Dwane Casey Wins NBA Coach of the Year Award in 2018 Despite Being Fired by the Raptors | Bleacher's report

The Toronto Raptors have fired Dwane Casey after being swept in the second round of the playoffs by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, but he can console himself for one thing: he is the coach of the club. year of the NBA.

Casey beat finalists Brad Stevens and Quin Snyder for the price 2017-18 Monday evening.

This drew tweets of congratulations from two teams … old and new, respectively:

In accepting the award, the coach now Detroit has pondered over his last two wild months:

Despite the failure of the playoffs, the coach of the year is a regular season award, and no East Conference team was better than Casey & # 39; s 39; Raptors. Toronto finished with the No. 1 seed and a record of 59-23, the best mark since he was named head coach before the 2011-12 season.

Part of the reason for success was an offensive overhaul that led to a third place in the offensive scoring during the regular season, by NBA.com.

Kevin O 'Connor of The Ringer noted that "Casey has managed to improve the Toronto system to improve ball movement and shot selection." DeMar DeRozan has started shooting more than three and doing drama. a result, had a better career season. "

The formulas do not go far, however, compared to a generational player, and James has ousted the Raptors of the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

The failure of the playoffs was finally impossible to ignore for the Raptors' office, especially in an Eastern conference that was quite feasible for first place. The Cavaliers needed seven full-fledged games to escape the first round, the Boston Celtics missed Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward due to injury, and the key pieces of the Philadelphia 76ers were young and played in their first playoffs.

Aside from losing the playoffs, Casey did an admirable job in leading the East Conference 's best team in the regular season and was rewarded in kind on Monday.