Today, former Nuggets coach Malone was a guest on the ESPN TV show.

When asked if he had thought that if he had a better substitute lineup when he was coaching, he could continue his championship chances, Malone said: "Yes, maybe then I would still be coaching tonight. As coaches, we always want more. There are 30 head coaches in the league, and they have Not satisfied. Every one of them is going to go to the general manager and say, 'We need more shooting, we need more size. ' But I do agree with that assessment because we had a great season in 2023 and beat the Heat. The achievement of winning the first championship in the history of the team. I'm greedy, let's do whatever it takes to get better the next year. At that time, we made a decision together as a team and decided to work hard to develop many young players. It's hard to develop three or four young players while expecting to win a championship. Now you have four core players returning, Jamal (Murray), Braun, Gordon's performance last season was phenomenal, and they are all playing alongside Jokic, who is always in the MVP discussion. So in hindsight, I feel like we could have done more, and unfortunately it didn't work out that way. "