![]() ![]() ![]() “This is the nature of this league and I think sometimes it's the chemistry," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN in a televised interview before the draft lottery on Tuesday night. Also no longer with their teams for various reasons after recent runs to the finals: Ime Udoka in Boston, Cleveland’s David Blatt and then Tyronn Lue as well, and now Williams by the Suns. Three of the last four championship-winning coaches - Budenholzer in 2021, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Frank Vogel in 2020 and Nurse in 2019 – have since been fired by those clubs. Of the last nine coaches to take a team to the NBA Finals, only two - Kerr and Spoelstra - are still with the franchise that they went to the title round with. “You look around the coaching landscape, if you want a secure profession, coaching is not the one to get into. “I understand this business,” said Malone, who’ll lead Denver into the Western Conference finals starting Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich has coached the Spurs since 1996, Spoelstra took over the Heat in 2008, Steve Kerr became coach in Golden State in 2014 and Malone became coach in Denver in 2015. Spoelstra has the NBA’s second-longest current tenure with one team. It doesn't make sense to Spoelstra, or likely to many other coaches. ![]()
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