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PLAYER COACHES IN BASKETBALL The player-coach was, for many decades, a long-time fixture in professional Basketball . Many notable coaches in the NBA served as player-coaches, including Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkens . This was especially true up through the 1970s, when the league was not as financially successful as it is today, and player-coaches were often used to save money. The practice fell out of favor in the 1980s (though Mike Dunleavy Sr. , while an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks , once came out of retirement and played several games when a rash of injuries decimated the team). Today, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NBA and the players' union prohibits the use of player-coaches, in order to avoid circumventing the league's Salary Cap , as coaches' salaries are not counted under the cap. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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