The Pelicans hired WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon on Thursday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Weatherspoon will work in a “player development role,” with New Orleans, per Wojnarowski. A 2019 inductee into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Weatherspoon joins New Orleans with an impressive list of career accolades. She won the national championship with Louisiana Tech in[…]
It’s been an amazing 2019 for Sergio Scariolo. The Italian was one of Nick Nurse’s assistant coaches as the Toronto Raptors dethroned the Golden State Warriors to claim their first NBA title in June. Just three months later, he has led Spain to their second FIBA World Cup title 13 years after their first. “We[…]
The game had ended hours ago, but Mark Daigneault still sat in his office with Michael Frazier. This was before Daigneault’s five-year G League stint as head coach of the Blue and his transition to Thunder assistant coach last month. He was a Florida assistant, coaching under Billy Donovan. And Frazier — then a Gators[…]
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Rick Carlisle was in his element Thursday evening. He had an attentive audience of international coaches as part of the Jr. NBA Global Championship at ESPN’s World of Sports at Walt Disney World. The Mavericks’ coach, and assistant Jenny Boucek, were in teaching mode. And they had eager students, coaches from all[…]
Las Vegas, July 10, 2019—Bill Bertka, a basketball lifer and a pioneering proponent of film study, advance scouting and player development, is the 2019 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award winner, the National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA) announced today. “Bill Bertka is an NBA coaching legend and a true basketball lifer,” said Dallas Mavericks[…]