During the glory years of the Utah Jazz, three things were absolute certainties for fans. Death, taxes and Jerry Sloan Coach of the Year snubs. On Wednesday, the National Basketball Coaches Association did their part to knock out the latter.
During a press conference ahead of Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, league commissioner Adam Silver and Coaches Association president Rick Carlisle, announced Sloan and longtime Boston Celtics player/coach K.C. Jones as co-recipients of the 2016 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award.