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The Atlanta Hawks announced today that Head Coach Larry Drew has added Kenny Atkinson to his staff as Assistant Coach/Player Development, and Bob Weiss as Assistant Coach/Consultant. They join Assistant Coaches Lester Conner and Bob Bender, and Player Development Instructor Nick Van Exel on the Hawks’ bench. In addition, Rick Sund has been named Senior Advisor, Basketball Operations, and Jeff Watkinson as Atlanta’s Strength and Conditioning Coach. HoopsWorld

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Jason Quick: One of Stotts' lead assistants in Milwaukee was Lester Conner, now an assistant in Atlanta, who also interviewed for the Blazers' job Twitter

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Jason Quick: Add another to the list of Blazers coaching candidates: Atlanta assistant and former Oregon State legend Lester Conner Twitter

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Lang Greene: Atlanta #Hawks team official has confirmed assistant coach Lester Conner will coach the squad's summer league team in Las Vegas next week. Twitter

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Lester Conner landed on his feet pretty well after not having his contract renewed by O'Brien last month. Conner is expected to sign a three-year contract to be coach Larry Drew's lead assistant down in Atlanta. Conner will coach Atlanta's summer league team in Vegas. Here's a text message I got from somebody in the league about Conner. "(He) moved up in the standings by about 15 games." Indianapolis Star

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