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Anadolu Efes has officially appointed Serbian coach Igor Kokoskov as the club’s new head coach, signing him to a three-year contract. Kokoskov arrives in Istanbul after spending the past season as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks under Quin Snyder. The experienced tactician has coached multiple national teams, including Georgia, Serbia, and most notably Slovenia, whom he led to the EuroBasket title in 2017.

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Igor Kokoskov is returning to the EuroLeague to take over at Efes after spending the last two seasons on Quinn Snyder's staff with the Atlanta Hawks, BasketNews sources confirm.

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Anadolu Efes is starting a new chapter by appointing Igor Kokoskov as head coach, marking his return to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The Serbian tactician replaces Luca Banchi. Kokoskov most recently worked alongside Quin Snyder as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks, but he brings deep European credentials to the job.

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Eric Nehm: If you're curious why you're seeing Igor Kokoskov on the sidelines for the Hawks, it's because head coach Quin Snyder will not be coaching tonight because of flu-like symptoms.

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Doncic's foundation is getting guidance from a Youth Sports Leadership Council, a group that includes his agent Bill Duffy, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu, former Slovenia national team coach and current Atlanta Hawks assistant Igor Kokoskov, and Hall of Famers Pau Gasol, Steve Nash, Tracy McGrady and Dirk Nowitzki.

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The NBA is a global league, with European influences that go back decades. It’s not that surprising that there will now have been two European head coaches — even after friend and fellow Serbian Igor Kokoskov was rinsed from Phoenix after a 19-63 season in 2018-19. Given the last five MVP awards have been won by internationally trained players and so many elements of the current playing style have roots in the international game, it would border on malpractice if organizations didn’t at least consider international candidates in their coaching searches. But even in Europe, Rajakovic’s hiring was greeted with curiosity and maybe even some trepidation. Rajakovic doesn’t have a slew of World Cup medals or EuroLeague titles on his resume. His last job in Spain was coaching in the fourth division. His North American head coaching peak was leading the Tulsa 66ers to the second round of the 2013 G League playoffs.

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Actually, the most decorated European coach, currently at the helm of Partizan Belgrade, Zeljko Obradovic, revealed that Jokic followed his seminar, and the Joker confirmed it. He watched a couple of seminars, apparently all from Serbian coaches. “I don’t watch a lot of seminars, but I like to look them up. I was watching Obradovic and a couple of other coaches, such as Dusan Alimpijevic, who’s now coaching Besiktas. I watched Igor Kokoskov, who is in Atlanta now. I watched a couple of seminars. If you want to be good, you need to be a fanatic in basketball; that needs to be your life, and I like to see something different; why not?” Jokic explained to Adam Mares.

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Eric Walden: Confirmation from the Hawks that Bryan Bailey and Sanjay Lumpkin, who were on Will Hardy’s Jazz staff last season, are joining Quin Snyder in Atlanta. Snyder’s staff also includes ex-Jazz assistants Igor Kokoskov, Antonio Lang, and Jeff Watkinson, plus ex-Jazz player Ekpe Udoh. pic.twitter.com/wYBlLcsceU

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Ben Anderson: Now official that former @UtahJazz staffers/players Bryan Bailey, Igor Kokoskov, Antonio Lang, Sanjay Lumpkin, Ekpe Udoh and Jeff Watkinson have joined Quin Snyder with the Atlanta Hawks. pic.twitter.com/dCTdYDY2RI

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Jeff Schultz: The Hawks have yet to officially announce any members of Snyder's staff because it's still not finalized but it will include Mike Brey, Antonio Lang and Igor Kokosov, in addition to Donaldson.

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Igor Kokoskov has signed a deal to become Quin Snyder’s top assistant with the Atlanta Hawks, sources tell ESPN. Kokoskov, who spent a year as the Suns’ head coach, previously worked for Snyder on his Utah Jazz and Missouri staffs.

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Marc Stein: Atlanta is closing in on the addition of Igor Kokoškov to Quin Snyder's coaching staff, league sources say. Kokoškov worked under Snyder in Utah before becoming Suns head coach. He worked in Brooklyn and Dallas the past two seasons. More NBA from me: marcstein.substack.com

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Several assistant coaching candidates have emerged to potentially fill Snyder’s staff next season, including Bryan Bailey, Alex Jensen, Igor Kokoskov, and Antonio Lang, league sources told HoopsHype.

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Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Jacque Vaughn and the Nets are reshaping coaching staff for his first full season as head coach next year, parting with Igor Kokoskov, Brian Keefe and Tiago Splitter. Hawks did same on weekend with staff that Quin Snyder inherited late in season.

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