The Wizard of Washington started a brand new chapter underneath the route of Brian Keefe.
Following the exit of John Wall and Bradley Beale, the Washington Wizards entered a brand new period basically to rebuild from scratch.
Initially, the franchise went on to work with the duo Kyle Kuzma and Jordan Poole underneath the management of head coach Wes Unseld.
The entrance workplace ended its experiment with Unseld’s firing in the course of the 2023-24 season. As an alternative, they now flip to Brian Keefe to educate the roster.
Following his four-year NCAA profession, Keefe was unable to discover a spot as a participant on the NBA crew. Nonetheless, he lastly acquired a breakthrough in 2009.
how? By becoming a member of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder as an assistant coach. Keefe remained at OKC till the top of the 2013-14 season.
He later joined the New York Knicks as an assistant coach. This time, Keefe solely stayed on the Jap Convention for 2 seasons earlier than shifting on to the Western Convention.
Keefe signed with the Los Angeles Lakers as assistant/participant improvement coach in 2016. Nonetheless, in the course of the last season, Keefe gave up his participant improvement duties.
Following the Lakers exit, Keefe had a brief stint within the Thunder and Brooklyn web. He ultimately joined the Wizard as an assistant coach forward of the 2023-24 season.
Keefe was promoted to go coach in his first yr in Washington because the Wizard fired Unseld.
Beneath Coach Keefe, the Wizard ran devastatingly, dropping to an 8-31 document in 39 video games. In the end it was the Wizards’ worst season in franchise historical past, ending with a 15-67 document.
Followers have been anticipating higher from supervisor Keefe and Co. in the course of the 2024-25 season, however Wizard was the final within the assembly with a document of 18-64.
To date, the group has gone 26-95 underneath coach Keefe. Solely time could be seen.
