Patiently waiting: Assistant to Vogel still wants to be head coach

By MIKE BEAS
Daily Journal sports writer
First Posted: October 11, 2012 - 12:31 am
Last Updated: October 11, 2012 - 12:32 am

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Associate head coach Brian Shaw smiles during the team's rookie camp Monday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Shaw was a candidate for three head coaching jobs during the offseason. PHOTO BY SCOTT ROBERSON

INDIANAPOLIS

The NBA prides itself as a dues-required league.

Opportunities, whether it’s playing time, a spot in the starting lineup or a coveted administrative post, have a tendency to be earned rather than prearranged. It’s here the situation of Indiana Pacers associate head coach Brian Shaw is different, if not altogether perplexing.

Shaw’s 12-year playing career had him wearing the logos of seven different franchises. From 2004 to 2011, he served as an assistant for former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson before he was hired by the Pacers in June 2011.

All told, Shaw, 46, who has spent more than half his life drawing an NBA paycheck, owns five championship rings, three as a player and two as a coach.

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