SALT LAKE CITY — Tom Nissalke, who gained coach of the yr honors within the NBA and ABA, has died. He was 87. Nissalke died at his dwelling in Salt Lake City on Thursday after going through a “series of health-related problems” in recent times, in keeping with the Deseret News. He was the primary coach of the Utah Jazz after the franchise relocated from New Orleans in 1979. Nissalke was additionally an NBA head coach in Seattle, Houston and Cleveland. Nissalke obtained his begin within the professional ranks as an assistant with Milwaukee and helped information a workforce that includes Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to an NBA title in 1971. His