Newsday · Mar 7, 2020
Knicks should take a close look at Kenny Atkinson
Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson against the San Antonio Spurs at Barclays Center on Friday, what would turn out to be his final game at the helm. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Kenny Atkinson just got the starter coach treatment.
The Nets’ surprising announcement that there had been a “mutual parting of ways” had nothing to do with his performance. How could it? Atkinson had a team with no Kevin Durant, no Kyrie Irving for 42 games in the No. 7 seed Saturday morning when the news conference was called to explain his departure.
