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Finally, black coaches get their shot

By David Aldridge
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, December 18, 2000

When the Sonics had to replace Paul Westphal last month, they had three internal choices from their bench: Nate McMillan, Dwane Casey and Bob Weiss. Of the three, only Weiss had previous NBA head coaching experience, with the Spurs, Hawks and Clippers in the late-'80s and early-'90s. He's been a coach in this league for 20 years. McMillan is in his second season as an assistant. Casey's been on the Seattle bench for six seasons. But team president Wally Walker only considered McMillan an ...

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