Here is the opening to my Sunday column discussing how losing Mike Malone affects Mark Jackson and the Warriors:
Mike Malone is leaving the Warriors to become head coach of the Sacramento Kings.
Malone was the highest-paid assistant coach in the NBA his two seasons with the Warriors, with good reason. He was the best assistant coach in the league, and a certain amount of evidence says he, not Mark Jackson, coached the Warriors.
That last statement is both true and untrue.
Let’s frame the Malone-Jackson discussion with a simple question: What effect will the departure of Malone have on Jackson and the Warriors?
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