As talked about beforehand, an article entitled “Pop’s Unbelievable Longevity” revealed that San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has coached towards 307 totally different NBA coaches throughout his twenty-eight yr tenure on the helm.
For the reason that firing of Bob Hill in 1996, Pop has persistently coached the Spurs, give or take an ejection or two. Tonight the Spurs face off towards the New Orleans Pelicans.
The New Orleans Pelicans (who’ve additionally been referred to as the New Orleans Hornets in addition to the New Orleans/Oklahoma Metropolis Hornets within the wake of the devastation as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina), have solely been in existence since 2002. Due to this fact, each coach to cross by means of has confronted off towards Pop.
Paul Silas (2002-2003), Tim Floyd (2003-2004), Byron Scott (2004-2009), Alvin Gentry (2015-2020), and Stan Van Gundy (2020-2021) all coached towards Pop earlier than they got here to The Large Straightforward, which is to say New Orleans tends to rent tried and true coaches who’ve longevity with the sport.
Jeff Bower (2009-2010) took over for Scott after he was fired. On the finish of the season, he returned to GM duties with the franchise.
Monty Williams (2010-2015) bought his begin head teaching in New Orleans, however is most positively not the one group wherein he and Pop have performed battle. He additionally performed beneath Popovich from 1996-1998.
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Willie Inexperienced (seen above being instructed by Pop that he’s placed on just a few kilos over the vacations) has been with NOLA since 2021. He performed with the Hornets for a stint in 2010-2011. Their file beneath Inexperienced continues to enhance yearly, however with injury-prone Zion Williamson, one can by no means predict simply the place the Pelicans will land come postseason.
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