OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton will have a shot at a head coaching gig as soon as this summer, but one of the NBA's hottest prospective properties may not be so quick to chase big cash and bigger opportunity.
Walton was smiling Thursday, dapping up Draymond Green on the practice court and chuckling as player development coach Theo Robertson hit the deck to do pushups as penance for losing some undefined post-shootaround contest. Though he always appeared at ease during a 39-4 fill-in stint for Steve Kerr (the Warriors don't call him Cool Hand Luke for nothing), Walton looks particularly placid in his familiar, albeit diminished, assistant's role.
You watch how he relates to players, you see the smiles...and you wonder why Walton would consider changing anything.
"All of us are driven, all of us are ambitious," Warriors assistant coach Jarron Collins told Bleacher Report. "We’re human beings. Individual opportunities are going to come, but what we have here is special. And all of us recognize that."
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Warriors’ Situation May Be Too Perfect for Luke Walton to Leave It Behind
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