Cleveland Cavaliers will add former big man Vitaly Potapenko to coaching staff per report
Mike Brown continues to add to his coaching staff. The Cavaliers have said that they won’t confirm any of Brown’s assistants until the crew is assembled, but a report today says Potapenko will be part of that staff-
Vitaly Potapenko is leaving the Santa Cruz Warriors of D-League to take an assistant coaching job with Cleveland, league sources tell Y!
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Welcoming back Vitaly Potapenko to the Cleveland Cavaliers
I was standing in the Cleveland Indians Social Suite on Saturday afternoon wearing a BROhio t-shirt while discussing the NBA career of former Cavaliers center Vitaly Potapenko.
I had no idea that his return to the Cavs as a player-development coach was imminent. I didn't even actually know that Vitaly was coaching.
Imagine my delight when I heard the news on Monday.
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Report: Former Celtics Center Vitaly Potapenko to Join Cavaliers as Assistant Coach
The Ukraine Train is set to make a stop in Cleveland.
Vitaly Potapenko, who manned the middle for 3 1/2 seasons in Boston, is expected to return to the NBA as an assistant coach. The 6-foot-10 Ukrainian big man will leave his position as an assistant coach with the D-League’s Santa Cruz warrior to become an assistant for the Cavaliers, Yahoo! Sports reports.
Vitaly Potapenko is...
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On Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Nick Gilbert, the Cavs Lottery chances, and the NBA Draft
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Warriors shopping for a big man
When Dakota Wizards assistant coach Vitaly Potapenko attended a Warriors practice this week, Mark Jackson considered signing him. "I was tempted to offer him a 10-day contract, but we scored on him too easily in the...
1996 NBA Draft: Kobe Bryant and Vitaly Potapenko
Kobe Bryant just passed Shaquille O’Neal to become 5th All Time on the NBA’s scoring list. This got me thinking about when it all started for Kobe: The 1996 NBA Draft. Kobe went 13th overall to the Charlotte Hornets and was taken one pick after the Cleveland Cavaliers took Vitaly Potapenko. Lets take a look at what TNT had to say about each player when they were drafted:
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