NBA: Nuggets coach Michael Malone criticizes’ crazy ‘bubble ban on coaches’ families

Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone criticized the NBA on Friday for banning members of the coaches’ family, even as players were allowed to welcome some friends and relatives to the quarantine bubble. in Orlando, Florida.

“This is day 60,” Malone said in a media release Friday about the time he and the Nuggets have spent so far on the NBA campus at Disney World.

During the seeded games and the first round of the playoffs, no guests were allowed, but players whose teams advanced to the second round were able to bring a limited number of close family or friends.

The game officials were allowed to invite a guest, but the coaches were left alone.

“I say be ashamed of the NBA,” added Malone, who is married with two daughters.

“This is Crazy. I miss my family. I think I speak for myself. I speak for my coaches and probably all the coaches here. Sixty days and not having access and not having the privilege of my family coming here is criminal in nature. ”.

NBA superstar LeBron James endorsed Malone on social media, in a replay of a tweet from his Los Angeles Lakers teammate Jarde Dudley.

“Wow, I didn’t even know that,” James said after Dudley posted a link to an article with Malone’s comments. “Coach Mo is absolutely right! That’s ridiculous.”

The Nuggets made their way into the second round, winning the last three games in a 4-3 series over the Utah Jazz.

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A tired-looking Denver team was beaten 120-97 by the Los Angeles Clippers in the opening game of their Western Conference semifinal series on Thursday.

Malone said his players would have to show more energy and urgency on both ends of the court to challenge the Clippers.

“They were like layup lines at times,” Malone said of his team’s ineffective defense.

As for offense, he said, as the game progressed, “we went down and took quick shots… instead of moving the ball, moving bodies.

“You can’t go down and run a random offense and shoot.”