The Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets have been at odds since their 2023 Western Conference Finals. It wasn’t just the 4-0 sweep that ignited the competition, but also the back-and-forth banter between the two teams.
Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was particularly vocal, constantly taking shots at the Lakers from the NBA playoffs all the way to their victory parade. This led to reactions from Lakers members like Darvin Ham, LeBron James, and Anthony Davis.
Malone however said that any lingering concerns the Lakers might have about the Nuggets are solely their issue.
This statement led to a weird and random take by Richard Sherman on Undisputed. While breaking down the Lakers-Nuggets matchup, Sherman defended LeBron James and ridiculously said Michael Malone will be an “irrelevant, erroneous name in the history books of the NBA.”
As you can imagine, NBA Twitter rushed in to defend the Championship Coach.
Richard Sherman really has it out for Nuggets head coach Michael Malone — a reigning NBA champion with more than 400 wins on his resume across 11 seasons as a head coach in the league: pic.twitter.com/Lp0CbVWPng
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 4, 2023
Does someone need to remind Richard Sherman that Mike Malone has as many rings as he does? https://t.co/Sy8an1ztST
— Bullets Forever (@BulletsForever) October 4, 2023
The Nuggets were awful after the Carmelo trade. Mike Malone has led them to six straight winning seasons, six playoff appearances, a conference final, and an NBA title, the first in Franchise history, I highly doubt that will be forgotten. https://t.co/tAUsUQTjv4
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) October 4, 2023
Omg PLEASE stop letting NFL players talk about the NBA. https://t.co/zAyV5qf3FC
— Tommy Gunn (@TommyGunnNBA) October 4, 2023
This Nuggets team is one of THREE title teams since the NBA made the first round best of 7 to win a title in 20 or less games (17 Warriors / 07 Spurs), and they have the best player in the league, if this team will “be irrelevant” that’s more of a poor reflection of you as a fan https://t.co/lYcZuOr7cn
— Chase Pletcher (@ChasePletcher4) October 4, 2023
Richard Sherman getting defensive over LeBron James is pretty funny https://t.co/4c69Py1p5X
— Trey (@Trey_Mitchell3) October 4, 2023
Tell us you don’t watch the NBA without telling us you don’t watch the NBA https://t.co/SAe1S0pqDt
— Keith Jouganatos (@KeithJouganatos) October 4, 2023
I wish more basketball minds, spoke about basketball related things. Not cool with the shade towards a very good, respected, and valued, head coach. https://t.co/JCKZPfX54r
— jeremiah. (@JayCov21) October 4, 2023
“Unless you are literally the greatest player ever, nobody cares about you and nobody will remember you” – Richard Sherman https://t.co/p0czC38F5u
— Zelios (@TD_Zelios) October 4, 2023
It is so sad how poor the mainstream coverage is of the great game of basketball https://t.co/e9RQ7Tkrb4
— Malaga Drive Hoops (@HoopsDrive) October 4, 2023
Please stop making us watch NFLers talk about the NBA. Thx. https://t.co/imXWUrVXIC
— Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) October 4, 2023
Mike Malone is definitely going to put this on his vision board https://t.co/JjSJ7Ihc5K
— Rod (@rodimusprime) October 4, 2023
