Mike Brey, the longtime head coach at Notre Dame, will be joining Quin Snyder‘s Hawks coaching staff for the 2023/24 season, sources tell Tom Noie of The South Bend Tribune. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN has since confirmed the news.
Noie’s report suggests Brey will be an assistant coach for the Hawks, though Wojnarowski says his specific role hasn’t yet been finalized and won’t be until sometime after Atlanta’s season ends.
Brey coached the Fighting Irish from 2000-23, stepping down from his position earlier this year. He previously served as an assistant coach at Duke under Mike Krzyzewski from 1987-95. Snyder played his college ball for the Blue Devils from 1985-89, so his relationship with Brey dates back approximately three-and-a-half decades.
Here’s more from around the Southeast:
- The Hawks hope to re-sign Dejounte Murray when he reaches free agency in 2024 — a quick playoff exit this spring won’t do them any favors from a recruiting perspective, writes Jeff Schultz of The Athletic. Murray brushed off comments about his contract situation, but agreed with the suggestion that money wouldn’t be the most important factor in his decision. “Winning,” Murray said. “Winning. That’s it. Winning. That’s it. Winning.”
- Speaking on Tuesday to reporters, including Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel (Twitter links), Heat sharpshooter Tyler Herro said that he’ll undergo surgery on his broken right hand this Friday. Herro added that, based on his recovery timeline, he has been told the earliest he could potentially return would be for the NBA Finals. While Miami won Game 1 of its series with Milwaukee, the Heat are an extreme long shot to make that sort of playoff run.
- The Magic finished six games out of a play-in spot this season and 11 games back of the No. 6 seed in the East, but they’ll be “very upset” if they’re not a playoff team next season, according to guard Markelle Fultz. Many of Fultz’s teammates agree with that sentiment, as Khobi Price of The Orlando Sentinel writes. “Guys don’t like to look at it as, ‘We got to make the playoffs,’ or ‘We got to win a (title)’ to be successful,” Wendell Carter Jr. said. “But we’re at a pretty good point where we can say that now. Guys want to win now. That comes with winning — making it to the playoffs.”
Trae for Brown straight up if Boston doesn’t wanna resign him?
You need an AS wing player, they don’t have one. The only AS backcourt that’s won is GSW and Trae is like Walmart Steph Curry with his shooting %.
Murray – Bogdan – Brown – Collins – Capela
Hunter, Bey, Griffin, Johnson and grab some vets for the bench.
Straight up? Trae regressed this year while Brown is only getting better. Poor 3 pt shooting and not a good fit for Celtics system (plays no defense). I’d be looking at someone like Okongwu and/or Collins. You are overvaluing Trae big time.
Trae is slowly sliding into one of the most overpaid player’s in the league.
I do think a trade is best for he and the Hawks ultimately because I don’t see the executives making good decisions with the personnel supporting him currently.
Trae can win in the right system, same as Lillard, or the all-hated Kyrie Irving, but they need a very specific supporting cast to pull it off. Similar to the Warriors and Curry.
No playoffs for my Magic next season would be a complete disaster, I won’t even cap.