{"id":278905,"date":"2022-06-11T08:52:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T06:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=278905"},"modified":"2022-06-11T08:52:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T06:52:53","slug":"hornets-to-hire-kenny-atkinson-as-next-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/hornets-to-hire-kenny-atkinson-as-next-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets to hire Kenny Atkinson as next coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenny Atkinson will be the next head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, Shams Charania reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Atkinson will sign a 4-year contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Atkinson met with Charlotte Hornets officials \u2014 including owner Michael Jordan \u2014 on Wednesday and the franchise has decided on the former Nets coach as its new head coach, sources said. Atkinson brings development and defensive structure to a young and talented roster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MqlwGJxzz9\">https:\/\/t.co\/MqlwGJxzz9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1535385679974305792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson has agreed to a four-year deal to become the new coach of the Charlotte Hornets, sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1535387296823902208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atkinson returns to lead an NBA team after two seasons as an assistant coach with Clippers and Warriors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":278904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[414],"rumors":[135],"typology":[21],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-278905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-charlotte-hornets","rumors-rumors-nba","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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