Nuggets hire Jared Dudley from Mavericks to be David Adelman’s top assistant coach, source says
David Adelman has determined his David Adelman The Nuggets are hiring Jared Dudley as their top assistant coach on Adelman s inaugural staff a league source recounted The Denver Post Dudley who turns this month met with the Nuggets in Denver this week after they secured permission to interview him from the Dallas Mavericks where he has coached since Adelman previously served in the lead assistant role under former coach Michael Malone He took over as Denver s interim head coach in April and got the full-time job a month later after leading the organization within one win of knocking off the eventual champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs Nuggets ownership granted Adelman autonomy to build out his own staff He has already hired JJ Barea and Rodney Billups after electing not to retain Ryan Saunders Popeye Jones Charles Klask and Stephen Graham Dudley spent four years on Jason Kidd s bench in Dallas after retiring as a contestant He was part of the coaching staff that led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals in as a No seed Before that his -year playing career spanned seven teams and games culminating in a championship with the Lakers He also played for the Nets Suns Wizards Bucks Clippers and Charlotte Bobcats who drafted him nd in Dudley also interviewed with the Phoenix Suns earlier this offseason for their head coach opening according to a statement by Marc Stein The Nuggets are set to begin practices for their Summer League gang in the next week with assistant Andrew Munson slated to coach the company in Las Vegas for the second year in a row Related Articles Nuggets Journal NBA offseason winners and losers after free agency wave Renck Nuggets Ben Tenzer Jon Wallace show Art of the Deal is not fiction Nuggets Analysis Nikola Jokic required for depth By trading MPJ for Cam Johnson Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace delivered Nuggets Tim Hardaway Jr agree to terms on one-year deal source says Nuggets pact Dario Saric to Kings for Jonas Valanciunas source says Cancar off to Europe Vlatko Cancar will not return to the Nuggets next season a league source established to The Post Cancar is in talks to join the EuroLeague club Olimpia Milano according to a account by BasketNews Wherever the Slovenian forward ends up though it s understood that he and the Nuggets are going their separate tactics this offseason Denver drafted Cancar th overall in and he joined the band for the - season after playing two years overseas A close friend of Nikola Jokic and a longtime friendly face in the Nuggets locker room he appeared in NBA games across five seasons mostly off the bench He was on the - gang that won the NBA championship
