Bryan Gates joins Westphal's staff....

perezident · Post #1 » by **perezident** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:55 pm

Saw this in the bee so i decided to post this...

Per SacBee

Gates met with Westphal earlier this week and has been at the NBA Summer League working with the Denver Nuggets. The Stampede is Denver's D-League affiliate.

Gates joins Mario Elie, Jim Eyen, Truck Robinson, Pete Carril and Shareef Abdur-Rahim on the staff.

"He's going to be primarily in charge of shooting accountability," Westphal said. "He's also going to help with game preparation scouting. He's eager and very ready."

I was getting concerned really. I knew he was rumored to being on the bench but when the official staff was announced his name was not included. But what does shooting accountability coach do? :lol:

Make sure bad shots arent taken? :rofl:

Glad to see him join the team though; he can really help this young team out.

darkadun · Post #2 » by **darkadun** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:10 am

don't know much about him, other than what I read in the bee, but sounds positive.

_SRV_ · Post #3 » by **_SRV_** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:15 am

Gates huh? The name alone is promising.

UKF · Post #4 » by **UKF** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:55 am

Interesting. Don't have a clue who he is really, but he has started off alrite coaching for the d-league. I don't think we have ever had a shooting accounatbility coach..Maybe that is exactly what we need..

perezident · Post #5 » by **perezident** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:10 am

yea i agree, not much of a popular name but it is a positive signing! I guess we're getting back to basics with a signing like this. Which is a good move. I just hope the Malogheads and Petrie practice patients with this staff

down_el_road · Post #6 » by **down_el_road** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:42 am

i think this is a very popular signing. Gates has been one the better NBDL coaches for the last couple of years.

King Baller · Post #7 » by **King Baller** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:39 pm

perezident wrote:yea i agree, not much of a popular name but it is a positive signing! I guess we're getting back to basics with a signing like this. Which is a good move. I just hope the Malogheads and Petrie practice patients with this staff

+1 on the Kings being patient with the Coaches AND the young players. The losses are going to pile up, but this group will need some time to gel.

Gates sounds like a good guy to have on the staff. Coming from the D league the NBA is going to be heaven for him:)

KB