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» Thursday, May 17 2012
 

» Wednesday, May 9 2012

Two NBA sources indicated that, given the Bobcats’ extremely low talent base, it’s not a sure thing Malone would jump to Charlotte even if the job is ready to be offered. Malone took the Warriors’ lead-assistant slot (and turned down the Lakers’ offer) believing it was the best way to set himself up for a good NBA top job–not just the first offer that came along. On the face of it, Charlotte is most definitely not a very good job. San Jose Mercury-News

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But Malone is important to the GSWs, no doubt. There are obvious strong X-and-O candidates to replace him on the GSW staff, if Jackson wants to look outside his hold-over staff for a lead assistant. Off the top of my head, I came up with Stephen Silas, a former very popular Warriors assistant and recently the lead assistant for his father in Charlotte, and Eric Musselman, the former GSW and Kings coach who has been coaching in the D-League. There are surely many others and one source said it’s pretty clear that Jackson has made some loose plans for Malone’s eventual departure (this summer or next). San Jose Mercury-News

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I’d be very surprised if Jackson hasn’t been assembling a just-in-case short list for months now, and more surprised if good candidates haven’t been contacting him for longer than that, just to make sure he knows they’re available when/if Malone bolts. If Malone leaves and the Warriors are still offering the same approximate $750,000 salary they’re paying Malone, they will get lots of interest, believe me. By the way, one source emphasized that Malone’s No. 1 value to Jackson and the franchise isn’t limited to the game-strategy, it’s his organizational skills–scheduling practices, camp, travel, etc. San Jose Mercury-News

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» Monday, May 7 2012

Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Malone is scheduled to interview for the Charlotte Bobcats head-coaching vacancy on Tuesday, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Malone will meet with Bobcats president of basketball operations Rod Higgins and general manager Rich Cho. Malone is considered one of the NBA's elite head-coaching candidates. He was the runner-up for the Warriors' job that went to Mark Jackson last year. The Warriors then made Malone the league's highest-paid assistant at $750,000 a year, hiring him to lead Jackson's staff. Yahoo! Sports

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» Wednesday, May 2 2012

If the Charlotte Bobcats head down that assistant-ready-to-be-a-head-coach route, here are two names worth considering: Golden State’s Mike Malone and Orlando’s Steve Clifford. Malone is a defensive specialist who is Mark Jackson’s lead assistant with the Warriors. Previously he worked for the New Orleans Hornets and Cleveland Cavaliers. He was a big part of Monty Williams’ improvement of the Hornets’ defense when they went 46-36 two seasons ago. Charlotte Observer

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» Tuesday, May 1 2012

If the Charlotte Bobcats head down that assistant-ready-to-be-a-head-coach route, here are two names worth considering: Golden State’s Mike Malone and Orlando’s Steve Clifford. Malone is a defensive specialist who is Mark Jackson’s lead assistant with the Warriors. Previously he worked for the New Orleans Hornets and Cleveland Cavaliers. He was a big part of Monty Williams’ improvement of the Hornets’ defense when they went 46-36 two seasons ago. Malone might be appealing enough that he could have multiple options to become an NBA head coach once all the jobs open this off-season. Charlotte Observer

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» Monday, April 30 2012

Marcus Thompson: Warriors GM Bob Myers said he likes the Mark Jackson/Michael Malone team but acknowledged the likelihood Malone could be hired away this offseason. "I think they’re a great complement for each other. I think they really help each other be better than they are individually. So I like how they’ve interacted. I think Mark’s learned a ton from Michael Malone. I think Mike Malone’s learned a ton from Mark. ... So I think its been a great team for this season." Sulia

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» Monday, April 16 2012

People around the league disagree on how much Malone is calling the shots, but they all agree on this: Malone, 41, is one of the best assistant coaches in the game and Jackson will be tested next season when Malone is likely gone. The Los Angeles Clippers, Washington Wizards, Orlando Magic and Portland Trail Blazers will need head coaches, to name a few teams, and one league source said "it's a lock" that Malone will have a head-coaching job next season. Orlando center Dwight Howard reportedly has told team officials that he wants Malone to be the Magic's next head coach. San Francisco Chronicle

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"It's a very insecure profession, people get fired all the time, and you live out of a suitcase," Brendan Malone said. "I told him to get married and have kids, and if you want to travel all across the nation that badly, buy a Winnebago." Michael Malone almost took his dad's advice after his playing days were over at Loyola University in Baltimore. He wanted to become a Secret Service agent and was set to become a Michigan state trooper in 1995 to get the law-enforcement experience needed to pursue that career. But two weeks before Malone was set to start at the Trooper Academy, he got a call from Pete Gillen offering him an assistant's job on his staff at Providence. From there, he went to Virginia and then Manhattan College before the NBA called in 2001. "My dad could see then that I had a great passion for it," Malone said before the season. San Francisco Chronicle

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» Tuesday, April 10 2012

Read a report over the weekend that asserted Howard wants to hire as well as fire. His top choices supposedly are Brian Shaw and Michael Malone, proving he’s at least up to speed on worthy candidates. This just in: Howard does not intend to grant Patrick Ewing an interview. Howard has little respect for the Magic assistant. Of course, you probably already deduced that, given he felt the need to work on his post moves last summer with Hakeem Olajuwon. New York Post

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» Tuesday, January 17 2012
 

» Friday, October 21 2011

I had a chance to catch up with Warriors assistant coach Michael Malone on Thursday to ask him what he’s been doing during the lockout and how he’s viewing the upcoming season – whenever that may be. What struck me most was how emphatic he was about four things that will be stressed: Defense, rebounding, running with discipline and valuing the basketball. Here’s the transcript: Question: What have you been doing? Malone: You hear that question a lot with the current situation in the NBA, but for us as a new staff it’s a great opportunity to get ahead of the curve. Anytime you put together a new staff you have to have an offensive philosophy, a defensive philosophy, terminology. You have to have chemistry on your staff. CSNBayArea.com

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Malone: It’s no secret. Mark said it in his press conference. We’re going to be a defensive team. The Golden State Warriors are going to defend every night. We’re going to rebound. We’re still going to look to run but run with discipline -- not just running and taking bad shots. The last thing is taking care of the basketball. If we can do those four things every night, we feel we’ll have a chance to be a successful team. But it starts with the defense, finishing off that possession with a rebound -- which they did a very poor job of last year – and then we still want to look to attack. There’s a common misperception that you cannot be a good defensive team and still be a good running team. We don’t want to take away from our guys’ creativity and their ability to get out and run. They do that very well here. CSNBayArea.com

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Malone: With Mike Brown, and I always say this because I think it needs to be said, the luxury I had … I came into the league with Jeff Van Gundy, defensive coach. I worked for Mike Brown in Cleveland, defensive coach. I worked for Monty Williams, defensive coach. Even though I was in charge or overseeing the defense, most importantly the head coaches I worked for valued it just as much. Just as Mark does. The year we went to the Eastern Conference finals (in Cleveland) and won 66 games, I was the official defensive coordinator in Cleveland. But prior to that I was focusing on the defense and Mike Brown had me doing that. My last year in Cleveland I was the offensive coordinator. He gave me that switch because he didn’t want me to be pigeonholed as just a defensive guy. He said, ‘hey, show everybody that you can coach both sides and that will help you become a head coach one day.’ CSNBayArea.com

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» Thursday, July 21 2011

New Warriors coach Mark Jackson and top assistant Mike Malone pretty much have their staff set. The new assistant coaches aren't expected to be officially announced until August, but Bay Area News Group confirmed Pete Myers, Wes Unseld Jr. and Darren Erman have agreed in principle to join the Warriors. Myers, a teammate of Jackson in New York, was an assistant for nine seasons in Chicago before working as a scout last year. Unseld Jr., the son of former NBA star Wes Unseld, spent 14 years in the Washington organization, and Erman worked for Boston the past four years. San Jose Mercury-News

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