You win Coach of the Year, you get fired. Unless your name is Mark Daigneault, that has been the reality in recent years for the recipients of that award. Kenny Atkinson could be the next victim of that brutal trend.
The thought of firing the Cleveland Cavaliers' head coach recently surfaced in a rumor mill round-up from Marc Stein. The NBA insider noted the murmurings that have come his way from Northeast Ohio.
Stein wrote, "I've been hearing rumbles in coaching circles for weeks, amazingly, that pressure is indeed mounting on Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson.