Academy of Achievement Quotes "I learned my basketball on the playgrounds of Brooklyn. Today, being a playground player is an insult. It means all you want to do is go one-on-one, it means your fundamentals stink and you don't understand the game. But the playgrounds I knew were tremendous training grounds." "Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up." Head coaching record |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||36||46|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Western|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||38||44|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Pacific|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||47||35|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Pacific|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||38||44|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Pacific|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Portland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||37||45|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Pacific|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |60||42||18|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Pacific|||22||13||9|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in NBA Finals |- ! style="background:#FDE910;" | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||52||30|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Pacific|||17||12||5|| | style="text-align:center;"|Won NBA Championship |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||56||26|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Pacific|||15||7||8|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||34||48|||| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Pacific|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||52||30|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Pacific|||8||3||5|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||48||34|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Pacific|||2||0||2|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||42||40|||| style="text-align:center;"|3rd in Pacific|||5||2||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Seattle | style="text-align:left;"| |82||31||51|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Pacific|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||31||51|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Central|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||42||40|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Central|||5||2||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||57||25|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central|||5||2||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||42||40|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Central|||5||2||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||33||49|||| style="text-align:center;"|6th in Central|||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||57||25|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central|||17||9||8|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Finals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Cleveland | style="text-align:left;"| |82||54||28|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central|||9||3||6|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| |82||57||25|||| style="text-align:center;"|1st in Central|||11||5||6|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| |82||42||40|||| style="text-align:center;"|5th in Central|||3||0||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| |82||46||36|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Central|||10||4||6|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| |82||56||26|||| style="text-align:center;"|2nd in Central|||10||4||6|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Conf. Semifinals |- | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | style="text-align:left;"| |82||50||32|||| style="text-align:center;"|4th in Central|||4||1||3|| | style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First