Britt Robson proposes Assistant Coach of the Year award.

[The Walker Wiggle]

A modest proposal. While Brooks sets the defensive tone for the Thunder, assistant coach Ron Adams is the one who devises the defensive schemes that take full advantage of the extraordinary length and quickness on OKC's roster. He and other assistant coaches, like Boston's Tom Thibodeau and Dallas' Dwane Casey, are the drone bees of the NBA, the locus point of enormous creativity and player-public relations, without much acclaim. To help rescue them at least part of the way from oblivion, how about an Assistant Coach of the Year award as part of the season-ending citations, determined by a vote of their peers and named after the most influential assistant in modern NBA history, triangle offense inventor Tex Winter?

Straight from today's SI NBA postseason column. I like the suggestion a lot actually.

The Tex Winter Trophy even has a nice ring to it.

[Roy Hobbs]

I like it, too.  Assistants definitely don't get the credit that they deserve.

[Donoghus]

Wouldn't hurt for those guys to get some recognition?

(BTW, Robson was one of the members of the media who took the Heat in this series  )

[Bahku]

I think it's an awesome idea, and has been too long in coming.

[twinbree]

I like the idea. Some do such amazing jobs and don't get enough credit  Don't know if the assistant coaches themselves would like it though considering how much the regular COY has been the kiss of death lately.