Can the man who took over a crew led by Brook Lopez, Bojan Bogdanović and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson be LeBron James’ subsequent coach?
Kenny Atkinson, who coached the Nets from 2016-20, is one among three finalists for the Lakers’ head teaching job, The Athletic reported on Friday.
Bucks assistant Darvin Ham and former Path Blazers coach Terry Stotts are his competitors, and all three are anticipated to participate in in-person interviews in Los Angeles.
Atkinson at the moment is a Warriors assistant coach. Most imagine he did a superb job in his 4 seasons in Brooklyn, the place he oversaw developments of prospects corresponding to D’Angelo Russell and Spencer Dinwiddie and helped the Nets attain the postseason in 2019.
However the Nets not wanted to be developed after they landed Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, and Atkinson was fired and Steve Nash introduced in earlier than Durant had performed a recreation with the crew.
Ham, a former NBA journeyman, has been an assistant coach within the league since 2011, going from the Lakers to the Hawks to the Bucks. As a result of he coached in L.A. for 2 seasons, he ought to know crew president Jeanie Buss effectively.
Stotts coached Portland for 9 largely profitable seasons through which his groups went 720-402. He took the Blazers to the playoffs in eight straight seasons however by no means superior to the Finals and was fired after the 2020-21 marketing campaign.
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