And Scott Brooks spent 12 years as an NBA head coach ... Brooks responded by lunging at McMillan and grabbing his jersey near the armpits. Brooks pushed McMillan into the basket stanchion.

As a player, Scott Brooks was a journeyman. In his decade-long career in the league, during which he didn’t start a single game, the ‘Wonderdog’ featured on six different teams in eight seasons.

One thing he made clear was that he wanted a couple of assistant coaches with prior head coaching experience and he got that with both Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks. Brooks is most notable for ...