Report: Garrett Temple Will Be Part Of Dusty May’s Coaching Staff

Following reports that Willie Green and Joe Boylan will be joining the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff under head coach Dusty May, we are now learning that Garrett Temple will be on board as well.

Temple has no coaching experience at the NBA level, but that is because he was playing for the Toronto Raptors as recently as this past season. Temple got his start in the league in 2009 and stuck around for 16 years over two stints that were separated by a single season playing in Italy for Casale Monferrato (2011-2012). During his NBA tenure, he was part of 12 different teams.

The bulk of his career was spent with the Washington Wizards (four years), but his best campaign came with the Brooklyn Nets during the 2019-2020 season when he averaged 10.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

On the surface, Temple is a puzzling hire. What attracted May to a career journeyman with no coaching experience? The answer primarily lies in that journeyman characteristic. Temple stuck around the league as long as he did in no small part due to him being a positive locker room veteran and mentor to younger players. Apparently, May convinced Temple to retire specifically to join his staff.

May clearly sees something he likes, and although Temple is a somewhat unexpected hire, he absolutely fits the pedigree May seems to be after in coaches such as Green and Boylan. After coaching at the collegiate level and with a relatively young team that is likely to get younger, bringing in a guy like Temple who was himself playing just a few short months ago, is more of a slick move than it appears on the surface. This also speaks to who May is – a coach who can clearly get folks to buy in to what he is looking to do going forward at the helm of the Mavericks.

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