changes on top of the driving were partially driven by the desire to take advantage of any years playing MVP three times.
“You have a responsibility when you have such a player, in particular, in his prime,” Kronk said. “But I feel more responsible for the person. … I will be the stupidest man in basketball if I don’t ask him about his opinion on some things. But it is my responsibility to make these decisions for the best organization and I think Jokic understands and respects it.”
Mizou intervention?
Kronk revealed the idea that he was not ready to trade anyone who was not called Jokic, including his colleague Missouri Alum Michael Porter Jr. In the wake of reports that he had made a deal for long -term sharp footage on the deadline for trade.
“If this is not a dangerous accusation, I may laugh more difficult,” Kronk said. “I would like to say that any kind of reports that we are not open to the trading of everyone is possible to improve the team completely.”
He added: “I will certainly not deal with any deals here when I do not see the full cohesion of the organization and we will not increase the group we got.”
Mixed feelings
Kronki noted that he could not always be at hand in Ball Arena for the winning culture police that started to get up with Malone and Both at the dispute.
“I have a wide range of responsibilities in all of our work at this stage,” Kronk said of the family’s sports empire, which includes Los Angeles Rams, Colorado Avanch and English Football Club.
“I mean, last Tuesday, it was more crazy on Tuesday that I could have ever imagined. I spent the worst morning that I had gone through more than 10 years ago with nuggets followed by the amazing day that I had requested with Arsenal Football Club.” “We beat Real Madrid 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the Champions League … on the human level, that was the difficult Tuesday for me. It was everywhere.”