Overview
- Brendan Malone, father of Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone, died at age 81.
- Malone had a decades-long NBA coaching career, winning two titles as an assistant with the Detroit Pistons.
- He helped devise defensive strategies like "The Jordan Rules" to contain Michael Jordan.
- Malone was honored with the Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award this year.
- The NBA community mourned Malone's passing, praising his coaching legacy.