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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets coach David Adelman can’t ignore the noise and claps back at criticism

Colorado Springs Gazette·Mark Kiszla [email protected]·about 1 month ago
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MINNEAPOLIS – All the noise drenched with foul negativity that coaches preach to ignore, David Adelman absorbs and wrings into a stinking bucket he feels obligated to carry. “I understand that people want me to crush our guys after losses,” Adelman said Wednesday. “But I’m not going to do that, when I know the temperament of the team.” So as his players hoisted shots on the Target Center court where a win-or-go home playoff game for the Nuggets will be contested Thursday night, I asked Adelman: Despite outside pressure to rip his players for basketball sins committed in this playoff series, why did he decide it was unmerited? “Because I talk to my guys individually and as a team in the locker room. You guys aren’t on our team. They hear my message every day. I have extreme confidence in this team. There’s a reason why these guys won 54 (regular-season) games with all these different lineups. They trust each other,” Adelman replied. “Yeah, it sucks to play poorly in the playoffs.…

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