When Charles Lee addressed his first news conference as the Charlotte Hornets’ head coach Tuesday, his excitement was palpable. This, you could tell, was a man who couldn’t wait to start his first NBA head coaching job after barely missing out on a couple of those sorts of jobs before.
“Not getting across the finish line,” Lee called it.
He crossed that finish line with the Hornets, though, who in Lee hired a young NBA assistant who has already been an integral part of two NBA championship franchises (Boston and Milwaukee).