because the Utah Jazz prepares to play the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in Sport 2 of the NBA playoffs in Oklahoma Metropolis on Monday, April 16, 2018. Scott G Winterton, Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
Royce O’Neale spent the primary 5 years of his NBA profession with the Utah Jazz, a tenure that got here to an finish on June 30 when he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets for a primary spherical draft decide.
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— Royce O'Neale (@BucketsONeale00) June 30, 2022
All O’Neale has recognized up to now in his NBA profession is Utah, however amid unfamiliar environment subsequent season in Brooklyn there can be a well-known face on the sideline.
The Nets introduced Wednesday the hiring of former Utah Jazz assistant coach Igor Kokoškov, together with Adam Caporn and Trevor Hendry, all of whom coach beneath Brooklyn head coach Steve Nash.
Kokoškov was an assistant coach on former Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder’s workers from 2015 by means of 2018, earlier than changing into the pinnacle coach of the Phoenix Suns in 2018-19.
Most not too long ago, Kokoškov was an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks, the very workforce that eradicated the Jazz within the 2021-22 NBA Playoffs.
O’Neale and Kokoškov crossed paths in Salt Lake Metropolis in the course of the 2017-18 season.
Kokoškov was one in every of Snyder’s lead assistants on the time, whereas O’Neale was an undrafted rookie and appeared in 69 video games for the Jazz, averaging simply over 16 minutes and 5 factors per recreation.