He was a heck of a coach and I was pretty excited when he came to the Wolves. It's almost weird that he never coached again after that.
After he left the Kings in 2006 they have had 13 head coaches and the only one with a winning record? Some guy named Mike Brown.
RIP Rick Adelman
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Re: RIP Rick Adelman
Tough day for me as I know the family. Great coach but a better man. Will be missed.
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Good coach. One of the Wolves best... and he would have been remembered more fondly if not for an unfortunate 2014 for the Adelman family and the Wolves. Cool would know what was going on a lot more... but Adelman was gone from the Wolves a lot that season to be with his ailing wife.
The Wolves extended their playoff drought to 10 seasons that year despite having a top 10 offense + defense for all but the last week of the season. Usually a mark of a deep playoff team, the Wolves lost close game after close game on the way to a 40 - 42 record.
I think they would have won a lot more games with Adelman there every night...
The Wolves extended their playoff drought to 10 seasons that year despite having a top 10 offense + defense for all but the last week of the season. Usually a mark of a deep playoff team, the Wolves lost close game after close game on the way to a 40 - 42 record.
I think they would have won a lot more games with Adelman there every night...
Re: RIP Rick Adelman
He really enabled Kevin Love to have the best year of his career that season at the hub of the corner offense. 26 pts, 12 rebs, 4+ assts per game on really good shooting splits. Of course nowadays that would be a mediocre night for Nikola Jokic, LOL.AbeVigodaLive wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2026 6:49 am Good coach. One of the Wolves best... and he would have been remembered more fondly if not for an unfortunate 2014 for the Adelman family and the Wolves. Cool would know what was going on a lot more... but Adelman was gone from the Wolves a lot that season to be with his ailing wife.
The Wolves extended their playoff drought to 10 seasons that year despite having a top 10 offense + defense for all but the last week of the season. Usually a mark of a deep playoff team, the Wolves lost close game after close game on the way to a 40 - 42 record.
I think they would have won a lot more games with Adelman there every night...