Stephen Silas Nba
He also served as an advance scout for the washington.
Stephen silas nba. He worked under his father at the new orleans hornets from 2000 to 2003 and for the cleveland cavaliers in 2003 to 2005. He is the son of longtime nba head coach paul silas. Per jonathan feigen of the houston chronicle candidates for the assistant coaching roles beneath silas include john lucas jeff hornacek and nate mcmillan. Stephen silas born 1973 is an american basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the dallas mavericks of the national basketball association nba.
During his recent stint with. Son of longtime nba coach paul silas stephen has earned his own reputation for being intelligent easy to work with and diligent. The hiring of the son of former nba player and coach paul silas completes a significant change in the leadership of the. He joined rick carlisle s staff with.
Stephen silas is the son of longtime nba coach paul silas. With stephen silas set to become a head coach for the first time the houston rockets are reportedly planning to surround the 47 year old with assistants who do have prior lead experience in the nba. There s always risk in promoting an assistant coach. The 2018 19 season will mark his 18th year as an assistant coach in the nba.
Mike d antoni decided not to come back to the. They become the fifth father son combination to be nba head coaches. The rockets are set to hire stephen silas to be their next head coach. Veteran nba assistant coach stephen silas who has been the dallas mavericks since 2018 has reached a deal to coach the houston rockets a person familiar with the situation told usa today sports.
The houston rockets and stephen silas have an agreement for the dallas assistant to replace mike d antoni as coach multiple people with knowledge of the deal said wednesday. Paul silas was an nba head coach for parts of 12 seasons with the clippers hornets cavaliers and bobcats. Dallas mavericks assistant stephen silas is finalizing a deal to become the next head coach of the houston rockets per adrian wojnarowski of espn.