Image via WikipediaThe Golden State Warriors, with just a few days to go before the start of training camp, are on the verge of making a coaching change.
Sources with knowledge of the Warriors' thinking told ESPN.com that the club's new owners, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, have decided to part company with Don Nelson -- who late last season became the winningest coach in league history -- and replace him with assistant Keith Smart.
The move is scheduled to be finalized by the end of the week, sources said, with Smart taking charge of the team in time for media day Monday and the team's first practice of the season Tuesday.
CSNBayArea.com and the Contra Costa Times newspaper reported that Nelson will technically resign, but sources close to the situation said Nelson was hoping to be enthusiastically received this week after returning to Oakland from his offseason home in Maui.
Nelson, though, has always been a big Smart supporter and urged Lacob, according to sources, to give the job to Smart once it became apparent that there was sentiment within the organization for making a change.
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