The Oklahoma City Thunder employ the reigning NBA coach of the year Mark Daigneault, and superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gave him some high praise ahead of the 2024-25 NBA season.
Oklahoma City nailed their coaching hire back in 2020, despite at the time, Mark Daigneault being a mystery to most. The former OKC Blue coach that had deep ties to Billy Donovan, joined his NBA staff near the end of Donovan's tenure in Bricktown and slid into his seat when Donovan bolted for the Windy City.
However, that was never the plan internally. They felt confident Daigneault was there guy and bet on a less-than-sure thing - They were right. In 2019-20, now superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's first year in Oklahoma City, Daigneault was a quiet assistant under Donovan at the varsity level. In year two, when the keys of the franchise were tossed in the Kentucky product's hands, he had a new bench boss - the Bruce Springsteen superfan.
Now, the OKC Thunder have a title contender with more expectations than ever before in this era. Still, Daigneault remained the same which the team's superstar highlighted after practice on Sunday.
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