In hindsight, one ejection means more to Michael Malone than all the others. It was Dec. 7, 2016, in Brooklyn. Malone was in the second month of the second season of his second head coaching job in the NBA. Most Nuggets fans probably remember that period in franchise history for what happened eight days later, when Malone inserted a young center named Nikola Jokic into the starting lineup for good. Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone walks off the court past Brooklyn Nets forward Trevor Booker (35) after being ejected from the game in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New York, Wednesday, Dec.