With the hiring of Alvin Gentry, analysts and fans alike have celebrated the prospects of a faster paced team.Last year, the Pels, a team seemingly oozing with the potential to turn games into track meets, were the fourth slowest team in the NBA.An improvement in pace was almost inevitable, but Gentry’s hiring brings a guaranteed uptick in pace.
Gentry’s Warriors this year had the fastest pace in the NBA.In his four full seasons as head coach for the Suns, Gentry’s team ranked fourth in the league in pace twice, eighth, and ninth.