The NBA Finals features two coaches who were both players that won multiple NBA championships in their careers.
Both played for Phil Jackson — Steve Kerr with Bulls and Tyronn Lue with the Lakers.
Steve Kerr
Kerr is making his second NBA Finals appearances in as many seasons.
Age: 50
NBA titles: 6 (Five as a player, one as coach)
Career record: 140-24
2015-16 record: 73-9
Coach of the year awards: 1
Claim to fame as a player: Hit the championship-clinching shot against the Jazz as a member of the Bulls in 1997.
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Quote: “Obviously they're healthy, but not only are they healthy, they've changed their style. They tried to grind us to a pulp last year playing big, and they were slowing the ball down, slowing the pace down. This year they've added Channing Frye, they're not playing Mozgov, they've got shooting all over the place, and they're playing at a much faster pace. So it's really a much different team than we're seeing.”
Tyronn Lue
Lue is making his NBA Finals debut as a coach, having taken over the Cavs midway through the season after the franchise fired David Blatt.
Age: 39
NBA titles: 2 (2000, 2001 Lakers)
Career record: 27-14
Coach of the year awards: 0
Claim to fame as a player: Getting stepped over by Allen Iverson in Game 1 of the 2001 NBA Finals
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Quote: “Well, we have more players now. I think having Kevin and Kyrie healthy, with those two guys hurt last year and injured, it just shortened our rotation and made our bench players starters and our rotation wasn't as deep. So I think now we have a chance to put LeBron to four a little bit more, and put LeBron to five if we need to. So we have a lot of players now that we can do some different things and make some adjustments if need be.”