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Loughery served as the head coach for six NBA teams during his 18-year coaching career, including a year as a player-coach. [23] Wilkens and Holzman were named among the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996. [24]
The following is a timeline of the organizational changes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), including contractions, expansions, relocations, and divisional realignment. The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949.
In their franchise history, the team has only missed the NBA playoffs 11 times. [4] According to Forbes magazine, the Lakers are the second most valuable basketball franchise in the NBA, valued at approximately US$ 4.4 billion, surpassed only by the New York Knicks . [ 5 ]
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is the second longest-tenured NBA head coach, having been head coach of the Heat since the 2008–09 season. Popovich is the only active head coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. [1] He is the only current head coach to have been hired by his current team in the 1990s.
[10] [11] Hannum, Nelson, and Kerr have both received the NBA Coach of the Year award once. [10] [12] Nelson has also been named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [13] Four former players for the Warriors, Attles, Johnston, George Lee, and Senesky went on to coach for the franchise. [7] [14] [15] [16]
—Paul Silas (2003-05): He was James' first coach in the 2003-04 season and helped the first-year player win the NBA Rookie of the Year award. —Brendan Malone (2005): He became interim coach ...
The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy , which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships from 1956 to 1966.
Ramsay and Lenny Wilkens are the only Trail Blazers coaches to be elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and were both named one of the top 10 coaches in NBA history. [7] Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award, in 1986–87 and 1998–99 respectively, with the Trail Blazers. [8]