Paul Silas, a three-time NBA champion and two-time All Star, has died on the age of 79.
A explanation for loss of life just isn’t but recognized.
Silas was a two-time All-Star, a three-time NBA champion and a five-time All-Defensive Staff choice throughout a 16-year profession with 5 groups from 1964-80.
He compiled a 387-488 report as a head coach with 4 groups, notably serving as LeBron James’ first NBA coach in 2003-04 with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Silas’s son Stephen is the coach of the Houston Rockets. The group is scheduled to play in a while Sunday however in keeping with Houston Chronicle, he is not going to be there and John Lucas will coach the group as an alternative.
Silas starred collegiately at Creighton, averaging greater than 20 rebounds per recreation in all three of his seasons from 1961-64. The college retired his No. 35 jersey.
Drafted within the second spherical by the St. Louis Hawks in 1964, he averaged 9.4 factors, 9.9 rebounds and a couple of.1 assists in 1,254 video games with St. Louis/Atlanta (1964-69), the Phoenix Suns (1969-72), Boston Celtics (1972-76), Denver Nuggets (1976-77) and Seattle SuperSonics (1977-80).
Silas made the All-Star group in 1971-72 and 1974-75 and received championships with the Celtics (1973-74, 1975-76) and Sonics (1978-79).
He coached the San Diego Clippers (1980-83), the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets (1999-2003), Cavaliers (2003-05) and Charlotte Bobcats (2010-12).
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