For years, some Los Angeles Lakers followers wished assistant coach Phil Helpful to get the large job and lead the crew as head coach.
Now he’s lastly changing into a head coach.
Based on Marc Spears, through NBACentral, Helpful has been employed as head coach for a crew to be named within the first season of Unequalled in 2025.
Unequalled is a model new three-on-three ladies’s basketball league that can debut in Florida in January.
Made up of six groups and 36 gamers, Unequalled is seeking to make a reputation for itself and is hoping the hiring of Helpful will assist with that.
Phil Helpful is becoming a member of @Unrivaledwbb as a head coach, per @MarcJSpears pic.twitter.com/moxpDm5rXY
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) November 15, 2024
When working within the NBA, Helpful was probably the most revered assistant coaches within the league.
He spent years with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors, successful titles with each.
He additionally earned a championship with the Lakers in 2020 and was incessantly spoken of as somebody who may tackle the highest job.
In actual fact, when Frank Vogel was fired in 2022, plenty of followers pleaded with the Lakers to offer Helpful his place.
Helpful was praised for his means to assist gamers develop their video games and get higher and he’s beloved by the celebrities he coached.
He will certainly do plenty of good with Unequalled.
Helpful may spend the remainder of his profession teaching on this league however there’s additionally an opportunity he can be known as upon by the NBA sooner or later.
Nobody is aware of what the long run holds however, for now, Helpful will put all his power into making Unequalled a hit.
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