Nuggets Coach Michael Malone Celebrates First Championship With Tattoo of Team Mascot
- Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone gets a tattoo of former team mascot Maxie the Miner holding the NBA championship trophy to commemorate the team's first title.
- Malone heard about a local tattoo artist offering cheap Nuggets tattoos during the playoffs and decided to get one after the team won the championship.
- Malone's assistants Ryan Bowen and Ryan Griffin also got the same tattoo.
- Maxie the Miner was the Nuggets' mascot from 1974 to 1981, and Malone led the current Nuggets to their first NBA title.
- Malone's new tattoo and championship cemented his status as a Denver icon.