Atlanta Hacks I will have new coach: Quinn Snyder He was chosen to command the team of Trae Young and company from the bench.
According to his reports Shams Charania of The Athletic and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPNSnyder is close to finalizing a deal with the Georgia State franchise in which he will take over the part vacated by the fired Nate McMillan in a bad season after leading the team to the East Finals in 2021.
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The Charania report states that Snyder agreed to his salary about eight million dollars a year, which will rank him among the NBA’s highest-paid coaches. It is not known how long the agreement will last.
The Hawks were 29-30 when McMillan left the team.a number hardly expected in a franchise that has a positive record for two consecutive years in the Regular Season and this year aimed higher with the addition of Dejounte Murray, an All-Star in 2022.
“Decisions like these, especially in the middle of the season, are always extremely difficult, but we believe it is best for our team to move forward with another voice at the helm.” executive Landry Fields said of McMillan’s firing.
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Snyder replacing McMillan also comes as no surprise: it’s a logical decision, with someone with past in the organization (worked as an assistant to Mike Budenholzer in the 2013-2014 season) and great experience in the position of coach in the NBA, something other candidates mentioned as Jordi Fernández or Mitch Johnson lack.
Snyder, 56, coached the University of Missouri and G League Austin Toros from 1999-2010, then spent a couple of seasons as an assistant in the NBA and EuroLeague, then a year in Atlanta. in 2014 he became the head coach of the Utah Jazz, a position he held until 2022.
With the Utah Jazz, Snyder had 372 wins in 636 regular season games (58.5%) all-time eight seasons. The team qualified for the playoffs six times: In three of those years he made it past the first round. In the 2017–2018 and 2020–2021 seasons, Sneijder finished in the top 3 of voting for the best coach, but never won this award.
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