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Few people are enjoying the Denver Nuggets' first ever NBA championship like the team's head coach Michael Malone.
He's drinking the champagne. He's promising more trophies at the parade. He's taking shots at LeBron James that are very clearly landing. And now, he's getting some ink to celebrate the highlight of his career so far.
A photo surfaced on Twitter on Tuesday showing the 51-year-old coach sporting a new shoulder tattoo depicting the Nuggets' mascot, Maxie the Miner, holding the NBA's Larry O'Brien Trophy.
Similar tattoos have been done by fans since the Nuggets hoisted the trophy last week, but it's another matter when the coach himself is doing it.
It's not a surprise Malone is savoring his team's breakthrough, and permanently commemorating with some prime real estate on his left arm. The man has been coaching since 1993 and worked his way from a high school assistant job all the way up to NBA head coach. He was fired by the Sacramento Kings (the Kings!) after two seasons in 2014 and landed with the Nuggets, where he built one of the best cultures in the NBA.
Since taking over in Denver, Malone has guided the Nuggets from the wilderness (not making the playoffs in his first three years) to knocking on the door (four years of trying and failing to advance past the Western Conference finals) to this. He's had Nikola Jokić along for the entire ride, building up the former second-round big man into a two-time MVP and the reigning Finals MVP.
So you can probably understand how this title is personal enough for Malone to get a tattoo, not that an NBA coach should need a reason to get some ink after winning a championship. In fact, it would be lovely if this began a new tradition among the league's coaching elite.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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