The NBA’s Coach of the Year [CoY] award honours the man whose team has most exceeded expectations in the season just completed. While it’s relatively early to be mulling over this topic, I think the Toronto Raptors’ Dwane Casey has injected himself into a conversation which has a number of worthy candidates.
Our man was named the Eastern Conference’s Coach of the Month for January as he led the Raptors to a 12-2 mark. Whether winning one or more of these monthly awards has any bearing on the CoY voting is unknown, but I’m thinking probably not.