According to the NBA’s statement, Atkinson won the first place in the vote with 100 media members from different countries and won the Başantrenörü award of the year.
Atkinson was awarded for the first time in his career, where Boston Celtics’s legendary chief coach Red Auerbach was named.
JB Bickerstaff, who runs Detroit Pistons in the vote, took second and IME Udoka, the leading of Houston Rockets, ranked third.
Cavaliers completed the normal season at the summit of the Eastern Conference with 64 wins and 18 defeats under the direction of Atkinson.