Nuggets coach Michael Malone is still waiting for a sign from his father: “He was my biggest supporter”

In hindsight, one ejection means more to Michael Malone than all the others. Malone was in the second month of the second season of his second head coaching job in the NBA. Most Nuggets fans probably remember that period in franchise history for what happened eight days later, when Malone inserted a young center named Nikola Jokic into the starting lineup for good. As he stormed off the court, he was trailed by two people: then-general manager Tim Connelly, and his dad.