Amid a difficult start to this season, including a franchise-record 13-game losing streak, his players always had his back. Now he wants to have theirs.
During a Tuesday morning conference call, New Orleans fifth-year head coach Alvin Gentry was asked if he considered not going to Orlando for next month’s resumption of the NBA season, based on COVID-19 concerns related to his age of 65. Gentry, who is the league’s third-oldest coach, has never wavered. Not after how the New Orleans Pelicans’ roller-coaster, 2019-20 season has unfolded.
“To be honest, we had a struggle (to start the season),” Gentry said, alluding to a 7-23 record through Dec.