DENVER — A person familiar with the decision says the Denver Nuggets have reached an agreement to make Michael Malone their new coach.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the hiring has yet to be announced.
Malone got the job over Melvin Hunt, who served as interim coach after Brian Shaw was fired on March 3. The players lobbied for the Nuggets to make Hunt the full-time coach.
Malone was fired by Sacramento in December after going 39-67 in parts of two seasons with the Kings. The person that let Malone go was general manager Pete D’Alessandro, who recently left Sacramento to take a position as the Nuggets’ senior vice president of business and team operations.