Longtime NBA coach Brendan Malone has died at the age of 81, the Denver Nuggets announced on Tuesday.
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Malone left New York after two seasons to join Chuck Daly's staff in Detroit where he helped the Pistons win back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. It was during his time in Detroit that Malone helped develop the"Jordan Rules" as a way to stop Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan.
In 1995, Malone was named the first coach in the history of the expansion Toronto Raptors. He spent one season there before serving as an assistant with the Knicks, Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Orlando Magic. His last time as a head coach was on an interim basis in 2005 with Cleveland for 18 games following the firing of Paul Silas.
Over Malone's 27 seasons coaching in the NBA, teams that he was a part of made the playoffs 20 times with a combined 1,165-1,001 record. Those teams reached seven Conference Finals, four NBA Finals and won two NBA championships. Malone and his son, Michael, are the only father-son coaching duo to have won NBA titles. Michael led the Nuggets to the 2023 NBA title with a five-game series win over the Miami Heat.Noted cave diver Brett Hemphill found dead after Texas expedition
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