PHOENIX \u2013 The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that former Phoenix Suns head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni is among the Class of 2026 to be enshrined this August.<\/p>\n
\u201cMike\u2019s forward thinking forever changed the game of basketball while leading some of the greatest teams in Suns history,\u201d said Mat Ishbia, Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner. \u201cThis honor reflects the lasting mark he has made on the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
D\u2019Antoni compiled a 253-136 (.650) record across five seasons as head coach of the Suns from 2003-08, the second-best winning percentage in franchise history. He won the NBA Coach of the Year award in 2004-05 after going 62-20, tying what was then the franchise best record in a season and the third-largest single-season turnaround in league history. D\u2019Antoni created the \u20187 Seconds or Less\u2019 offense during his time with the Suns, an innovative approach that revolutionized the game with its pace, spacing and three-point volume. The Suns won three Pacific Division titles and made two trips to the Conference Finals in four playoff appearances during D\u2019Antoni\u2019s tenure as the team\u2019s head coach.<\/p>\n
Across 16 total seasons as an NBA head coach with the Denver Nuggets, Suns, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, D\u2019Antoni amassed a record of 672-527 (.560) with 10 playoff berths. He won a second NBA Coach of the Year award with Houston in 2016-17 and totaled 10 Conference Coach of the Month honors throughout his career. D\u2019Antoni, who is of Italian descent and played for the Italian national team, began his coaching career in the Lega Basket Serie A, Italy\u2019s top-tier league. He also served as an assistant coach with USA Basketball at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012, helping the U.S. to two gold medals.<\/p>\n
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame will host Enshrinement Weekend for its Class of 2026 from August 14-15 in Springfield, Mass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2013 The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that former Phoenix Suns head coach Mike D\u2019Antoni…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,4045,604,4728],"class_list":{"0":"post-698171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-phoenix","11":"tag-phoenix-suns","12":"tag-phoenixsuns","13":"tag-suns","14":"tag-suns-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116347703639447537","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}