Don Nelson has the most wins of any coach in NBA history, but he never won a championship, or even made the NBA Finals. He won Head Coach of the Year three times, but none of his teams left a significant mark on the competitive history of the NBA. A mad scientist, Nellie was always bucking convention, trying out strategies that other coaches wouldn’t dare to do. For the most part, his experiments didn’t allow his teams to approach the elite echelon of basketball dynasties during his time.
Nelson was obsessed with two concepts foremost: the point forward and small-ball.