Atlanta's Mike Budenholzer named NBA Coach of the Year

[Hey Yo]

SportsCenter ‏@SportsCenter 4 minutes ago
THIS JUST IN: Atlanta's Mike Budenholzer named NBA Coach of the Year. Steve Kerr finishes 2nd in voting.

[Ray22]

Well deserved

[dannywpt]

Well deserved. Great record with no real superstar, just great collective offensive and defense :applause:

[Top Gun]

Good decision. Was him or Kerr, and he had a lot less talent but was in a weaker conference. Still think he deserves it though.

[FreezingTsmoove]

Damage control. Draymond and Curry winning their awards and they dont want the Warriors to look like jokes when they eventually get knocked out the playoffs. We all know Kerr should have won

[4 Inches]

Good.
F.uck them overrated pretty boys in the Bay Area.

[jzek]

Kerr will get his next year.

[r0drig0lac]

:applause: :applause: :cheers:

[Harison]

As expected, and deserved :applause:

[miles berg]

Clear top candidate. He did amazing work.

[hawksdogsbraves]

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :applause: :applause: :applause:

I'm so happy for Bud

It seemed like Kerr was getting a groundswell of support lately, I always thought Bud did more with less though and deserved the award, not that Kerr wasn't also deserving.

[DukeDelonte13]

bud far more deserving than kerr, IMO.

[nba_55]

I thought Scott Brooks did a great job. His team almost made the playoffs in one of the toughest conference of all-time despite all the injuries to huge key players. Anyway, Mike was also awesome, not mad.

[MP.Trey]

Well deserved. Kerr getting this over him would have been a travesty. Glad to see the voters got it right.

[SugarHill]

Damage control. Draymond and Curry winning their awards and they dont want the Warriors to look like jokes when they eventually get knocked out the playoffs. We all know Kerr should have won
Bud >

come on son

[TheMilkyBarKid]

Well deserved, Stevens would've been my pick for 3rd though.

[El Gato Negro]

:applause: crazy what they accomplished with that roster.

[Done_And_Done]

Deserved

[Hey Yo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDH1Ug-UsAAD2HO.png

[EllisGW]

What F a JOKE...... Kerr should have gotten it

[Fudge]

:cry:
:lol

[EllisGW]

:applause: crazy what they accomplished with that roster.

they had 4 all stars haha

[MP.Trey]

they had 4 all stars haha
They only had 2 at the start of the season. Maybe Teague and definitely Korver would not have made the team without Bud doing what he does. Warriors were known as unanimously a top 4 team in the West and Kerr deserves praise for helping them validate that and even surpass expectations but they didn't surpass expectations half as much as the Hawks did. A lot of people didn't even have the Hawks in the playoffs preseason, much less dominating the East and finishing with 60 wins.

Say Warriors win 67 games before the season and people would be surprised but not absolutely shocked.

Say Hawks win 60 games before the season and you get straight laughed out of the building by anyone who thinks they know basketball.

[ShawkFactory]

What F a JOKE...... Kerr should have gotten it
YOU'RE a joke

[hawksdogsbraves]

They only had 2 at the start of the season. Maybe Teague and definitely Korver would not have made the team without Bud doing what he does. Warriors were known as unanimously a top 4 team in the West and Kerr deserves praise for helping them validate that and even surpass expectations but they didn't surpass expectations half as much as the Hawks did. A lot of people didn't even have the Hawks in the playoffs preseason, much less dominating the East and finishing with 60 wins.

Say Warriors win 67 games before the season and people would be surprised but not absolutely shocked.

Say Hawks win 60 games before the season and you get straight laughed out of the building by anyone who thinks they know basketball.

Great take on the race, exactly my sentiments :cheers:

I think Kerr did a great job, (as well as Kidd, Stevens, and Pop) but what Bud did was just unfathomable coming into the season. NOBODY had the Hawks above a 4 or 5 seed, and almost everyone penciled them in for the classic 6-8 seed range it seems like we've been on forever.

I can't even ever remember a 'treadmill team' like the Hawks taking such a big step forward basically out of nowhere like we did. Like, what the Bucks did was great, but it's not that unusual to see a very young team make strides with a solid coach. Going from awful to decent is pretty common in the Association.

Going from mediocre to winning the conference by 8 games though? That's basically unheard of unless you bring in big time superstar FA's who turn the franchise completely around.

[He Strong]

Well deserved :applause:

[oarabbus]

Good.
F.uck them overrated pretty boys in the Bay Area.


A poster with the name '4 inches' would be insecure as a mf :lol

[SHAQisGOAT]

:applause:

It was either him or Kerr, but in my mind Bud deserved it a bit more... Glad he won.

[BuffaloBill]

I think Kerr should have gotten it. Stacked roster or not, what rookie coach wins 67 games? I'm fine with Bud too though.

[sammichoffate]

Going from 8th seed to 1st seed in one season with the same roster, that's pretty comparable to going 67 wins. Well deserved.

[Smoke117]

http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g322/Sugarsandrainbows/GIFs/e6u4ok.gif

[oarabbus]

https://twitter.com/CVivlamoreAJC/status/590581874810040320

Pop called him up and let him know :lol

[sammichoffate]

https://twitter.com/CVivlamoreAJC/status/590581874810040320

Pop called him up and let him know :lolhttp://i.imgur.com/mu13fpg.gif:lol

[Patrick Chewing]

Glad he won. Now I don't have to look up who the coach of the Hawks is.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Glad he won. Now I don't have to look up who the coach of the Hawks is.

Do yourself a favor and don't look up who the coach of the Knicks is, if you find out you'll probably jump off a bridge.

[Wiltside]

Loved the story about Pop telling him.

[triangleoffense]

WTF... Should have been Kerr by a mile... Literally history in the making in GSW... first year coaching doing what he did is unprecedented.

[Alamо]

I think Kerr should have gotten it. Stacked roster or not, what rookie coach wins 67 games? I'm fine with Bud too though.



I still stand strong by this



What rookie coach wins 67 ****ing games?

[Taller than CP3]

This would have made sense if the Hawks were in the D League where they belong.

[DonDadda59]

Jason Kidd.

[navy]

I know people are hating, but Bud got the Hawks cast of rejects to 60 wins and a 22-8 record vs the west.

Take a step back and marvel at this for a second.

[Alamо]

I know people are hating, but Bud got the Hawks cast of rejects to 60 wins and a 22-8 record vs the west.

Take a step back and marvel at this for a second.


That's nice but 67 wins. How many coaches have ever gotten 67 wins? Let alone rookie coaches. Bud deserved it but I think Kerr deserved it more so.

[DonDadda59]

I know people are hating, but Bud got the Hawks cast of rejects to 60 wins and a 22-8 record vs the west.

Take a step back and marvel at this for a second.

http://www.troll.me/images/patronizing-wiggum/wheres-your-messiah-now.jpg

[coin24]

Maybe they should change it and wait till midway through the playoffs or something for these awards.. Regular season means jack shit

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Kerr got robbed. Bud was a pretender.