David Adelman will be the permanent head coach of the Denver Nuggets, the team announced Thursday. Adelman, who held the job on an interim basis in the postseason, took over for Michael Malone after both he and Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth were fired with three games left in the regular season.

David Adelman is now the head coach of the Denver Nuggets, and he faces a big challenge next season. The team lacks the depth many of their NBA competitors have.

Josh Kroenke took the interim tag off David Adelman on Thursday, rewarding the 44-year-old hoops lifer for righting the discombobulated Nuggets on short notice and leading them to a Game 7 against the top-seeded Thunder in the second round of the playoffs.