place in Eastern Conference over champion CavaliersGolden State Warriors had already claimed No1 seed in WestIsaiah Thomas celebrates as the Celtics No1 seed is confirmed. ”“He [Westbrook] is pretty intense, a machine,” says Erwin Valencia, director of training and conditioning for the New York Knicks. are black or white,” John Wooten, the chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group dedicated to making teams aware of top black coaching candidates, told the Guardian in January. “It’s on the TV, in the newspapers, and people are wearing shirts and have key chains with soccer crests on.