The NBA is a league steeped in change—of race and pace, style and strategy, movement and marketing. More often than not, it’s the players themselves who fire the world-heard shots. They are the revolution’s creators and instigators.
Today, an altogether different coup is quickly changing how we view the NBA power structure.
Call it the Rookie Coach Revolution.
In the two months since the regular season ended, three teams have tapped first-time skippers: the Golden State Warriors (Steve Kerr), the New York Knicks (Derek Fisher) and the Utah Jazz with Quin Snyder, whose years of assistant credentials and a stint overseas certainly set him apart from his rookie peers.
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Cavaliers have interviewed at least two would-be first-timers in Mark Price and Adrian Griffin.
Following the 2012-13 season, 13 teams parted ways with their respective coaches. Ten of them hired first-time coaches. Both numbers were unprecedented.
However, as SB Nation's Kevin Zimmerman illustrates, last year’s turnover was anomalous not just for its influx of ...
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NBA’s Trend of First-Time Coaches Is Both Promising and Problematic
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