{"id":22681,"date":"2025-01-03T01:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T01:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=22681"},"modified":"2025-01-03T01:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T01:40:13","slug":"kenny-atkinson-has-honest-admission-about-his-time-with-warriors-i-dont-think-i-was-a-complete-coach-until-i-came-here-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=22681","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Atkinson Has Honest Admission About His Time With Warriors: \u201cI don\u2019t think I was a complete coach until I came here and&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-label=\"Kenny Atkinson Has Honest Admission About His Time With Warriors\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clevelanddaily.com\/wp-content\/cache\/webp-cache\/87e643ff183c18f2e61125b4bfd04d15.webp\" alt=\"Kenny Atkinson Has Honest Admission About His Time With Warriors\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption>(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers have held on to the best record in the Eastern Conference after a historic 15-0 start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>The front office put the right players in place to gel together, and it has resulted in something special.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were excited about the team coming into the year, but this strong of a start was not expected.<\/p>\n<p>Sustained success in the NBA can, of course, be about the roster, but it\u2019s also a testament to a team\u2019s head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavaliers have thrived under Kenny Atkinson\u2019s leadership, who has brought the Cavaliers to this place in his first year as a head coach.<\/p>\n<p>He recently commented about his time with the Golden State Warriors, and how it prepared him to be a strong head coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis was finishing school for me as a coach. I don\u2019t think I was a complete coach until I came here, and, quite honestly, learned from the best. The best players, the best coach,\u201d Atkinson said via Dammy Emerman on X.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson on his time with Warriors: \u201cThis was finishing school for me as a coach. I don\u2019t think I was a complete coach until I came here and, quite honestly, learned from the best. The best players, the best coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Danny Emerman (@DannyEmerman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DannyEmerman\/status\/1873906171876360569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Warriors have been known as a high-class, well-run organization for many years, and Atkinson learned a lot from Steve Kerr during his time there.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr has been identified as one of the best coaches in the NBA over the past decade, so he was a great mentor for Atkinson to look up to, knowing how much success he\u2019s had during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The job is not done for the Cavaliers, who still have a lot of work to do, but if Atkinson and his team can keep their momentum going, they\u2019ll be hard to stop down the stretch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Cleveland Cavaliers have held on to the best record in the Eastern Conference after a historic 15-0 start to the season. 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