The team’s president and governor 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 Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the playoffs.

Adelman will begin his first season at the helm with a head start on the franchise’s all-time wins list. As interim coach, he finished the 2024-25 season a perfect 3-0.