In what will be the next chapter of coaches molding an NBA prodigy, Gregg Popovich — the longest-tenured coach in the NBA at 27 seasons — will get the first crack at the next can’t-miss product: 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama.
He remembers the individual brilliance and the turnovers, as well as the jokes Iverson cracked on bus rides and the hard conversations they had after losses.
In June 1996, Philadelphia hired Davis, then a Portland Trail Blazers assistant, to take over a woeful 76ers team that won 18 games the season before. At his introductory news conference, Davis declared: “My goal is simple but lofty. I want to bring a championship to the city of Philadelphia.” “Can that player be a franchise player and win championships and change the course of how the game is played?” he said.
“He walked back to the middle of the bus and goes: ‘I’m not going to accept losing. I don’t want you guys to accept losing, either. And we’re going to be on time and we’re going to be professionals,’ ” Paxson said of Silas, who died last year. “And it wasn’t just directed at LeBron.” “There are only two types of coaching jobs in the NBA: good jobs and no jobs,” said Harris, who led the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.
“He’ll either make this and it’s going to be a big-time confidence builder for him, or he’s going to miss it,” Harris said. “But either way, he’ll know that he was a rookie and his coach had enough confidence to give him a shot.”The Lakers started the 1999 lockout season 6-6, and they fired Harris following a 10-point loss to the Grizzlies in Vancouver.
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