BOSTON — The Warriors will lose a second assistant coach from their bench when the NBA Finals finish.
Kenny Atkinson would be the new head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, signing a four-year deal, in keeping with experiences. Atkinson joined Steve Kerr’s teaching workers this yr as an assistant effectively versed in analytics and participant improvement.
After years as an NBA assistant, Atkinson was head coach of the Brooklyn Nets from 2016 to 2020, when Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving joined the workforce. He helped the Nets transfer from the basement of the Japanese Convention into the playoffs with out a lot in the way in which of draft property, making them a beautiful vacation spot for stars like Durant and Irving.
Earlier than coming to Golden State, Atkinson was an assistant to Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue in 2021.
Now he replaces fired coach James Borrego as head coach for a Hornets workforce brimming with younger expertise, together with 20-year-old guard Lamelo Ball.
Atkinson is the second Warriors assistant to take a vacant head teaching job. In the course of the Western Convention semifinals sequence towards Memphis, Mike Brown accepted the Sacramento Kings head coach place. Kerr examined optimistic for COVID the day Brown was formally employed, forcing Brown to tackle appearing head coach duties for Sport 5 and the clinching Sport 6.