There is noticeable star power among the Americans' coaches this summer. And head coach Steve Kerr says all were “no-brainers.”
coach Mike Brown, a former assistant to Kerr. Spoelstra said he got to know Kerr a little when Kerr was a TV analyst for TNT before becoming coach of the Warriors, and Spoelstra was coaching the Heat.
“It’s one of the reasons I wanted to have on staff, because I liked both of them so much that I wanted to get to know them and work with them.”Lue, 46, said Kerr reached out to him in 2018, when Lue had to step away briefly from the Cavs for health reasons, and again two seasons later when Cleveland fired Lue after James left as a free agent and the team lost its first six games at the start of a rebuild.
Depending on the day, Kerr is either announcing his ideas for a practice plan or initiating a discussion of the game plan for that night’s opponent. Scouting reports are done by the assistants; for instance, Lue was in charge of scouting Greece, while Spoelstra handled the scout for the Germany game Sunday.
The games will come too fast at the World Cup to be compared to the NBA playoffs, but the urgency to win almost every game is the same as a late-series game in the NBA postseason.,” Few said. “I didn’t know Ty as well as I knew the other two coming into this, and Ty is just a brilliant basketball mind. There’s been so much information that he’s been subjected to over all these years as a player and an NBA coach, head coach or assistant.
Few said Spoelstra, like Lue, had an “unbelievable” basketball mind, and is “so open to sharing and listening.” He echoed Lue’s sentiments about Spoelstra’s commanding presence in any room.
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