Harrison Wind: Michael Malone and his top-2 assistants are all sons of former NBA head coaches with Ryan Saunders now on staff. – Michael Malone (Brendan Malone) – David Adelman (Rick Adelman) – Ryan Saunders (Flip Saunders)
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Mike Vorkunov: Nuggets coach Mike …
Mike Vorkunov: Nuggets coach Mike Malone invokes the ’90s Knicks for his gameplan today. “I go back to my father with the New York Knicks and John Starks, man. ‘Make them feel you, make them feel you.’ and I felt we did that tonight.” Brendan Malone, Mike’s dad, was a Knicks assistant coach.
“It is true. I had Brendan Malone on my …
“It is true. I had Brendan Malone on my staff from the Detroit Pistons, and he said, ‘Michael plays head games with you all the time,’ and he said ‘you don’t want to mess with him in the series,” Karl said. “Say hello at the beginning of the series, shake his hand at the end of the series, but during the series don’t let him use anything to motivate himself to be a better player than the greatest player in NBA basketball.”
Former Pistons assistant coach Brendan …
Former Pistons assistant coach Brendan Malone, the father of Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone, explained the rules in episode three. “On the wings, we are going to push him to the elbow, and we’re not going to let him drive to the baseline,” Malone told filmmakers. “No. 2, when he’s on top, we’re going to influence him to his left. When he got the ball in the low post, we were going to trap him from the top. That’s The Jordan Rules, and it was that simple.” What happened when Jordan got what he wanted? “That’s when Laimbeer and Mahorn would go up and knock him to the ground,” Malone said. Said Salley: “You have to stop him before he takes flight because you know he’s not human.”