Tony Jones
Utah Jazz and NBA Writer at The Athletic
Covering the Jazz, Nuggets and the NBA for The Athletic, hoops addict, doting father...Akron born, Brooklyn/Philly raised...NABJ sports..#RIP to my bro Brad
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2 weeks ago |
nba.com | Tony Jones
Editor’s Note: Read more NBA coverage from The Athletic here. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA or its teams. ***DENVER — The beauty of Jamal Murray has always been his ability to stay even-keeled and confident. And perhaps we should have all seen those traits coming. He was pushed relentlessly as a kid when he was coached by his father, Roger. Murray used to practice game-winning shots in his driveway.
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1 month ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Sam Amick |Tony Jones
Calvin Booth and the Denver Nuggets held extensive talks on a contract extension and he was convinced it would inevitably be agreed upon, sources tell The Athletic. Booth made a final push to increase his salary that still would have been significantly less than Michael Malone's more than $10 million per season average. The Nuggets have been widely known to pay front office executives below typical market value.
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1 month ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Tony Jones |Sam Amick |Zach Powell
All of the assistant coaches on the Denver Nuggets staff are on expiring contracts, sources told The Athletic. Michael Malone, who was fired on Tuesday, was the only coach on the staff who had a contract that ran past this season. David Adelman was named the interim coach of the team following Malone's dismissal. General manager Calvin Booth, who was also on an expiring contract, was fired on Tuesday.
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1 month ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Tony Jones |Sam Amick |Zach Powell
The tension between Michael Malone and Calvin Booth arose from Booth wanting Malone to play younger players he drafted instead of the veterans on the roster. Booth was reportedly "dismayed" that Malone played Russell Westbrook over Jalen Pickett down the stretch of recent games. Malone and Booth were both fired by the Nuggets on Tuesday. It was reported that the growing tension between the coach and general manager had turned into a "cold war."
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1 month ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Tony Jones |Sam Amick |Zach Powell
The tension between Michael Malone and Calvin Booth arose from Booth wanting Malone to play younger players he drafted instead of the veterans on the roster. Booth was reportedly "dismayed" that Malone played Russell Westbrook over Jalen Pickett down the stretch of recent games. Malone and Booth were both fired by the Nuggets on Tuesday. It was reported that the growing tension between the coach and general manager had turned into a "cold war."
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I think Draymond is an all-time great defender, and I never pretended otherwise. You won't get any argument from me in terms of how good he is on that side of the ball
@Tjonesonthenba So you wouldn't argue with him being top-7 all-time, behind only hall-of-famers, with him being #1 in his generation? I have him higher, but your assessment isn't disrespectful. I'm with Kerr - he's the best I've ever seen.
I would say 3-5 is the same tier of player....maybe that extends into 6 or 7
@Tjonesonthenba Am I crazy to think the talent gap from 3-5 really isn’t enough to stress over? I was just ticked about the Mavs and Spurs being the ones that jumped into those top two slots
You aren't talented enough. That's probably what's stopping you, individually
If NBA reporters are allowed to talk like this without repercussions for showing any sort of bias, I wonder what's stopping any of the small-time team-based analysts/journalists from getting jobs in the industry?
