Fellow coaches left stunned by Denver's ousting of Malone

Coach axed with postseason start just a week away

These are the coaches who won NBA championships in the last six years: Joe Mazzulla with Boston, Michael Malone with Denver, Steve Kerr with Golden State, Mike Budenholzer with Phoenix, Frank Vogel with the Los Angeles Lakers and Nick Nurse with Toronto.

Mazzulla is still with Boston. Kerr is still with Golden State.

Everybody else got fired. They packed up their championship rings and left.