Ex-Mavericks coach speaks out following move to Denver Nuggets
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Ex-Mavericks coach speaks out following move to Denver Nuggets
Jared Dudley has taken up an assistant coaching job with the Denver Nuggets. The former Dallas Mavericks player will work with new head coach David Adelman. Dudley was a player on the 2020 Los Angeles Lakers championship-winning team, which Kidd was an assistant for at the time. J.J. Barea is also on staff with the 2023 NBA champions.
That was until recently, when he took up an assistant coaching job with the Denver Nuggets and their new head David Adelman.
Dudley joining the Nuggets will give him a new range of players to work with, including three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, who has established himself as one of the most versatile centers in the history of the league over the past decade.
He will not be the only former Mav on the Denver coaching staff, as former Dallas point guard J.J. Barea is also on staff with the 2023 NBA champions.
Friday afternoon, the former NBA champion took to X to express his gratitude to the Mavericks organization for his time with the team.
“Thankful for Coach Kidd and Nico for giving me the opportunity to go from a player to a front bench coach! Excited for my next chapter with Coach Adelman and the Denver Nuggets! Let’s get it!”
Dudley’s work with Mavs head coach Jason Kidd goes before he joined the Dallas coaching staff, as he was a player on the 2020 Los Angeles Lakers championship-winning team, which Kidd was an assistant for at the time. Kidd took Dudley with him to Dallas upon taking the Dallas job, and helped Dudley climb the ranks in the NBA coaching world.
Nuggets add ex-Mavericks assistant Jared Dudley to coaching staff
Jared Dudley has been with the Dallas Mavericks since 2021. The 14-year NBA veteran will join David Adelman’s staff as his top assistant. Dudley is the fourth member of the Mavericks’ 2024-2025 coaching staff to change teams in the offseason. God Shammgod, Sean Sweeney and Alex Jensen all already signed with new teams, forcing Jason Kidd to replace nearly his entire staff. Adelman previously added former point guard J.J. Barea to his staff.
The 14-year NBA veteran will join Adelman’s staff as his top assistant, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Adelman previously added former point guard J.J. Barea to his coaching staff, making Dudley his second former NBA player hire.
Dudley has been with the Mavericks since 2021. He signed with the team immediately concluding his playing career with the Los Angeles Lakers. While Dudley never played for Dallas, he briefly played for Jason Kidd on the Milwaukee Bucks in 2014-2015.
Dudley’s joining the Nuggets makes him the fourth member of the Mavericks’ 2024-2025 coaching staff to change teams in the offseason. God Shammgod, Sean Sweeney and Alex Jensen all already signed with new teams, forcing Kidd to replace nearly his entire staff.
Jared Dudley joins David Adelman’s inaugural coaching staff
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As the newest members of the Nuggets’ coaching staff, Dudley and Barea join Adelman’s crew, which is mainly comprised of Mike Malone’s former assistants. Adelman, who worked on Malone’s staff from 2017 to 2025, maintained most of the same employees who led the team to the 2023 championship.
Despite the Nuggets’ disappointing 2024-2025 campaign, they opted to retain Adelman immediately following their season-ending loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Following Malone’s surprising release, Adelman finished out the season as the interim head coach.
While Adelman has not been a head coach since leading Lincoln High School in 2011, he is the son of longtime coach Rick Adelman. The older Adelman most recently coached the Minnesota Timberwolves from 2011 to 2014, during which he hired his son as his assistant. David Adelman remained with the Timberwolves for two seasons after his father’s retirement before joining Malone’s staff in Denver.