You didn’t need to watch “The Last Dance” to know that NBA championship teams are often rife with internal drama. For the Denver Nuggets, the struggle between general manager Calvin Booth and head coach Mike Malone played out in the public forum from the moment the champagne wore off on the team’s 2023 championship.
It was always going to be impossible for the Nuggets to keep their roster together after the title with a frugal owner and the new financial restraints from the CBA threatening every team. Bruce Brown and Jeff Green were the first rotation pieces to go, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s departure followed a year later. Booth and
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