April 8, 2025 • 5 mins
Dive into the latest NBA drama as Ben Rogers and Jeff "Skin" Wade dissect the shocking firing of Denver Nuggets' head coach Mike Malone and general manager Calvin Booth, just days before the playoffs. In this episode, Ben and Skin explore the bizarre timing and implications of these firings, comparing them to historical NBA events and pondering the future of the Nuggets. The duo also shares their thoughts on the recent firing of Memphis Grizzlies' coach Taylor Jenkins, adding layers to the unfolding narrative of unexpected NBA decisions.Special guest Ramona Shelburne, ESPN's seasoned sports journalist, joins the conversation from an unconventional setting—her car. Despite the unusual backdrop, Ramona provides insightful commentary on the firings, adding depth to the discussion with her expert analysis.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, it's the been in Skin Show ninety seven
point one, the Eagle.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
All right.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
So there was Ben and I were just talking about
we were down at the MAVs offices and as we
were leaving, there was some shocking sports news that came
down in that Mike Malone got fired from the Denver Nuggets. Now,
this is probably not a story a lot of our
listeners are following, but it's weird because it's the I
think it's the latest firing in the history of the NBA.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
At tied when HUGHB.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Brown got fired in nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
What seed are they right now?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
They are tied with I think like four other teams
for anywhere from three to six.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Why would they fire him right before they go to
the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
So that's what's so crazy about it, Ben, And not
only that, they also fired the general manager, the great
Calvin Booth who hit that jumper over the Utah Jazz
that we all remember so well in nineteen ninety or
two thousand and one.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I guess that's two thousand. Remind me of Humpty Hump.
He did.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
He looked a lot like the Humpty Hump and Nick
Cage kind of merged to get other. Uh So, looking
at the standings right now, they're fourth in the West.
They're fourth in the West, and they are globbed together
with one, two, three, four other teams that are all
separated by half a game. Now, Jokich is putting up
his best season, probably if he's gonna be the MVP
(01:19):
if it's not Shay. Right, So their record is forty
seven and thirty two. Now there has been slippid since
the All Star break, and they are giving up a
lot of points and they're not getting any stops. But
the guy who's replacing him is actually the son of
an old NBA coach, a guy named Rick Adelman who
coached the Kings.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, mustache man.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
His son, Dave Adelman, is is gonna coach him with
three games left and then go into the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So it's very strange news, and it comes on the
heels of two weeks ago us being shocked that Memphis
fired Taylor Jenkins. By the way, when Memphis fired Taylor Jenkins,
they're currently half a game behind the Denver Nuggets. So
if you're looking at this and you're keeping score at home,
all these teams that are way above five hundred, I
(02:10):
mean way above five hundred, double digit games above five
hundred are firing their coaches in the final weeks of
the season. So it's strange. And then obviously Sports News
is going to react to this and they are going,
we're all hands on deck. We got to get everybody
on the case here. And so I want to show
you a picture that I saw on the television when
(02:32):
I walked in today to do the show, just moments
after we had the firing. Do you guys know who
Ramona Shelburne is? Yeah, of course, all right. I just
sent you guys a picture and I walked in and
this is on ESPN as we are in the day
and age of Ah.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
She did to get her reaction from her car. Please,
Why do they have to get a reaction from her car? Dude?
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Come on, okay, hold on, ESPN is getting reaction. They've
got one broadcaster in a studio. This backing behind her
looks great, huge production value, million dollars set.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And then Ramona Shelburne.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Is, uh, she's just kind of disheveled.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Her hair's kind of messed up.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
She appears to be in a Pontiac Grand Amy.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We don't go live because we're ready. We go live
because news broke.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Now and then skip over one picture and you can
see when they went to full screen.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I shouldn't have done that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Just get out of your car, though, even if you
got out of your car, just I just let the
background of you.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I don't even know where this camera is.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Okay, I know, but she's not giving you better audio
with whatever technology there is.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Put her picture up there.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, Ramona Shelburne calling in from the airport whatever. She
suddenly looks like the Chewbacca lady. And why can't she
just hold the phone up? It's a steering wheel pov.
Hey do you want to see what's inside my nose?
Let me tell you why I think Mike Malone got fired.
I mean, it's a day and age of zooming and technology.
We can't be taking phone calls anymore. We don't need
(04:14):
to zoom in this circumstance.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yea.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
And there's a lot of times where, like on the
cable news networks, they fly it or they you know,
zoom in somebody and man, they don't have a good
setup for it. No, and that's when you should just
put up a picture. That's what we watched on the.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
News for decades, for decades before we had zoom technology,
they would show you a picture of Buster Olney and
he would call in from the ballpark. Just because we
have zoom doesn't mean that we need to use it
because this is stupid looking, yes.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Or you know, like, let's get our staff of hundreds
and get someone else in the case until you're at home.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Right right? Anyone else get home? Is there anyone who's
not in their car who could be on TV? Right now?
All right? Are now Denver fired their head coach? All right?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Now, let's go for Ramota's car to Tim McMahon's car. Tim,
you're on the highway, be careful while you're driving and zooming.
We're all starting to pauland Winhurst from the highway and
triple box this.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Dude.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
If I'm on a zoom and I happen to be
in my car, I'll turn the camera off, yes, because
I don't even want the people in.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
A zoom to have to see that pov.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
No, and she is on television, live television, and when
it's the sun, it couldn't be any more lit, dude,
Like this is the best lighting you can possibly get
for a POV shot from the steering wheel into her nose.
As she's driving a car, I can see more of
her head rest than her head. All right, here we go.
(05:38):
We are off to the races coming up next in
the Hollywood Shuffle, the White Lotus ratings are in and
they might surprise you.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Stay tuned for that next
All right, it's the been in Skin Show ninety seven
point one, the Eagle.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
All right.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
So there was Ben and I were just talking about
we were down at the MAVs offices and as we
were leaving, there was some shocking sports news that came
down in that Mike Malone got fired from the Denver Nuggets. Now,
this is probably not a story a lot of our
listeners are following, but it's weird because it's the I
think it's the latest firing in the history of the NBA.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
At tied when HUGHB.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Brown got fired in nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
What seed are they right now?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
They are tied with I think like four other teams
for anywhere from three to six.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Why would they fire him right before they go to
the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
So that's what's so crazy about it, Ben, And not
only that, they also fired the general manager, the great
Calvin Booth who hit that jumper over the Utah Jazz
that we all remember so well in nineteen ninety or
two thousand and one.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I guess that's two thousand. Remind me of Humpty Hump.
He did.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
He looked a lot like the Humpty Hump and Nick
Cage kind of merged to get other. Uh So, looking
at the standings right now, they're fourth in the West.
They're fourth in the West, and they are globbed together
with one, two, three, four other teams that are all
separated by half a game. Now, Jokich is putting up
his best season, probably if he's gonna be the MVP
(01:19):
if it's not Shay. Right, So their record is forty
seven and thirty two. Now there has been slippid since
the All Star break, and they are giving up a
lot of points and they're not getting any stops. But
the guy who's replacing him is actually the son of
an old NBA coach, a guy named Rick Adelman who
coached the Kings.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, mustache man.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
His son, Dave Adelman, is is gonna coach him with
three games left and then go into the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
So it's very strange news, and it comes on the
heels of two weeks ago us being shocked that Memphis
fired Taylor Jenkins. By the way, when Memphis fired Taylor Jenkins,
they're currently half a game behind the Denver Nuggets. So
if you're looking at this and you're keeping score at home,
all these teams that are way above five hundred, I
(02:10):
mean way above five hundred, double digit games above five
hundred are firing their coaches in the final weeks of
the season. So it's strange. And then obviously Sports News
is going to react to this and they are going,
we're all hands on deck. We got to get everybody
on the case here. And so I want to show
you a picture that I saw on the television when
(02:32):
I walked in today to do the show, just moments
after we had the firing. Do you guys know who
Ramona Shelburne is? Yeah, of course, all right. I just
sent you guys a picture and I walked in and
this is on ESPN as we are in the day
and age of Ah.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
She did to get her reaction from her car. Please,
Why do they have to get a reaction from her car? Dude?
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Come on, okay, hold on, ESPN is getting reaction. They've
got one broadcaster in a studio. This backing behind her
looks great, huge production value, million dollars set.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And then Ramona Shelburne.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Is, uh, she's just kind of disheveled.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Her hair's kind of messed up.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
She appears to be in a Pontiac Grand Amy.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We don't go live because we're ready. We go live
because news broke.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Now and then skip over one picture and you can
see when they went to full screen.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I shouldn't have done that.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Just get out of your car, though, even if you
got out of your car, just I just let the
background of you.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I don't even know where this camera is.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Okay, I know, but she's not giving you better audio
with whatever technology there is.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Put her picture up there.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, Ramona Shelburne calling in from the airport whatever. She
suddenly looks like the Chewbacca lady. And why can't she
just hold the phone up? It's a steering wheel pov.
Hey do you want to see what's inside my nose?
Let me tell you why I think Mike Malone got fired.
I mean, it's a day and age of zooming and technology.
We can't be taking phone calls anymore. We don't need
(04:14):
to zoom in this circumstance.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yea.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
And there's a lot of times where, like on the
cable news networks, they fly it or they you know,
zoom in somebody and man, they don't have a good
setup for it. No, and that's when you should just
put up a picture. That's what we watched on the.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
News for decades, for decades before we had zoom technology,
they would show you a picture of Buster Olney and
he would call in from the ballpark. Just because we
have zoom doesn't mean that we need to use it
because this is stupid looking, yes.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Or you know, like, let's get our staff of hundreds
and get someone else in the case until you're at home.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Right right? Anyone else get home? Is there anyone who's
not in their car who could be on TV? Right now?
All right? Are now Denver fired their head coach? All right?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Now, let's go for Ramota's car to Tim McMahon's car. Tim,
you're on the highway, be careful while you're driving and zooming.
We're all starting to pauland Winhurst from the highway and
triple box this.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Dude.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
If I'm on a zoom and I happen to be
in my car, I'll turn the camera off, yes, because
I don't even want the people in.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
A zoom to have to see that pov.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
No, and she is on television, live television, and when
it's the sun, it couldn't be any more lit, dude,
Like this is the best lighting you can possibly get
for a POV shot from the steering wheel into her nose.
As she's driving a car, I can see more of
her head rest than her head. All right, here we go.
(05:38):
We are off to the races coming up next in
the Hollywood Shuffle, the White Lotus ratings are in and
they might surprise you.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Stay tuned for that next
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