Last season's NBA coach of the year made a strong case that Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni should be this season's winner.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who was the general manager in Phoenix in D'Antoni's final season as Suns coach, praised D'Antoni's work rebuilding the Rockets confidence and play in his first season.
"Mike deserves it," Kerr said. "There's probably a couple guys you can make a strong case for. Erik Spoelstra's done an amazing job. Pop (Spurs coach Gregg Popovich,) you just give it to Pop every year. I think Mike has been brilliant. You look at where the team is now compared to where they were at the end of last season.