Kenny Atkinson from Cavaliers wins the NBA coach of the year award

Kenny Atkinson from the Cleveland Cavaliers was appointed NBA trainer of the year after led the team 64 and led number 1 in the playoffs of the Eastern Conference in his first year at work.

Atkinson defeated the head coach of Detroit Piston's JB Bickerstaff, the man he replaced, and Houston Rockets trainer Ime Udoka for honor.

“If that [job] Open … I was like “Holy S-“, whatever my presentation is that it has to be the best thing I've ever done, “said Atkinson recently.” It was like a must. “

Atkinson won a long search by the Cavaliers last May and June and flying between Cleveland and France, where he was a assistant coach in the French national team for interviews. One of his main sales outlets for Koby Altman and Mike Gansey from Cavaliers' Front Office -Office leaders was how strong he felt how the existing Cavaliers was and how he saw how he could maximize it.

What happened were cavaliers who were up and down on and down the squad, spectacular seasons under Atkinson's instructions. The team had three All-Stars-Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley and developed a devastating bank rotation with reserves Ty Jerome and De'andre Hunter, also career times.

Atkinson's largest mission was to unlock Mobley, which the CAVs regarded as the key to team -wide improvement. In collaboration with Team captain Mitchell, Atkinson newly arranged the team's rotations to ensure that the two played for another minutes. He also designed sets to challenge Mabley as a playmaker and external shooter.

Mobley tripled his 3-point, an average of 18.5 points per game and was appointed defensive player of the year in addition to his first all-star appearance. He is a strong candidate who, in addition to Mitchell, also produces his first all-NBA team.

All of this was achieved by reducing the minutes by Mitchell, Mabley and Center Jarrett everyone who played all more games than a year ago.

A key to the team's mentality was set up in a training camp of the cavaliers in Sarasota, Florida, at the IMG Academy in September. In early practices, Atkinson and his coaching team used a number of methods to cause the Cavaliers to play faster, as well as various binding techniques.

Bickerstaff, who led the Cavaliers to two consecutive playoff appearances and winning the first round last season, was popular with the players and his shooting was slightly controversial. At the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers had developed an excellent team chemistry when Atkinson defeated his promise to increase the size of many of the roles of the secondary players and reduce the workload of the stars.

The cavaliers started the season 15-0, grab the top seed in the east and never let go. Later in the season they would score a winning series with 12 games and a winning series with 16 games and finally won the series of season of 17 different opponents as Atkinson's Last Sharing system during the team in a fool in the regular season.

Then the Cavaliers swept the Miami heat in the first round of the playoffs and put an NBA record with a 122-point differential in the four games.

Last month, Atkinson's colleagues agreed as a coach of the National Basketball Coaches' Association of the Year.

The last coach of Cavaliers who won the NBA coach of the year was Mike Brown in 2009.