It’s an annual occurrence in the NBA. Teams change head coaches and the roster of candidates who should get those jobs start getting bandied about, and especially in recent years those lists almost always included Black candidates, the National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. It is the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world.
How many NBA coaches are Black?
How many NBA coaches are Black?
Detroit’s Dwane Casey, Phoenix’s Monty Williams, Cleveland’s J.B. Bickerstaff, Philadelphia’s Doc Rivers, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Tyronn Lue, Houston’s Stephen Silas, and Atlanta’s Nate McMillan are the seven Black coaches who had their current jobs last season.
In the last 12 months, eight coaching jobs have been filled by Black candidates and for the first time, half the league’s franchises, 15 of the 30, have Black head coaches. “It means a lot,” said Golden State assistant Mike Brown, one of the eight recent Black hires; he’s taking over the Sacramento Kings when this series ends.
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