After the 76ers beat the Bulls, the team firmly held the first position in the East. Rivers' coaching career reached 1 1,000 wins, becoming the tenth head coach with thousands of wins in NBA history and the tenth head coach with the most wins. Like most of his peers, Rivers used to be an NBA player, otherwise he could not be an evergreen tree. 1983 NBA draft, the hawks selected rivers in the second round of 3 1. He played for Eagles, Clippers, Knicks and Spurs successively, and retired in 13 and 1996. After retiring, Rivers began his coaching career, and it took Rivers 22 years to become a thousand-win head coach.
So, it took Rivers 22 years to win 1000, and how long did it take Popovich and Jackson? Popovich is a little different from other NBA coaches. He has been with the Spurs since he started coaching. He is the symbol of the Spurs, and Popovich can even influence the management of the team. Besides, he is not a player. 1979, Popovich became an assistant to Pomona College's basketball team. 1986, he came to North Carolina as an internship assistant. Three months later, Popovich was in Kansas.
1994 became the general manager of the spurs, and 1996 personally served as the head coach of the team. At that time, david robinson, the core of the team, was injured, and Popovich's lead score was only 17. It is precisely because of this poor record that the Spurs won the No.1 pick and selected Duncan, the leading power forward in NBA history, and Popovich officially began his legendary coaching career. For more than 20 consecutive seasons, the Spurs all entered the playoffs and won the championship five times. Under the leadership of Popovich, the Holy City has become a successful model of the small ball market, but its GDP has been retreated one after another. After Leonard left, the Spurs have now become a fishing team. 20 15, Popovich has thousands of troops. From 1996 to 20 15 years, Popovich used 19 years in total.
Jackson is also a great head coach. Like Rivers, Jackson is a player. He was selected by the Knicks in the second round with a 1967 17 pick. Won the championship twice in his career, 1978 became a tennis player and teaching assistant. 1980 After retiring, Jackson began to teach. He led the bulls to three consecutive championships twice, and won three consecutive championships after coming to the Lakers. It was Jackson who developed the triangle attack. If we want to discuss who is the greatest head coach in NBA history, Jackson may be affirmed by most fans. In 2008, Jackson led the Lakers to 1000 victories over the Celtics. From 1989 to 2008, Jackson spent a total of 17 years (no coaching in 99 and 05).