On Monday, it was announced that Kenny Atkinson had won this season's NBA Coach of the Year award. It wasn't exactly unexpected, as he transformed the Cleveland Cavaliers from a good, playoff-caliber team to a squad that went 64-18 this season.
He had been hired by the Cavs to replace the outgoing J.B. Bickerstaff during the offseason. Ironically, he beat out Bickerstaff, who did a fine job turning around the Detroit Pistons, to win the award.