Michael Malone is letting his hair down a bit now that he is an NBA champion.
The Denver Nuggets head coach went viral for his, shall we say, colorful speech during Thursday’s championship parade. A usually stoic figure, Malone got up in front of the microphone (wearing shades and a silver chain around his neck) and let loose.
"[Are] Bruce [Brown] and me going anywhere [this offseason]?” said Malone. “Hell no. Hellllll no. Hell no.
“We running this s–t back,” a giddy Malone added. “We running this s–t back. Hell yeah. Come on. Get loudddd. Get louddddddd.”
Here is the tremendous video (but obviously beware of the profanity).
The 51-year-old Malone was probably a few drinks in by that point as he was slurring his words and basically growling into the mic by the end there. But it was a well-deserved moment for him, especially after the Nuggets went a dominant 16-4 this postseason (against the likes of Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo) for their first NBA title.
Malone wasn’t the only one having the time of his life at Thursday’s parade. Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic also went unfiltered on the mic at the event.
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