Atkinson in it for long haul with ‘patient’ Nets
Northport native hits all the right notes during introductory presser
Kenny Atkinson didn’t miss a beat during his introductory press conference as the 21st head coach in the history of the Nets, and the sixth that’s been hired since the franchise relocated here to Brooklyn in 2012.
The Northport, Long Island native met the local media for the first time Monday afternoon at the team’s new training complex in Industry City, expressing gratitude and growing extremely emotional throughout the day.
Atkinson, 48, intimated that he grew up listening to Nets games on the radio as a tot, and revealed that Julius Erving, who won the then-Long Island-based team two ABA championships in the mid-1970s, was his favorite player.