It took long enough, but it finally happened. Brian Shaw has been hired as the new head coach by the Denver Nuggets. The long time assistant,and often rumored Phil jackson successor was passed over by the Lakers when Jackson left and the Lakers hire Mike Brown and was passed over again when the Lakers replaced Brown witrh Mike Dantoni. Yet his time finally came. His former coach Phil Jackson offered this comment:
”I think the Nuggets are going to benefit from his tenure,” Jackson tweeted.
”So great to see Brian Shaw rewarded with this long overdue opportunity,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel told The AP in a text. ”Congrats to Brian and the Nuggets. Denver just got one of the best head coaches this league will see for years to come.”
The Denver Post first announced the agreement with Shaw, the Indiana Pacers assistant who told the newspaper he’s been ”prepared by the best of the best” for his first NBA head coaching job, adding ”I feel like I’ve waited and paid my dues.”
The Nuggets called a news conference for Tuesday afternoon, where team president Josh Kroenke and newly hired general manager Tim Connelly will introduce their new coach.
Shaw replaces Karl, who was ousted June 6 just weeks after winning the league’s Coach of the Year award.
Shaw inherits a young team loaded with talent that won a franchise-record 57 games but lost Danilo Gallinari to a knee injury down the stretch and bowed out in the first round of the playoffs for the ninth time in 10 years.
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