Mike Malone on the Lakers: "They're a different team. JJ is coaching them and his fingerprints are all over this team.”
In a chat with the media ahead of the latest rematch against the Lakers, Nuggets coach Michael Malone spoke candidly on what's different about the Purple and Gold since replacing Darvin Ham with head coach JJ Redick.
"Different players, different coaches. There's a lot of change within the Lakers," said Malone via Daniel Starkand. "They're a different team. JJ is coaching them and his fingerprints are all over this team. They've added another MVP candidate un Luka and the most amazing thing about the trade is just how the Lakers defense has gone almost to the top of the charts. They play small, they play athletic, they play a lot of versatile guys and they're just really disruptive on that end of the floor. You have to be able to counter that."
Seems like Malone is missing the Darvin Ham days in LA