Denver, CO
Michael Malone on trade rumors involving Nuggets: “There’s nothing to that”
The Nuggets are at the center of trade rumor season in the NBA, but coach Michael Malone says there’s no fire accompanying the smoke for now.
Asked on Monday how he manages the locker room when trade talks involving specific players become public, Malone highlighted how early in the season it is and referred to his conversations with general manager Calvin Booth.
“A lot of it is noise. I mean, I don’t know where it comes from,” Malone said. “You see different things that are out there, and you never want that stuff getting out there. But I’ve talked to Calvin, and Calvin’s had a good pulse on that stuff. And whenever that stuff is happening, he’s in touch with the guys and their agents to let them know what is real and what is not real. And as of right now as we are 25 games into the season, there’s nothing to that.”
The Athletic was first to report last week that Denver is interested in Zach LaVine, whose contract would require the Nuggets to include Michael Porter Jr. in a hypothetical trade for salary-matching purposes. The Nuggets have discussed the possibility of acquiring the two-time All-Star from Chicago this season, sources confirmed to The Denver Post, but they won’t be in any rush to move the 26-year-old Porter if the team is firmly in contention closer to the Feb. 6, 2025, trade deadline.
Entering a two-game Christmas week series with the Suns, the Nuggets (15-11) had won four of their last five, good for fifth place in the competitive Western Conference.
Porter had a quiet three-game road trip, averaging 11.7 points and not appearing in Malone’s closing lineup Sunday against the Pelicans. But he’s still averaging 18 points and seven rebounds this season, and shooting 38.5% from the 3-point line.
Nuggets backup big man Zeke Nnaji has been the other player most commonly associated with potential trades. His $8.9 million salary could also be an essential part of a potential trade for LaVine, who’s making $43 million this season. Under current collective bargaining agreement restrictions, Denver cannot take back more salary than it sends out in a trade. Porter’s current cap figure is $35.9 million.
“That’s where you worry about guys worrying about the wrong thing,” Malone said. “Just focus on what you can control, go out there and play your game, and help this team to the best of your ability. All of the other stuff takes care of itself. I think for years, our front office has done a great job of communicating with players if there is something so (that) there’s never a surprise. There’s never our guys being caught off guard. But that’s something that I think our front office has done an outstanding job of.”
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Denver, CO
Pedestrian fatally hit by Frontier airplane departing Denver for Los Angeles, flight canceled after
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DENVER (AP) — A Frontier Airlines plane hit a pedestrian on the runway of the Denver International Airport during takeoff, airport authorities said, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.
The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Friday,” the airport’s official X account wrote.
Neither the airport nor the airline has disclosed the pedestrian’s condition.
“We’re stopping on the runway,” the pilot tells the control tower according to the site ATC.com. “We just hit somebody. We have an engine fire.”
The pilot tells the air traffic controller they have “231 souls” on board and that and “individual was walking across the runway.”
The air traffic controller responds that they are “rolling the trucks now” before the pilot tells the tower they “have smoke in the aircraft. We are going to evacuate on the runway.”
Frontier Airlines said in a statement flight 4345 was the one involved in the collision and that “smoke was reported in the cabin and the pilots aborted takeoff.” It was not clear whether the smoke was linked to the crash with the pedestrian.
“The Airbus A321 was carrying 224 passengers and seven crew members,” the airline said. “We are investigating this incident and gathering more information in coordination with the airport and other safety authorities.”
Passengers were then evacuated via slides and the emergency crew bused them to the terminal.
Denver Airport said the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified and that runway 17L, where the incident took place, will remain closed while an investigation is conducted.
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