David Adelman was thrown into the interim head coaching role for the Denver Nuggets with just three games remaining in the regular season, but he reportedly showed enough in replacement of Michael Malone to land the full-time job.

Malone joined ESPN's broadcast crew covering the NBA's conference finals action this postseason. That'd be awesome for him if he weren't hoping to be still coaching at this point. The Nuggets unceremoniously fired Malone with just three games left in the regular season before Denver headed into the playoffs.