On Monday, it was announced that Kenny Atkinson had won this season's NBA Coach of the Year award. It wasn't exactly unexpected, as he transformed the Cleveland Cavaliers from a good, playoff-caliber team to a squad that went 64-18 this season.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick received some consideration for the NBA Coach of the Year award. The NBA released the final results in the voting for the award, which was won by Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson. Redick finished sixth in the voting, earning five third place votes.

Coming into this season, arguably the biggest question surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers was how new head coach JJ Redick would perform. A big deal was made about the fact that Redick had never been a head coach at any level prior to the Lakers hiring him and stepping into the role with a franchise like L.