FILE - NBA official Joey Crawford is seen during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks, Dec. 20, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James and Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid play during an NBA basketball game, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

FILE - Congressional candidate Ben Jones, center, prepares to watch the Hawks-Pacers NBA game at the Omni arena Nov. 8, 1988, Atlanta, GA. (AP Photo/Joe Holloway Jr., File)

FILE - Golden State Warriors' Baron Davis, right, hugs coach Don Nelson in the fourth quarter of an NBA Western Conference first-round basketball playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks in Oakland, Calif., May 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FILE - Boston Celtics' Don Nelson (19) goes to the basket against Milwaukee's Cornell Warner (35) during a NBA Championship game, May 12, 1974, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don Nelson speaks during a press conference before Game 2 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, June 8, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips, File)

(FILES) Head coach Don Nelson of the Dallas Mavericks watches his team during the first half of game five of the NBA Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs 27 May, 2003 at the SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas. Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history and a five-time champion as a player with the Boston Celtics, died on August 9, his family announced. He was 86. Nelson was a member of five NBA championship teams with Boston from 1966 to 1976 and the Celtics retired his jersey number 19. (Photo by JEFF HAYNES / AFP via Getty Images)

FILE: Don Nelson, who won five NBA titles as a player with the Boston Celtics, and went on to be named Coach of the Year three times, has died at the age of 86. 28 Apr 2001: Head coach Don Nelson of the Dallas Mavericks signals to his team in game three of round one in the NBA playoffs against the Utah Jazz at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. The Mavericks won 94-91. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Ronald Martinez/Allsport