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Pacers coach Jim O'Brien has added Vitaly Potapenko to his staff.

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Pacers coach Jim O'Brien has added Vitaly Potapenko to his staff.

From the Twitter account of the Indy Star's Pacers beat writer Mike Wells. Potapenko had been an assistant coach with the Pacers' D-League affiliate Fort Wayne Mad Ants last year, and O'Brien was Potapenko's coach when the latter played for the Boston Celtics. His elevation continues the trend of D-League head coaches and assistants getting NBA jobs, including Bryan Gates, Scott Roth and Robert Pack last year and Quin Snyder this year.

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