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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.
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 ...
Bickerstaff will have another young team without much success on his hands with the Pistons led by Cade Cunningham. J.B. Bickerstaff introductory press conference with Detroit Pistons When: 12:30 ...
Bickerstaff said he was blown away by Duren's presence when first meeting him, standing at 6 feet 10 and 250 pounds at 20 years old, and what he has shown so far in the NBA. "I think there's more ...
The Nuggets were founded as the Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. [1] In 1974, in anticipation of moving to the NBA, the franchise held a contest to choose a new trademarked name for the team, as Rockets was already in use by the Houston Rockets and the name Nuggets won. [ 1 ]
The 2015–16 Houston Rockets season was the 49th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 45th in the Houston area. [1] On November 18, 2015, coach Kevin McHale was fired in his fifth season as the Rockets coach after a 4–7 start to the season. J. B. Bickerstaff was named the interim coach.
Bickerstaff, 45, was recently fired by the Cleveland Cavaliers after leading them to two consecutive playoff appearances. Over five years in Cleveland he had a 170-159 coaching record.
J.B. Bickerstaff won and still lost his job. Bickerstaff was fired as Cleveland's coach on Thursday despite the Cavs improving in each of his four seasons and making it to the second round of the ...