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National Basketball Associations (NBA) has hired former Dallas Mavericks specialist Stephen Sailas as head coach of the Houston Rockets, the team reports.
Welcome to Houston, Coach Silas! pic.twitter.com/oqNuPUXMmB
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) October 30, 2020
It has already been reported that the Dallas Mavericks have worked for the previous two seasons Stephen Sailas will become the head coach of the Houston Rockets.
The two sides reached a formal agreement on Friday. The Sailas team will be taken over by Mike D’Antoni, with whom the contract was not extended after last season. D’Antoni has joined Brooklyn’s “Nets” to assist Steve Nash.
Rocket owner Tilman Fertita emphasized that Sailas had earned this opportunity.
The Rockets team has been convinced by Sailas’ intelligence in the attack game and also by the fact that he has previously worked with specialists such as Rick Carlisle, Steve Clifford and his father Paul Sailas.
During his career, 47-year-old Sailas has trained several leading NBA defenders, including Luka Dončič, Kembu Volker, Stefan Karijs. He will now be able to lead James Harden and Russell Westbrook.
Sailas has been with the NBA since 1999, when he began his career as Charlotte’s Hornets scout. Since 2000, he has worked as an assistant on the Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and Mavericks, and has been a Washington Wizards scout for one season.
He played in college basketball for the Brown University team, but after graduating, he worked for the National Association of Career Basketball Players (NBRPA) for three years.
His father, Paul Sailas, led the Hornets, Cavaliers, and San Diego Clippers during his coaching career. In his career as a basketball player, the former striker was crowned NBA champion three times in the 1970s.
The Rockets acknowledged the superiority of the Lakers in Los Angeles in the semifinals of last season’s elimination tournament with a 1-4.
The final phase of last season took place at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. The final match of the season took place on October 11, when the Los Angeles Lakers secured a 4-2 victory over the Miami Heat.
It has already been reported that the NBA wants to start the next season on December 22.
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