In his one of his first comments since leaving the Nets in early March, Kenny Atkinson spoke on the Jr. NBA’s online conference call earlier this week and took the opportunity to praise the last player he and his staff developed, Timothe’ Luwawu-Cabarrot.
Atkinson has been working with international coaches as part of the Jr. NBA’s global youth outreach and was asked about French basketball. He pointed to Luwawu-Cabarrot who the Nets signed on Opening Night as a two-way. After playing 10 games at Nassau Coliseum, he was brought up and as the season went on, first Atkinson then Jacque Vaughn relied more and more on him.