Atkinson, Bickerstaff and Udoka are the finalists of the NBA trainer of the year

Kenny Atkinson brought Cleveland into the season for a 15-0 start and led the Cavaliers to the best record in the Eastern Conference. JB Bickerstaff pulled Detroit out of the basement into the playoffs. Ime Udoka headed Houston's way to end his five-year-old playoff dürre.

All three did elite jobs this season.

And on Monday one of them will be the NBA coach of the year.

None of the three won the award beforehand, but al were legitimate candidates. Bickerstaff has now received votes in the last four seasons, Udoka has received votes as head coach in all three seasons, and Atkinson was fifth in the 2018-19 season.

No matter the order of the finish – which is revealed shortly after 6:30 p.m. Eastern in a TNT show – it will be the best surfaces of all time for all three coaches. You will be 1-2-3 in any order; The NBA publishes the three finalists in advance, but does not announce the winner of his main prizes before the show.

Atkinson and Bickerstaff both did this in the first year of their current stays. Atkinson led Cleveland to a 64-18 record and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Bickerstaff was then hired by Detroit and transformed a 14-win team into a team with 44 wins that brought the seed no. 6 of the East.

Udoka led Houston a 52-30 mark and No. 2 seeds in the Western Conference.

The trainer of the year was coordinated by a global body of 100 writers and transmitters, like several other NBA honors, who cover the league shortly after the end of the regular season and hand over ballot papers.

The other awards that were part of this coordination process and already contained their results: Atlantas Dyson Daniels won most of the improved players, San Antonios Stephon Castle -win -Rookie of the Year, Cleveland Evan Mabley winner of the century, the Jalenton winner of Jalenton's winner of the year, and the clowning player of the year.

Other awards announced by the league since the end of the regular season: Stephen Curry von Golden State won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year, the Warriors teammate Draymond Green won the Hustle Award and Bostons Jrue Holiday for the second time in his career. The managing director of the year will be announced on Tuesday and the master of the social justice of the league will be announced on Wednesday.

The most important awards that will later be announced in the playoffs include MVP (either Shai Gilgeous-Alexander by Oklahoma City, Nikola Jokic from Denver, Giannis Antetokounmpo by Milwaukee) as well as the teams of all-NBA, all-rookie and all-defensive teams.

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