{"id":14273,"date":"2018-01-08T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=14273"},"modified":"2018-01-08T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:03:48","slug":"golden-state-warriors-franchise-icon-al-attles-recieves-another-lifetime-award-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=14273","title":{"rendered":"GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS’ FRANCHISE ICON AL ATTLES RECIEVES ANOTHER LIFETIME AWARD HONOR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Al Attles, whose legacy as a Warriors icon dates back 57 years as a player, coach, executive and ambassador, was named Sunday as a co-recipient of the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award along with longtime NBA coach and broadcaster Hubie Brown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The award, sponsored by the National Basketball Coaches Association, is Attles\u2019 second lifetime achievement award in the past three years. In 2014, he received a similar honor from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, but this latest one is equally prestigious. Past winners include K.C. Jones, Jerry Sloan, Bill Fitch, Pat Riley, Lenny Wilkens, Tex Winter, Jack Ramsay and Tommy Heinsohn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attles, who was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and had his number retired by his North Carolina A&T alma mater two years ago, had a typically self-deprecating reaction to his latest accolade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI guess it means they haven\u2019t caught up to me yet,\u201d he said with a laugh. \u201cSeriously, it\u2019s a really nice honor and I appreciate it very much.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Al Attles\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Attles, 80, coached the Warriors for 13 seasons, including the 1974-75 championship team that marked the franchise\u2019s first NBA title in the Bay Area, and he remains the winningest coach in club history with 588 victories. He still attends virtually every game of the current team, which won the title in 2015 and is seeking another this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attles is enjoying the heck out of the latest Warriors team, understanding that it \u00a0has a lot of similarities with his title team, notably the emphasis on up-tempo offense, tenacious defense and a committed utilization of roster depth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, with this being the only franchise I\u2019ve ever been a part of, it\u2019s a tremendous honor just to be around to see what\u2019s happening now,\u201d Attles said. \u201cBut the most important thing is that every team has to have its own identity. If it happens to be something close to what someone else did, that\u2019s fine. But it\u2019s just a pleasure to watch these guys have so much success, because it\u2019s not as easy as some people think with so much good competition in our league.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n