The Indiana Pacers and head coach Nate McMillan would have agreed to a contract extension in days, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
McMillan, who had one more year in his pact, has the Pacers in fifth place in the Eastern Conference at 43-28.
The Pacers are one of the most impressive groups in the NBA bubble since the 2019–20 season resumed in Orlando, Florida, after a break of nearly five months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
McMillan took Indiana to a 4-2 mark in the bubble, with two regular-seasons to play.
McMillan, 56, is in his fourth season as Pacers’ head coach and has helped the team qualify for the playoffs in a few years. However, Indiana has yet to win a playoff spot with McMillan.
Little was expected of the Pacers when the NBA season resumed since the All-Star Sabonis tampers left the bubble in search of remedy for a foot injury and twice-former All-Star escort Victor Oladipo is not yet 100%, as he continues to do so. recovering from a broken quad bike last season.
Still, the Pacers have played incredibly well and even won a recent game against the Los Angeles Lakers, which are the wisest seed in the Western Conference.
The main explanation for why the good fortune of the bubble in Indiana T.J. Warren, who averages 31.0 problems consistent with the game in all six Pacers competitions.
Before Indiana promoted McMillan as head coach assistant to head coach in 2016, he spent seasons as head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics and seven seasons as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers.
McMillan was 212-183 with two playoff appearances in Seattle and 266-269 with three playoff appearances in Portland. Overall, McMillan is 659-588 as NBA head coach.
Although McMillan took his bands to the playoffs 8 times before this season, he has only won one playoff win, which is the only thing that could have prevented the Pacers from hiring him for extra time.
Indiana faces a first-round series opposed to a Miami Heat team that beat the Pacers 114-92 on Monday.
Indiana would probably be the loser in this series given the primary injury problems the team faces, however, the fact that McMillan still has the Pacers betting as well as they do despite the adversity is evidence of this.
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