Andrew Greif: Tonight will be Clippers lead assistant Dan Craig’s first game back on the bench since mid-December. He’d undergone knee surgery. Craig’s in charge of the defense.
Dan Craig Rumors
The Magic have begun their interview process, sources said, but their coaching search is expected to be wide-ranging and almost certainly will include candidates in addition to Green, Hammon, Kidd, Lee, Udoka and Unseld. Tyrone Corbin, Pat Delany and Steve Hetzel — assistant coaches under Clifford who currently remain under contract with Orlando — could be interviewed, if they haven’t been interviewed already. Many league insiders who work for other teams think the Magic could have interest in as many as three members of the LA Clippers’ coaching staff: associate head coach Dan Craig and assistant coaches Kenny Atkinson and Chauncey Billups.
Mirjam Swanson: Erik Spoelstra on life without Dan Craig: “He was involved in everything … he just helped me in all the facets of coaching. So it is, we’re like brothers in this profession. It’ll be weird seeing him tonight.”
Ira Winderman: Spoelstra on assistant Dan Craig joining Clips,”He has been a good friend and an invaluable member of my staff. He is a tremendous coach and I’m confident that he will have success in this next chapter of his professional journey and will one day be a head coach in this league. “
The LA Clippers announced today that Associate Head Coach Dan Craig and Assistant Coaches Kenny Atkinson, Chauncey Billups, Larry Drew and Roy Rogers have joined Head Coach Tyronn Lue to complete the team’s coaching staff for the 2020-21 NBA season. Cam Hodges, Shaun Fein, Dahntay Jones and Beau Levesque will also be joining the organization in coaching and player development roles. The Clippers have retained Assistant Coaches Jeremy Castleberry and Brendan O’Connor.
