Kenny Atkinson was named the 2024-25 NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to 64 wins. (More Sports News)
Atkinson received 59 of a possible 100 first-place votes and 401 total points. Bickerstaff received 31 first-place votes and 305 points, while Udoka was atop seven ballots, finishing with 113 points
Kenny Atkinson was named the 2024-25 NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to 64 wins. (More Sports News)
Atkinson was announced as this season바카라™s winner of the Red Auerback Trophy on Monday, edging out former Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff 바카라“ now with the Detroit Pistons 바카라“ and the Houston Rockets바카라™ Ime Udoka.
Atkinson took over a play-off team in Cleveland that had 48 wins last season, but his addition helped lead the Cavaliers to the top record in the Eastern Conference. Their 16-win improvement was the third largest in the NBA this season.
Atkinson received 59 of a possible 100 first-place votes and 401 total points. Bickerstaff received 31 first-place votes and 305 points, while Udoka was atop seven ballots, finishing with 113 points.
A first-time winner, Atkinson helped Cleveland바카라™s offence jump from 112.8 points per 100 possessions (17th in the NBA) last season to a league-leading 119.1 this season.
The Cavaliers바카라™ 64 wins this season are the second most in franchise history, trailing only LeBron James바카라™ 2008-09 squad that went 66-16.
Bickerstaff, who was fired by the Cavaliers a year ago, helped guide the Pistons to one of the quickest turnarounds in NBA history.
Bickerstaff took over a team that won 14 games last season but guided them to a 44-38 campaign and the No. 6 seed in the East. That 30-win year-over-year improvement is the seventh largest in NBA history, and almost every team with a larger improvement added a Hall of Fame player in the offseason.
Udoka helped the Rockets to an 11-win improvement over last season, and their 52-30 mark this season earned them the No. 2 seed in a deep Western Conference.