But being last of six new head coaches hired in the NBA this off\u002Dseason means the job of filling out a staff gets a little trickier.
This season in particular could be a tough one for a guy looking to surround himself with some veteran NBA bench experience.
While making the media rounds on Tuesday, Rajakovic would only say he was hard at work on putting a new staff together and that it would consist of people with diverse backgrounds who would challenge his own way of thinking.
In Detroit, where Monty Williams steps in for Dwane Casey, who moves into an upper-management role, the coaching staff is getting a makeover as well. In Atlanta, Quinn Snyder joined the Hawks late in the season and he has been busy this off-season, bringing in his own people to work around him.Long-time Rajakovic friend Igor Kokoskov, who preceded Rajakovic as the first non-American to hold a head coaching job in the NBA, will move from Brooklyn to Atlanta to work with Snyder. The Hawks also brought in former Raptors assistant Brittni Donaldson from Detroit, where she served under Casey.
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