By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
The Washington Wizards have agreed in principle to a five-year deal with head coach Scott Brooks. His contract is reportedly worth $35 million.
The Wizards have targeted Brooks — who was the front-runner to land the job — since the team parted ways with former head coach Randy Wittman after the season. Under Wittman, the Wizards finished with a 41-41 record this season — and missed out on making the playoffs, as they finished 10th in the Eastern Conference.
Brooks returns to the Association after sitting out this past season. He was last a head coach during the 2014-15 season with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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The 50-year-old Brooks was the Thunder head coach from 2008-09 to 2014-15. He also takes over Kevin Durant’s hometown team.
Durant and Brooks had a great relationship during their tenure together — and Durant even won an MVP with Brooks as the head coach. Durant, who is one of the five-to-ten-best players in the league, will become a free agent.
The Wizards are hoping that getting Brooks would help the team’s chances to get him. In July, Durant will decide whether he’ll stay with the Thunder, or go elsewhere.
With the Thunder, he went 338-207 for a .620 win percentage. He went 39-34 in the playoffs.
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He guided the Thunder to the Western Conference Championship in 2011-12, before losing to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. The year after that, the Thunder went 60-22 and 47-19 during their Final appearance season.
Besides his 22-47 season during his 2008-09 season — his first as an NBA head coach — he’s won at least 45 games in the six other years. They made the playoffs for five straight years, before missing the playoffs after going 45-37 in the very tough Western Conference in 2014-15.
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