Бостон Сэлтикс багт тоглогчийн хувиар таван удаа аваргалж, дасгалжуулагчийн замналдаа 1,335 хожил байгуулсан Дон Нелсон өөд болсон талаар Голдэн Стэйт Уорриорс албан ёсоор мэдэгдлээ
Дон Нелсон нь NBA-ийн түүхэнд Милуоки Бакс, Даллас Маверикс, Голдэн Стэйт Уорриорс гэсэн гурван өөр багт тус бүр 250-иас дээш хожил байгуулсан хоёр дасгалжуулагчийн нэг бөгөөд эдгээр багуудад ерөнхий менежерээр давхар ажиллаж байв. Тэрээр 31 улирлын турш 18 удаа багаа плэй-оффт шалгаруулж, гурван удаа оны шилдэг дасгалжуулагчаар тодорч байсан юм.
Тэрээр “point forward” буюу тоглогчийн шинэ үүргийг NBA-д нэвтрүүлж, хурд болон хурдан довтолгоонд суурилсан довтолгооны хэв маягийг бүтээсэн нь тухайн үедээ олны анхаарлыг татаж байлаа. Дон Нелсон тоглогчийн хувиар Бостон Сэлтикс багт 14 улирлын 11-ийг өнгөрүүлж, таван удаа аваргалсан түүхтэй. Дасгалжуулагчийн хувьд Милуоки Бакс багт 11 жил ажиллахдаа долоон жил дараалан дивизионы аварга болж байсан бол Голдэн Стэйт Уорриорс багт “Run TMC” хэмээх алдартай бүрэлдэхүүнийг удирдаж байв.
Түүний дасгалжуулагчийн замналд олон онцлох үйл явдал тохиосон бөгөөд үүнд Дирк Новицкиг NBA-д авчирсан, Стив Нэшийг шилдэг холбон тоглогч болгон хөгжүүлсэн, мөн 2007 оны плэй-оффт Барон Дэвисоор удирдуулсан “We Believe” Уорриорс баг тэргүүлэгч Даллас Мавериксыг буулган авсан зэрэг багтдаг. Тэрээр 2009-2010 оны улиралд Стефен Карригийн анхны улиралд нь дасгалжуулагчаар ажиллаж байлаа.
Дон Нелсон 1,335 хожилтойгоор NBA-ийн түүхэн дэх хамгийн олон хожил байгуулсан дасгалжуулагчаар карьераа өндөрлөсөн юм. Тэрээр энэхүү амжилтаа 12 орчим жилийн турш хадгалсны эцэст 2022 оны гуравдугаар сард Грегг Попович түүнийг гүйцсэн билээ.
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Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history who won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday. He was 86.
Nelson’s death was announced by the Golden State Warriors, one of the teams he coached.
Nelson is one of two coaches in NBA history to have at least 250 wins with three different franchises — Milwaukee, Dallas and Golden State — also serving as general manager for all three franchises. He was a three-time coach of the year and made the playoffs 18 times in 31 seasons. He went to the conference finals three times with the Bucks and once with the Mavericks, never winning a title.
Nelson introduced what is now known as the point forward, and his up-tempo style of offense created a buzz. He said the idea of shifting from the dominant big men of the 1970s to an offense focused on speed and the fast break came from his playing days under Celtics Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach.
Nelson played 11 of his 14 seasons in Boston and was on five Celtics championship teams under four different coaches. He became an assistant coach in Milwaukee after retiring as a player, then took over after coach Larry Costello resigned 18 games into the 1976-77 season. Nelson coached the Bucks for 11 seasons starting in 1976 and won seven straight division titles.
His fast-paced offenses were probably best on display with Golden State in the “Run TMC” era featuring future Hall of Famers Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin. Nelson said he wanted them on the court at the same time.
Nelson spent 11 seasons over two stints with Golden State. The first one was punctuated by a rift with rookie star Chris Webber, who was traded away a month into his second season. Nelson, demoralized by the trade, missed nine games that season due to illness and resigned under pressure three months later in February 1995.
In between, Nelson was fired after less than one season in New York in 1995-96, then coached in Dallas for eight seasons, missing 21 games with the Mavericks starting in December 2000 to recuperate from prostate cancer surgery.
Nelson’s son, Donnie, joined his father as an assistant coach with the Mavericks in 1998, later became general manager and remained with the organization until 2021. Together they persuaded 20-year-old German star Dirk Nowitzki to pass up European basketball and join the Mavericks. Don Nelson also developed Steve Nash into one of the NBA’s top point guards before Nash went on to win back-to-back MVPs with the Phoenix Suns in 2005 and 2006.
At Golden State, Nelson’s “We Believe” Warriors led by Baron Davis upset Nowitzki and the top-seeded Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 playoffs in one of the biggest shockers in NBA history. In his final season as a coach, Nelson mentored rookie Stephen Curry in 2009-10.
Nelson retired as the NBA’s career coaching wins leader with 1,335, just ahead of Lenny Wilkens’ 1,332. Nelson kept that top spot for nearly 12 years before close friend and now-retired San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich passed him in March 2022.
