The Atlanta Hawks have reached an agreement with interim coach Nate McMillan to accept a full-time role after he led the team to an improbable run to the Eastern Conference finals. Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk said Monday "an agreement in place in principle" was finalized earlier in the day with McMillan. The young Hawks team enjoyed an immediate turnaround under McMillan and now can embrace a future with the full-time coach. Once he says this is what we’re going to do, he’s consistent with it, and because of that consistency, I believe the players believe in it. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSchlenk said he knew McMillan was the right choice to be the full-time coach even before the playoffs.

Source: Fox News July 05, 2021 18:33 UTC