Nelson Worthy of HOF Calling

2007/11/22 21:37:13 @NBA.com: News

In the BOSTON GLOBE, Peter May writes, "This is Don Nelson's 29th season as an NBA head coach. Only two players on the Golden State Warriors roster were even alive when Nelson began his career in Milwaukee in 1976. He was 97 wins shy of being the all-time winningest coach in NBA history when the War riors took the floor last night against the Celtics. He's still 97 shy after the Celtics' 105-82 victory. You could stock a pretty large trophy case with Nellie hardware. There are three Coach of the Year awards, from 1983, 1985, and 1992. Only one other coach, Pat Riley, has won that many. There's the gold medal from the 1994 World Championship team, which cruised through the competition in Canada. That remains the last United States gold medal-winning World Championship team. Only Lenny Wilkens has won more games and only Riley has had more 50-win seasons. When the NBA selected the 10 greatest coaches in league history in 1997, Nellie was one of the chosen."
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