He actually did OK with the Hawks, although I don't remember the talent he had, but he did make the playoffs. But it was a terrible hire. The guy hadn't been a head coach in the league for 10 years. But Bob Hill? What, Chris Ford or Gene Shue weren't available? These NBA teams rehashing these same coaches is crazy. The Sonics are going nowhere.
Would like to see Hill's first game against San Antonio and whether he talks or shakes hands with Gregg Popovich, who fired him in San Antonio after a 3-15 start the year Robinson was out with a back injury. Hill actually did a decent job in SA the prior two years and got a bad deal with that firing. SA then tanks the season and gets Tim Duncan. Now Popovich has the best job in the NBA. Hill must have wondered "what if."
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