To be fair, Daigneault was 25 years old, in his third year as an assistant at Holy Cross, when Nelson coached his final NBA season with Golden State in 2010. But that doesn’t mean the OKC leader wasn’t aware of Nelson’s lasting legacy across the league 15 years after his retirement.

Don Nelson served as an NBA head coach for 31 seasons, becoming 1 of the most influential coaches in basketball history along the way.

Former Milwaukee Bucks coach Don Nelson was in attendance for Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers to receive the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Basketball Coaches Association. It's probably overdue.