Report: Nuggets not renewing 4 assistant coaches' contracts

The Denver Nuggets will not renew the contracts of assistant coaches Ryan Saunders, Popeye Jones, Charles Klask, and Stephen Graham, sources told NBA insider Chris Haynes.

All four coaches' contracts will expire at the end of the month, Haynes adds.

Graham's tenure in Denver was the longest of the group - he'd been with the team as a player development coach since 2016. Klask joined the Nuggets in 2018, while Jones and Saunders were hired in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

The quartet were all members of former head coach Mike Malone's staff and played key roles in the Nuggets' 2023 championship run.

Malone was fired in early April and replaced by David Adelman, who was named full-time head coach last week.