Nate McMillan reluctantly agreed to serve as the Atlanta Hawks’ interim coach and only accepted the position after conferring with Lloyd Pierce following Pierce’s firing on Monday. “I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night.”McMillan said before his debut as interim coach in Tuesday night’s game at Miami that he initially wasn’t interested when Hawks president Travis Schlenk extended the offer to serve as interim coach. “He basically felt I should take this opportunity.”So about three hours after announcing Pierce had been fired, the Hawks named McMillan as interim coach later Monday. He wasn’t ready to talk about the possibility of being more than an interim coach in Atlanta. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“I’m a believer in coach Pierce,” he said.

Source: thestar March 02, 2021 20:03 UTC