After just three games this season, Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson had the unpleasant honor of ending the NBA’s 533-day streak of no coaches being fired. It was a record-setting period. Except for last season, at least one NBA coach has been fired in the middle of the season for the past 46 years (and a whopping 12 coaches were fired in 2016 alone). More often than not, it’s because the team is losing. That was true for Watson, whose Suns suffered three defeats before he was cut loose.News of his ouster was shared with speculation of who would be next: Alvin Gentry of the New Orleans’...…After just three games this season, Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson had the unpleasant honor of ending the NBA’s 533-day streak of no coaches being fired. It was a record-setting period. Except for last season, at least one NBA coach has been fired in the middle of the season for the past 46 years (and a whopping 12 coaches were fired in 2016 alone). More often than not, it’s because the team is losing. That was true for Watson, whose Suns suffered three defeats before he was cut loose.News of his ouster was shared with speculation of who would be next: Alvin Gentry of the New Orleans’...WW…
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