We are witnessing that the old coaches of gregg popovich's generation are gradually withdrawing from the historical stage, while the young coaches like Carlisle can't compare with their predecessors in honor for the time being. Next, let's take a look at the five Lord of the Rings and the five most successful veterans in NBA history. Who are they?
Popovich is the coach who has won the most honors among the active coaches and is also the most successful coach. Throughout the history of NBA, the number of championships he led can also rank fifth. After serving as the teaching assistant of the Spurs and Warriors respectively, Popovich returned to the Holy City to become the general manager, and personally took charge of the coach at 1996, starting a long teaching career.
In his second year as head coach of the Spurs, Popovich and the team ushered in a historic moment-tim duncan was selected as the No.1 pick. With this all-around big man who played for the Spurs for 20 years, Popovich led the team to win the cup five times in the following 16 years. The Spurs are also the closest team to establishing their own dynasty after the Lakers, and the old man has also created a record of leading the team to the playoffs for 22 consecutive years.
Popovich's team is often underestimated, but he always has a kind of magic, which can make those ordinary role players develop their strengths and avoid weaknesses under the Spurs system and play an amazing fighting capacity. Off the court, Popovich is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in history. This old man who loves food and red wine is also deeply loved by everyone.
Before becoming the "godfather of South Coast", Pat Riley was already a winner in life. He won the championship ring as an athlete and a coach respectively. Similar to Popovich, "God Operator" won five championship rings as a coach, four times in seven seasons with the showtime Lakers in the 1980s and with the Heat 1 time in 2006.
Riley's Lakers are a team with a long history. The three cores of the team are the Hall of Fame: Magic Johnson, Jabbar and James Worthy. At that time, Riley's team was undoubtedly the most lovable team in the NBA.
Later in his career, Riley, already the CEO of the Heat, was also the coach of the team, leading young Dwain Wade and old shaquille o'neal to complete the Jedi counterattack in the unfavorable situation that they were 0-2 behind the Dallas Mavericks in the finals, and brought Miami the first championship trophy in the team's history in straight sets.
John Kundera's name may not be familiar to many fans. The famous coach of the ancient NBA led the Lakers to rule the league in Minneapolis. During 1949- 1954, the Lakers won five championships in six years and established the first dynasty in NBA history.
Kundera has george mikan, the first super giant in NBA history, and Hall of Famers such as Wen Michaelson and elgin baylor.
As the first famous coach in NBA history, Kundera not only led the Lakers to become the first back-to-back championship, but also the first three consecutive championships, which also made the Lakers the first dynasty team in history.
Who doesn't know the name of the cardinal? Who doesn't? Auerbach helped the Boston Celtics occupy the absolute dominance of the NBA in the 1950s and 1960s last season. After winning the first championship in the team's history from 1956, auerbach led the team to win nine championships in one breath, including eight consecutive championships from 1959- 1966! It is still the highest record of the North American Sports Federation.
The draft of 1956 made the Cardinal win the first battle: he gave up his first round draft pick, chose Tom heinsen with the "regional draft pick", and chose K·C· Jones in the second round, and won the second place-signing the defensive wizard bill russell from the St. Louis Hawks trade, which solved the problem of the team attacking the strong and defending the weak in one fell swoop.
This series of operations created the embryonic form of the Celtic dynasty. Under the rule of auerbach, the Celtics were famous for their fast break. Russell's presence has helped the team keep the advantage of rebounding, and his trademark "hollow ball" block has made countless opponents feel frightened. The initiator of all this is auerbach, and the greatness of the cardinal is beyond doubt.
As a coach, Phil Jackson, who won a total of 1 1 championship rings in his career, undoubtedly topped the list. Jackson is very good at coaching, and his winning percentage in the regular season and playoffs is the best among the five famous coaches.
Phil didn't do well as a player, but he won the championship twice with the new york Knicks, which laid the foundation for his great success as a head coach in the future. After replacing Collins as the coach of Chicago Bulls, Phil Jackson won six championship trophies with Michael Jordan and Scott Pippen.
After he settled in Los Angeles, he led OK, Kobe and Gasol to win five championship rings, including his third consecutive championship. 2/kloc-0 At the beginning of the 20th century, Zijin Corps was the first dynasty team in the new century and the second dynasty team brought out by Phil Jackson.
Although Jackson has achieved achievements that other coaches can't even imagine, he only won the coach of the year with 1996. In addition, Jackson was elected as the coach of the All-Star Game four times, and was remembered by the world together with his incomparable championship ring.