https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Nuggets-Michael-Malone-compares-team-to-ford-pinto-17118439.php
https://bit.ly/36EbWnA
https://twitter.com/katywinge/status/1517297917844885505
The difficulty lies in coming up with creative ways to say “our opponents are good, and we’re not,” without outright saying that. Malone’s approach prior to Game 3 of this opening-round playoff series was certainly an attempt at addressing the elephant in the room: he compared the Nuggets to the discontinued Ford Pinto, and the Warriors to a Maserati.
The Ford Pinto comparison works perhaps a bit better than Malone intended. Just as it was a car that was never considered to be in the same realm as a Maserati, the Nuggets