After 23 years of great offensive coaching and two Finals apperarences. Timberwolves Head Coach Rick Adelman has announced he will retire from coaching basketball.
… one of our games great coaches, manning the NBA sidelined for the better part of a quarter century –NBA Commissioner Adam Silver
As I said, 23 years of great offensive coaching, so great that his offenses over the years have finished top 5 in scoring on 14 occasions and four additional teams ranking top 10 in PPG.
Fifth fastest coach to reach 1,000 wins, 1042-749 overall (.582 winning percentage) His best years was without doubt the Portland years where he reached the NBA Finals twice with the Blazers (’90 and 92)
He won’t completely be out of the picture as he’ll still be in the Timberwolves franchise, as a consultant.
