ATLANTA — The Hawks made the decision to move on from coach Nate McMillan on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Hawks general manager Landry Fields addressed the media to discuss his decision.
Here are some of Fields’ responses to questions asked at Wednesday media availability:
— Fields’ opening statement: I hope it’s obvious but obviously these these decisions are never easy. A lot of thought went into it, a lot of conversations, and it’s something that we’ve obviously arrived to today, and I just first and foremost want to say ‘thank you to Nate.’ He has done an incredible job for us – taking over as interim after Lloyd Pierce, getting us to the Eastern Conference finals. The man has over 750 wins in his career. That is an unbelievable achievement for him. Just getting to know him over the past few years, the amount of respect and honor that that man has, even in hearing the news is something that I’m honored to say that I was glad to have worked with him here, but as of late, my pulse and my read on this team and the changes that we’re making and things that we want to implement, felt like this was the the time to make a change. And that was a sense that I’ve gotten some that I’ve read on and this was my decision and it’s something that I don’t just put on Nate.
