Who Is COTY? To The West, To The West

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Coach of the Year: Fourth Edition -- Say Cheeks!
Published 3/25/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... be too. 1. Byron Scott, New Orleans Hornets, 47-21, first in the West Why he's here : The COTY is his to lose. And if you thought the Hornets would be atop the West standings this late in the season, you either work for the Hornets or you're lying. Others receiving COTY love : Mike D'Antoni, Phoenix; Jerry Sloan, Utah; Stan Van Gundy, Orlando; Gregg Popovich, San Antonio: Flip Saunders, Detroit; Eddie Jordan, Washington COTY Linkage : WaPo : Coach of the Year: East | West

Pre-game links: Beating The Wiz
Published 3/25/2008 by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... and Western coaches of the year. Nate McMillan pops up for the West: In the first half of the season, McMillan had this award locked up after turning the league's youngest team at the time into a playoff contender in the highly competitive West - without Greg Oden. The Blazers - and McMillan's campaign - have come back to earth after the team won 17 of 18 games from December through early January. Portland (37-34) has gone 12-18 since rising to the top of the Northwest Division on Jan. 21, but that doesn't take away from the development of players such as Brandon Roy, ...