Kenny Atkinson has done a great job in Brooklyn motivating scrappers and molding projects. But when the Nets added Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan, some worried he won’t be able to coach stars.
Turns out those stars wanted to be coached by him.
“Kenny’s known for telling it like it is, which I appreciate,” said Irving, who was accompanied to the hospital by Atkinson following Tuesday’s facial fracture.
“You’ve got to go,” Atkinson shrugged. “It’s no great Mother Teresa moment, it’s just something you do.