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Scott Brooks is an American professional basketball coach, currently head coach of the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and a former professional basketball player. Standing at 5’11”, or 1.80 meters, Brooks played the basketball position of point guard while playing collegiately at San Joaquin Delta College and Texas Christian University, before finishing his final two years at the University of California, Irvine.[1] He was inducted into UCI’s Hall of Fame in 2001. Before joining the Washington Wizards organization, Brooks was named an assistant to P.J. Carlesimo with the Seattle SuperSonics before the 2007-08 season, and followed the team to Oklahoma City as the Thunder after that season. Brooks was named interim coach for the rest of the season but on April 22, 2009; the Thunder dropped the “interim” from Brooks’ title and named him the 15th head coach in Sonics/Thunder history. Brooks got off to one of the best starts for a rookie head coach in recent NBA history. He led the Thunder to the playoffs in his first five full seasons with the team. He was named the 2009-2010 NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Thunder to a 50-win season and the 8th seed in the Western Conference for the playoffs, a 28-win increase over the previous season. In 2012 he led the Thunder to the Western Conference Finals, where they eventually lost to the 2012 NBA Champions, the Miami Heat. On February 11, 2012, Brooks was named the Western Conference All-Star Coach for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game in Orlando, Florida. On January 29, 2014, Brooks was named the Western Conference All-Star Coach for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. Brooks finished his career with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2015. Brooks also spent the 2006-07 season as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings. His NBA coaching career began with the Denver Nuggets as an assistant coach under George Karl from 2003-06. Brooks had an 11-year (1988-99) playing career in the NBA with Philadelphia, Minnesota, Houston, Dallas, New York, Cleveland and the Los Angeles Clippers. Brooks was a member of the 1993-94 NBA Champion Houston Rockets. A native of Lathrop, California, Brooks began his collegiate career at Texas Christian University then transferred to San Joaquin Delta College for his second season before spending his final two years at UC Irvine, where he averaged 23.8 points per game as a senior. See: http://www.nba.com/wizards/ |
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