COACHES

This week, the Suns hired Jeff Hornacek as their coach, who is also their best shooter.  Nowhere in any of the reports will you read about John MacLeod’s influence in the development of Jeff Hornacek.  If it wasn’t for John’s patience, it could have been a close call.  The year Jeff was drafted, we had three second round picks. In my book,  I detail what happened during that draft. Very interesting.

Also, this week, the Atlantic Hawks hired Mike Budenholozer who had been a long time Spurs assistant.  He joins General Manager Danny Ferry who also worked for the San Antonio Spurs.  Having worked in the ABA and the NBA,  I have to laugh that the model franchise in the NBA is the old ABA San Antonio Spurs.  If I am not mistaken, one should remember Lance Blanks also came  from the San Antonio Spurs.

Also, hired this week, Steve Clifford by the Charlotte Bobcats who has had  a long tenure as an Assistant Coach highlighted by the fact that he worked for Stan and Jeff Van Gundy.  Stan who always wanted to spend more time with his family and Jeff who continually wants to make rule changes and probably doesn’t want to go home.