Doc Rivers
Before the Celtics played the Nets last night, Boston head coach Doc Rivers said in an interview that he would nominate New Jersey’s bench boss Lawrence Frank for Coach of the Year if he was eligible to vote for the award.
“The Nets are one of the good stories in our league this year,” Rivers said. “Lawrence — if you had a vote for Coach of the Year, he’s got to be in the conversation.
“What they’ve done is … he’s changed the system. They’ve gone to a lot of dribble-weave stuff, which they hadn’t done. It’s what Lawrence saw in their team — having Vince (Carter) and Devin, having a big in (Brook) Lopez — it fits their personnel. And it’s a complete change from what they’ve done in the past with the Princeton stuff.”
“So to me, it’s a lot of Devin — but it’s a lot of Lawrence as well. He has to be in the argument.”