Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder and his staff will guide Team LeBron in the 70th NBA All-Star Game on March 7 in Atlanta, the league announced Friday.
Snyder earned the spot as coach of the team with the best record in the Western Conference through next Sunday’s games, a position the Jazz have already clinched with an NBA-best 24-6.
The league also said Doc Rivers will coach Team Durant in the midseason exhibition. He earned the nod because the Philadelphia 76ers will own the best record in the Eastern Conference through Sunday’s game.
It’s Snyder’s first time as an All-Star head coach and the second time a Jazz coach was so honored after Frank Layden in 1984.
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