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The Atlanta Hawks are enlisting the providers of a Filipino coach for the 2024 NBA Summer League, which shall be held in Las Vegas subsequent month.
The Hawks have employed Ariel Vanguardia to educate the ten-day event, which shall be held from July 12 to 22 on the Cox Pavilion and the Thomas and Mack Center.
The 51-year-old former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) coach will journey to the United States as early as July 5 to fulfill with the remainder of the Hawks teaching employees and the roster, based on Filipino journalist Homer Sayson.
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Notably, Vanguardia has been with no head teaching job for greater than a yr after departing from the PBA Blackwater Elite in April 2023, following two years on the helm on an interim foundation.
Filipino coaches within the NBA Summer League
Vanguardia would be the second Filipino coach lately to be given a chance to work within the NBA Summer League.
The first one to take action was PBA legend Jimmy Alapag, who at present serves as a participant improvement coach for the Sacramento Kings.
The 46-year-old first obtained his foot within the door for an NBA alternative with the Kings as an assistant in the course of the 2019 Summer League, shortly after ending a extremely adorned enjoying profession within the PBA and the Gilas Pilipinas nationwide group.
Tim Cone, an American who’s the present head coach of PBA’s Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and probably the most profitable coach in PBA historical past with 25 championships, additionally had a stint within the Summer League as an assistant coach for the Miami Heat in 2022.
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