Michael Malone calls out his players for being ‘soft’ in Denver’s preseason [Video]

Something very curious happened this past weekend during the preseason match between the Nuggets and Suns at Ball Arena, when coach Michael Malone intentionally put his pupils to the test to challenge their current physique. The tactician played his five starters for the entire third quarter without any rest.

That’s what preseason games are for, right? To get back in shape and try out new strategies. Even though Denver lost 118-114, they took out a lot of positive conclusions from that clash between two great Western Conference teams.

“[I] tried to push their envelope a little bit,” Malone explained after the contest. “That was probably a little bit hard on some of those guys. And then in practice, I think we can get up and down more. … The league has gotten so soft; everybody’s afraid to condition and run. We have to.”

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