Nuggets assistant David Adelman to interview for Toronto job, according to report

As the Nuggets attempt to get past Phoenix and into the Western Conference Finals, coaching search season is heating up among non-playoff teams.

According to a report from The Athletic, Denver assistant coach David Adelman is set to interview for Toronto’s head coaching vacancy at some point this week. Adelman, who has been on Michael Malone’s staff for the past six seasons, is an Oregon native and the son of longtime NBA head coach Rick Adelman.

Asked about the report before Sunday’s Game 4 in Phoenix, Malone only said, “We’re getting ready to play the Phoenix Suns in Game 4.”

David Adelman, 41, spent two years as an assistant in Orlando before coming to Denver.

In January, he got a strong endorsement from two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, after Adelman served as Denver’s acting head coach while Malone was in health and safety protocols.

“I really think that DA’s a guy who’s gonna be next head coach because he has that, I’m gonna say ‘head’ for a head coach,” Jokic said. “… He knows the answers. He reads, reacts.”