A good team led by a very good coach. Willie Green worked hard to carve out a 12-year NBA career as a player, a 6-foot-4 guard fighting through an early knee injury to succeed. He’s now in his second year in the top position after three years as an assistant at Golden State and Phoenix. “I love Willie Green,” said one league executive. “When teams were going over coaching candidates a couple of years ago, the intel on him was that, ‘Oh, he’s quiet.’ And I’m like, ‘He’s not quiet. He just doesn’t talk just to talk like most coaches do.’ “The guy’s an intense competitor. He was a fierce competitor as a player. High character individual. I root for his success. He’s a hard-working, credible person, and I think that translates to a team. He’s a really good coach now, and he’s going to be even better.”