Gregg Popovich wins 2014 NBA Coach of the Year award
Gregg Popovich will be thrilled with winning Coach of the Year. (USATSI) More NBA: Season Awards | Grades: East | Grades: West | Seasons in ReviewThe NBA announced Tuesday that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has won the 2014 Red Auerbach NBA Coach of the Year award. Popovich joins Don Nelson and Pat Riley as the only three-time winners of the award. The Spurs finished with a franchise-best 62 wins at 62-20, and won at least 50 games for the 15th consecutive season, which, let's be honest, is just insane.
Here are the final vote totals:
Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs: 380Jeff Hornacek, Phoenix Suns: 339Tom Thibodeau, Chicago Bulls: 159Steve Clifford, Charlotte Bobcats: 127Dwane Casey, Toronto Raptors: 70Terry Stotts, Portland Trail Blazers: 25Doc Rivers, Los Angeles Clippers: 13Scott Brooks, Oklahoma Ciy Thunder: 1Mark Jackson, Golden State Warriors: 1Jason Kidd, Brooklyn Nets: 1
Sources close to the situation told CBSSports.com that Popovich intends to use the award to prop up a wobbly leg on a table. (That's not actually true.)
Popovich has essentially become the Michael Jordan of Coach of the Year, a worthy winner every season.
Hornacek was a deserving No.2 vote-getter, guiding the Suns from an expected-lottery team to being one game short of a playoff berth. Thibodeau overcame the loss of Derrick Rose and Luol Deng to guide the Bulls to the 4th seed while posting the second-best defense in the league behind Indiana and the worst effective field goal shooting mark of any team in the league. Steve Clifford put the Bobcats over .500, a playoff team, and morst importantly, respectable. Dwane Casey pushed a ragtag Raptors team to the third seed.
Everyone loves Doc Rivers, the Thunder were the No. 2 seed, Mark Jacksno has devoted followers in Golden State, and Jason Kidd didn't get fired. That's your field.
Via Project Spurs, here's a look at Pop's usual reaction to winning this award:
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