<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The youngest assistant coach in the NBA at 26 years old, John-Blair Bickerstaff follows in the footsteps of his father, Bobcats General Manager & Head Coach Bernie Bickerstaff, who was the youngest assistant coach when he joined the NBA in 1973 at 29 years old.Around basketball his whole life, Bickerstaff provided color analysis on radio broadcasts in 2003-04 for the Minnesota Timberwolves when the team won the Midwest Division and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. Prior to that, he served as the director of operations for the University of Minnesota men?s basketball program where he oversaw all administrative areas of the program and assisted the coaching staff with recruiting, scouting and coaching. John-Blair also worked together with Bernie Bickerstaff to prepare draft prospects for predraft workouts at a facility in Washington, DC.Born March 10, 1979, Bickerstaff played collegiately at Oregon State University, where he was the youngest NCAA Division I player as a 17-year-old freshman, and the University of Minnesota. He played two seasons with the Golden Gophers from 1999-2001 and averaged 9.4 points and 5.8 rebounds. As a senior, he had 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds and paced the team in field goal percentage.</div> Pretty interesting. For those hat didn't read the article, he is now the younfest assistant coach in the NBA.
This guy will probably be in the game for a long time...wow...His dad will make sure he stays in the game too.
This is going to be interesting to see and I can see the John Bickerstaff taking over Bernie's head coaching job in the future. It's also interesting to see how young John Bickerstaff is, Brevin Knight could be his dad but yet somehow John Bickerstaff is coaching him.Pretty interesting when you think about it.
