NBA release:
Dick Motta, one of the winningest coaches in NBA history, is the recipient of the 2015 “Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award”, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
“Dick Motta was a true NBA coaching pioneer who brought to the game a great basketball mind, with a competitive toughness. During his impactful career he has made a huge contribution to the game. Among his coaching peers and former players and students of the game he is a respected coach, teacher, mentor and an individual that personifies the best of NBA coaching,” said Dallas Mavericks head coach and National Basketball Association president Rick Carlisle.