The 2022-23 season came to an end, and Mike Malone led the Denver Nuggets finally won the championship. After winning the championship, coach Malone said in an interview: I don't even care about this championship, I'm happy that we swept the Lakers! In the playoffs, the Nuggets defeated the Timberwolves of Downs, the Suns of Booker, the Lakers of James, and the Heat led by Butler. Why do you care so much about sweeping the Lakers? Or even deliberately mentioned in the championship interview? Is it the joy of defeating a strong enemy or is it meaningful?
As early as after sweeping the Lakers, head coach Malone once said: Who remembers what happened that day in Los Angeles about the broomstick? Later, in an interview during the finals, he said: "The behavior I despise the most is to overdraft the team's future to exchange for superstars and immediate strength. Also: Jokic is very selfless and trusts his teammates. Being able to coach Jokic is a luxury for a manager. It is not difficult to see from these things that Coach Malone deliberately pointed out that sweeping the Lakers is not a joy after defeating a strong enemy, but a meaning! So why did Coach Malone target James so deliberately?
Fast forward to the 2004–05 season, James' second season in the league, when then-Cavaliers coach Paul Sellars was fired, Malone head coach Brandon Malone 's father managed the Cavaliers' final 18 games (8-10), and at the end of the season, Brandon Malone was fired and Mike Brown was named head coach. Mike Malone became an assistant coach for the Cavaliers in 2005–06, working with James for five years. In the summer of 2010, James and Malone left the Cavaliers and went their separate ways.
Why Coach Malone who has worked with James for five years hates James so much can be seen from what Coach Malone said in an interview. Coach Malone: I never wanted to be LeBron's henchman, I never tried to be his little brother and slap him on the. I'm the coach's son and I'll coach. If you're not doing a good job, I'll tell you directly, just like everyone else.
It is not difficult to hear the resentment in Coach Malone from the words of his heart, unwilling to be aggrieved because of James's team status, nor will he be treated differently because James is a superstar, and wants to fulfill his coaching rights. But it seems that there is no use in front of James, only to survive as a little brother and pat. The former coach Malone was just an assistant coach, and no one cared about his feelings, and no one wanted to listen to him. Now Coach Malone is the champion and has swept James in the playoffs and won the championship. Have the record and confidence to express your ideas.
Coincidentally, after the Heat eliminated the Celtics in seven games this season, "God operator" Pat Riley said in an interview: "I have always believed that Coach Spall is one of the best coaches in the NBA. A few years ago, a big player came to me complaining, demanding that Spo be fired and threatening me that if Spo didn't leave, he would leave. I then put the players, including the superstars, in a row, and I told them that they were forbidden to come to my office and tell me to fire the coach, your job is to play. Who is this "big name player"?
News about James asking to fire his employer coach and meddle in management is not uncommon. From the late Cavaliers 1.0, to the Heat, from the Heat to the Cavaliers 2.0 period, from the Cavaliers to the Lakers, James has repeatedly been exposed to meddling in management and forcing management to confess. The young James was the proud son of heaven, with unparalleled prestige and status in the league, and even the league had to cover up scandals for him and maintain his image. And now, James is old, no longer has the ability to influence the whole league, the league is no longer for it, then the truth buried in history will emerge one by one, this is just the beginning.
James and his team have always strived to establish James as a "Mr. Perfect", and James plays the role of "king" and various "young kings" in the kingdom he has created every day. When the illusory bubble is getting bigger and bigger, it is also on the verge of bursting. Humble benefit, full of losses! James, who is keen on reading and learning, does not seem to understand this truth.