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CBS News
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Find out what coaching lessons Denver Nuggets head coach David Adelman learned from his father
A large reason why David Adelman is now a full-time head coach in the NBA is the performance by the Denver Nuggets this postseason. With Adelman at the helm as interim head coach, the team played 14 games and won half of them. Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets speaks to interim head coach David Adelman against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center on May 5, 2025. AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images The team defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in seven games and then ended up losing out to the Oklahoma City Thunder in another series that reached seven games. "It was an experience, and obviously didn't end the way we wanted to end, but you do look back, you see a lot of the positives in some of those historical playoff games," said Adelman, who got the full-time head coaching job after the Nuggets exit from the playoff. Adelman was asked about reaching this level of coaching by CBS Colorado Sports lead anchor Romi Bean on Xfinity Monday Live. "I know you got a lot of mentors and people (who've helped you) along the way, but of course, you've got a Hall of Famer you can just call up (with questions) and say, 'Hey, daddy,'" said Romi, referring to Adelman's father Rick Adelman, a longtime NBA head coach. "I'm curious, what is the biggest thing you've learned or taken from your dad that you put into your coaching?" Head coach Rick Adelman of the Portland Trail Blazers talks with his team during an NBA basketball game against the Washington Bullets in 1991 at the Capital Centre. Adelman coached the Trail Blazer from 1989-94. Focus On Sport / Getty Images "Probably just the way you react in games," replied Adelman. "Keeping yourself at a good level emotionally. It allows you to kind of see through things when things get tough and conflict is in your in your face." Adelman said a key to his father's success as a coach was "being very temperate." "I watched him growing up," he said. "Understanding the situations is key." "Understanding that when you get away from these games, the mental health aspect is really important. You've got to be able to take a break, take a breath, to give yourself the best advantage to look back at the game and look at it in an honest way to coach your players." Adelman considers himself very lucky to have had his dad as an example, and lucky that he has shared the bench with two other coaches recently who also had dads who were successful coaches. "I came from a staff that obviously had a lot of dads that coached, with Coach (Michael) Malone and Ryan Saunders, so it's an advantage for sure," he said.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Nuggets hire David Adelman as head coach after playoff run in interim role
The Denver Nuggets are sticking with David Adelman for the franchise's next chapter. The Nuggets announced Thursday that Adelman had been promoted to be Denver's head coach after less than two months in an interim role. Adelman became the team's interim head coach in early April after Denver fired Michael Malone with just three games left in the regular season. Under Adelman's leadership, the Nuggets won those final three games before beating the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs. Denver then went on to give the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder all they could handle in the conference semifinals before ultimately losing in seven games. Well deserved, DA 🤝David Adelman is officially our next Head Coach! — Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) May 22, 2025 Adelman, 44, was hired by Denver as an assistant in 2017, spending eight seasons in that position before being promoted. Adelman is the son of longtime NBA coach Rick Adelman. Prior to joining the Nuggets, David Adelman spent time with the Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves. In a news conference Thursday, Nuggets vice chairman Josh Kroenke noted Adelman's connection to the team as being a major asset moving forward. "Since he arrived here in [2017], he's been on our staff, he's grown with the group," Kroenke said. "He understands their tendencies as players, but I think equally as important now ... is he knows them as people, what makes them tick. And I think bringing somebody from the outside, while I was very open-minded to it initially, I saw the cohesiveness of the relationships on the human side. I think that's a big factor in where we're heading with this group now, in getting the most out of them." Denver's stunning decision to fire both Malone and general manager Calvin Booth so late in the season raised plenty of eyebrows. Though Kroenke said at the time the decision "was not made lightly," it was still an unprecedented move for a team that was in fourth place in the conference standings and for a staff that had won an NBA championship just two years ago. (Tensions between Malone and Booth likely led to their firing.) Now Denver is moving on with Adelman. With the Nuggets' coaching vacancy filled, they will now turn to their opening at general manager.
Reuters
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Nuggets remove interim tag, make David Adelman full-time head coach
May 22 - David Adelman is officially the head coach of the Denver Nuggets, the team announced on Thursday. The Nuggets removed the interim tag on Adelman, 44, and rewarded him with the full-time job after taking over for the team with three games left in the regular season. Adelman then guided Denver to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs before falling in Game 7 to the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. Adelman assumed the interim role after the Nuggets fired head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth late in the regular season. Ben Tenzer is the interim general manager. Denver players provided strong endorsements for Adelman after their season came to an end, with forward Aaron Gordon saying Adelman proved "excellent for us," adding that he hoped the coach would remain in place for next season. Similarly, All-Star center Nikola Jokic noted that Adelman "made us believe something, and we played good." The son of former NBA coach Rick Adelman, David has been around the game his entire life. After coaching high school in the Portland, Oregon, area from 2002 to 2011, Adelman joined the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach under his father in 2011, where he stayed for five years. He was an assistant coach from 2012-16. From there, Adelman served as an assistant with the Orlando Magic in 2016-17 before moving on to the Nuggets as an assistant in 2017. --Field Level Media
