Do you think basketball coaches are more likely to gain better basketball skills and knowledge if they start out as an NBA assignment or possible NBA water boy?
Is that how some of the best coaches in the NCAA gain better skill?
Why or why not?|||Trust me, every single NBA coach has been a water boy or a sandwich runner at some point in his career. Very rarely do they just jump from player to asst coach and not have to earn their dues.
And they gain their skill by looking up to the head coach that they work for, being a water boy is just a way to get your foot in the door .|||yes|||Pat Riley was never a waterboy.
Phil Jackson was never a waterboy.
I could go on.
Pat Riley was a Laker broadcaster (Chick Hearn's sidekick) when Jack McKinney got hurt in a freak bicycle accident during the 1979-80 NBA season.
Paul Westhead, McKinney's assistant coach, was promoted to interim coach, and Riley came out of the broadcast booth to become Westhead's assistant, eventually replacing Westhead early in the 1981-82 season when Westhead was fired.
Most NBA coaches come from the ranks of assistant coaches. Most assistant coaches were either former/recently retired NBA players, or they came from the college coaching ranks.
The days of water boys working their way up are kind of over. The NBA wants guys who have coaching experience, not guys who gave cups of Gatorade to the players during time outs.|||What assignment did they have?
I think they should be an assistant first.|||You learn the most if you're in whatever environment your current knowledge level is suited for. You won't learn anything from a college-level calculus class if you're still trying to master basic albegra.
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