After Rookies and Players of the Month, it’s time for the last monthly awards with the Managers. Unsurprisingly, Monty Williams and Joe Mazzulla pick up their first laurels of the season.
While the choice of players can often be debated, the first prize of the season among the managers is not so difficult to find. What do Joe Mazzulla and Monty Williams have in common? We’ll let you look at the standings, you have 4 hours. First in the East as in the West, the two tacticians logically collect the first prize of the season. No scandal on paper, although one could have imagined that the NBA would highlight coaches who at the start of the season would have placed their teams above expectations, such as Rick Carlisle with Indiana or Willie Green with New Orleans, for example. And no, Phoenix and Boston will then hog a second out of every three monthly rewards.
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β Phoenix Suns (@Suns) December 1, 2022
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βBoston Celtics (@celtics) December 1, 2022
Coach of the Year at the title, Monty Williams is obviously not in his first attempt. Great record instead for Joe Mazzulla, who is starting his first year in the NBA pulling the maximum: what is still only an interim is making Ime Udoka forget in Boston and it is no small thing given the good last season. With 18 wins in 22 games, the young (34-year-old) Celtics coach still proves he has his back for the job and his group seems to totally adhere to his way of talking and his methods. What if a rookie coach became coach of the year? It’s far from impossible.
Other coaches to receive votes according to the NBA: Chauncey Billups (Trail Blazers), Mike Brown (Kings), Willie Green (Pelicans), Will Hardy (Jazz), Taylor Jenkins (Grizzlies), Michael Malone (Nuggets) JB Bickerstaff ( Cavaliers ), Mike Budenholzer (Bucks) and Rick Carlisle (Pacers).
Text source: NBA
