{"id":709020,"date":"2026-06-02T01:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709020\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T01:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:43:09","slug":"hall-of-famer-rick-adelman-who-won-more-than-1000-games-and-took-2-teams-to-nba-finals-dies-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709020\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall of Famer Rick Adelman, who won more than 1,000 games and took 2 teams to NBA Finals, dies at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Rick Adelman, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played for seven NBA seasons before becoming one of the game\u2019s all-time winningest coaches, has died, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PKTZSELBM5H4RBF2HFHIB47QZU.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman celebrates a defensive rebound by Ricky Rubio in the second half of an NBA basketball game against Oklahoma City Thunder, March 29, 2013 ,in Minneapolis.\" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2767 \/ 1845;width:100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman celebrates a defensive rebound by Ricky Rubio in the second half of an NBA basketball game against Oklahoma City Thunder, March 29, 2013 ,in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\">Jim Mone \/ AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Adelman, the father of Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman, was 79. The cause of his death was not immediately announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Rick Adelman won 1,042 games as an NBA coach, 10th-most in league history. Only four other coaches \u2014 Pat Riley, Gregg Popovich, Jerry Sloan and George Karl \u2014 coached more games and had a better winning percentage than Adelman, who took the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA Finals twice and also was head coach in Sacramento, Houston, Minnesota and Golden State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cAdelman will be remembered not only as a coach and a player, but also as a mentor to so many in the basketball community,\u201d read a statement from the coaches\u2019 association, which honored Adelman with its Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cRick Adelman\u2019s NBA coaching career has been highlighted by innovation, integrity and excellence,\u201d Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said when the NBCA presented that award three years ago. \u201cHis teams always played to their strengths, and Rick always found subtle ways to reinvent NBA basketball to help his players thrive. His quiet, unassuming nature belies his impact as one of the great NBA coaches of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Adelman also played in the NBA from 1969 through 1975 as a point guard for five different teams \u2014 but found his calling as a coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">The Kings, in paying tribute, said Adelman \u201cwill be remembered for the way he inspired those around him \u2014 with humility, integrity, kindness, and an unwavering belief in the power of teamwork.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rick Adelman, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played for seven NBA seasons before becoming one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-709020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}