Warriors coach Steve Kerr and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra were named the NBA’s Coaches of the Month for the month of February, the league announced (Twitter link).
Kerr led the Warriors to an 11-3 record in February, with victories over the Suns and Lakers highlighting the month. February saw Klay Thompson take on a reserve role and flourish, as well as young players helping guide Golden State back into the playoff picture. Golden State is 32-28 and ninth in the West, 2.5 games behind the Kings for No. 6 in the conference and avoiding the play-in.
The Heat went 8-3 in February behind Spoelstra’s leadership, and they’ve lost just once since the All-Star break. Even with players in and out of the lineup, the Heat have gotten impressive contributions from about everyone in the rotation. Their month featured big wins over the Bucks, Magic and Sixers. Miami defeated the Bucks by 26 points without Jimmy Butler in the lineup on Feb. 13.
The other nominees for Coach of the Month in the West were Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault, Minnesota’s Chris Finch, L.A.’s Darvin Ham, Dallas’s Jason Kidd and Denver’s Michael Malone (Twitter link). Meanwhile, in the East, Cleveland’s J.B. Bickerstaff, Boston’s Joe Mazzulla and Orlando’s Jamahl Mosley were nominated.
lol Kerr proved his coaching prowess vs Celtics thinking it was a good idea to let J Brown shoot wide open every time. Great coach…
Award is for the month of February. Yesterday was March 3rd.
With over 500 wins, and winning percentage over .650, he is allowed a bad game every now and then.
Exactly, not to mention coaching the Warriors to a championship over J Brown and these Celtics. He tried something out, it’s good to mess with this now than in the playoffs or championship games. So sick of people hating on Kerr, if he got fired today he would have 20 teams ready to make him highest paid coach in history
Obviously Boston Celtic Coach Joe Mazzulla should have won the award. What is going on? Who votes?
Just more anti-Boston stuff. You see it in all sports.
You think sports media hates Boston sports? That might be the most ridiculous statement I’ve ever heard about sports media
Mazzulla’s held to a higher standard than most coaches because Boston has the clear best team in the league right now. That absolutely laughable loss to the Lakers without Davis or LeBron on Feb. 1 was probably the one thing that prevented him from getting the award.
That said, I agree. And I hate the Celtics.