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[10] [11] Dave DeBusschere became the youngest head coach in the league's history when he was appointed as the Detroit Pistons' player-coach at the age of 24 in 1964. [12] [13] He held the position for three seasons before returning to a full-time player in 1967. [14] Dave Cowens is the last player-coach in the league
No other current NBA head coach has been head coach of his current team as long as Popovich has been head coach of the Spurs. Popovich has also coached more games (2,209), won more games (1,388), and lost more games (821) than any other active head coach has with his current team.
The league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The league consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada. In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. They typically hold a more public ...
First coach in NBA history to lead a team to three consecutive championships in three separate stretches (Chicago Bulls, 1991–93, 1996–98; Los Angeles Lakers, 2000–02, and also led Lakers to championships in 2009 and 2010); coached the Chicago Bulls to NBA-record 72–10 season (1995–96); led his teams to NBA-record 25 consecutive ...
—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 league adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] The league consists of 30 teams, of which 29 are located in the United States and one in Canada. In the NBA, a head coach is the highest ranking coach of a coaching staff. They typically hold a more public ...
During Red Holzman's tenure, the franchise won its only two NBA championships, the 1970 NBA Finals and the 1973 NBA Finals. There have been 31 head coaches for the New York Knicks franchise. Holzman was the franchise's first Coach of the Year winner and is the team's all-time leader in regular season games coached, regular season games won ...
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 ]