Apparently, the view from Josh Kroenke’s seat inside Ball Arena was the same as ours.

Team that appears to have lost interest: Check.

Defensive coach that can’t get his team to play defense: Check.

General manager that has a nasty habit of publicly criticizing his coach and players: Check.

Coach who clearly doesn’t embrace the general manager’s vision: Check.

No. Depth. What. So. Ever. (For two seasons now): Check.

Superstar player(s) very, very unhappy: Check.

A team that wasn’t about to win its second NBA title: Check.

And lastly – but certainly not “leastly” – the complete and utter wasting of Nikola Jokic’s prime.

Did we miss anything? If there’s more, surely Josh Kroenke, who made the bold move today to fire both his coach and general manager, saw it. The cumulation of everything that he (and we) saw looked so bad, that Kroenke made the bold move to clean house just three games before the postseason.

Big Balls emanating from Ball.

Bold as the move might be, this type of turmoil isn’t exactly the recipe for a championship run. Then again, the Nuggets weren’t going on one anyway. Perhaps, as Kroenke expressed in his statement, if the Nuggets truly want to compete for a title, it’s the only move left to try.

“This decision was not made lightly and was evaluated very carefully, and we do it only with the intention of giving our group the best chance at competing for the 2025 NBA Championship and delivering another title to Denver and our fans everywhere,” Kroenke said in a statement released by the organization.

Translation: “The Nuggets have been so dysfunctional at the top (aka, the working relationship between Booth and Malone), that any environment is better than that environment.”

Malone and Booth were handed the keys to a Ferrari and have seemingly drove it straight off a cliff.

It’s a shame that dad didn’t take the keys away sooner.

But, considering the way the Nuggets responded following the organization’s first-ever championship season, now isn’t soon enough. In the last week, we’ve seen a double-overtime loss to a team that’s got Denver’s number; the loss included a Russell Westbrook botched, game-winning layup and game-losing foul at the buzzer and concluded with Aaron Gordon storming off the court in disgust. We’ve seen a starting five that didn’t include a single starter, which resulted in a loss to one of the worst teams in the league. We saw arguing on the bench, Jokic running off the court and looking for answers just like the rest of us and Westbrook offering doubt that there’s a sense of urgency inside the locker room.

And we haven’t seen Jamal Murray, whose absence might be the biggest factor in the Nuggets winning or losing and whose contract might be the Nuggets biggest hurdle going forward.

Sounds like a mess worth cleaning up.

Check.

There’s one more little issue though.

Was this move approved, or even instigated by Nikola Jokic – the only opinion within the entire organization that truly matters?

If it was, then good on Josh Kroenke. He recognized (better late than never) that his generational talent was not only wasting away his prime, but was potentially unhappy, and did something about it.

If the move surprised Jokic, just like it did you and I, then this story isn’t over. What if the big fella didn’t want to see his head coach go? What if he was indifferent, but is now wondering if this was the right timing? What if he wasn’t consulted at all?

We may eventually learn what went into this decision, but for now, anyone and everyone associated with, or who cares about, the Denver Nuggets had better hope that this was as much Jokic’s decision as it was Kroenke.

It’s D-Day in Denver. Whether that’s a good or bad thing remains to be seen.