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The Cleveland Cavaliers have reportedly fired head coach J.B. Bickerstaff after five seasons, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.. Bickerstaff was dismissed after a season during which the ...
John-Blair Bickerstaff (born March 10, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before that, he was the head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies and the Cleveland Cavaliers , and has also been an assistant coach for several other NBA teams.
The Cavs have parted ways with coach J.B. Bickerstaff after their second-round playoff series loss to the Boston Celtics. ESPN first reported the news, and it has been confirmed by the team.
J.B. Bickerstaff and Koby Altman were partners in resurrecting the Cavs. ... Now Bickerstaff is gone, fired Thursday after going 170-159 and 6-11 in the playoffs in four-plus seasons as the head ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — J.B. Bickerstaff was fired as Cleveland's coach on Thursday despite leading the Cavaliers through an injury-ravaged season and into the second round of the NBA playoffs. Bickerstaff's dismissal came one week after the Cavs were eliminated in five games by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Bickerstaff's firing was met with some shock around the league, considering what he accomplished. “I thought J.B. Bickerstaff did an amazing job,” Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals in Boston. "That was a complete culture makeover there. He was inventive. They started playing big 4 1/2 years ago.
Bickerstaff also was promoted to replace fired coaches in Houston and Memphis, going 37-34 with the Rockets in the 2015-16 season and winning 48 games with the Grizzlies during most of the 2017-18 and all of the following season. Bickerstaff's father, Bernie, won 419 NBA games with Seattle, Denver, Washington, Charlotte and the Los Angeles ...
On May 23, 2024, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired their head coach J. B. Bickerstaff after five seasons with the team. [23] On May 29, 2024, the Washington Wizards hired Brian Keefe as their full-time head coach. [24] On June 19, 2024, the Detroit Pistons fired their head coach Monty Williams after one season of coaching the team. [25]