Who are the NBA coaches of the future?

[VF21]

I blatantly stole this idea from PacersDigest...

Who are going to be the new coaches to step up into the rarefied air of the NBA? Where are they going to come from?

Guys like Elston Turner will probably get their chance sooner than later but who else?

Any thoughts?

 

[GoGoGadget]

I'm gonna go ahead and say me.


Just because I'm in a bratty mood and feel like derailing the thread right from the jump.



In all seriousness, coaches are so quick to get the axe these days the second something goes wrong with the team that I wonder how possible it is for new coaches to earn the same kind of leeway that our more revered coaches have been given.

 

[Dave McNulla]

I blatantly stole this idea from PacersDigest...

Who are going to be the new coaches to step up into the rarefied air of the NBA? Where are they going to come from?

from the spurs asst coach core. mario elie is already on the way (he's an asst with golden state right now, but was an asst with popovich for a season).

Mike Budenholzer (College - Pomona)
Don Newman (College - Idaho)
Brett Brown (College - Boston University)

Guys like Elston Turner will probably get their chance sooner than later but who else?

Any thoughts?

 

[x 213 x]

I really think that Avery Johnson is going to be one of the best coaches in the league in a few years...the way this guy teaches discipline and defense its pretty amazing what he did with the Mavs...especially the way he made Damp and Diop effective in their roles

 

[Bricklayer]

I really think that Avery Johnson is going to be one of the best coaches in the league in a few years...the way this guy teaches discipline and defense its pretty amazing what he did with the Mavs...especially the way he made Damp and Diop effective in their roles

Given that he just won coach of the year, think many would say he already is.

 

[captain bill]

Mike Brown. First year coaching and he's already almost guaranteed a ring with LeBrown if things don't go awry one way or another. And getting those rings will probably earn him more chances later on, if he coaches on another team post-Lebron (a la the Phil Jackson Jordan/Shaq/Kobe-riding model.)

 

[VF21]

I was actually thinking more along the lines of people who AREN'T already coaching in the NBA. Brown and Johnson are already here...

 

[Venom]

Good question. I'd be interested to see Laimbeer coach in the NBA. He was a very sharp player, if something of a paper tiger. Hopefully he would avoid the faux-tough guy BS that Zeke instilled on the Pacers. Zeke contributed heavily to Artest's troubles.

Donnie Nelson could be great. He's an even better scout than his father, and allegedly pays more attention to defense. He may be more oriented towards the front office at this point though.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Not sure he has any desire to come out of retirement and I know he HATES the spot light but I think John Stockton might make a great coach. Honestly was the smartest PG to ever play the game.

 

[ZZ-TOP]

I really think that Avery Johnson is going to be one of the best coaches in the league in a few years...the way this guy teaches discipline and defense its pretty amazing what he did with the Mavs...especially the way he made Damp and Diop effective in their roles

He won't last long. He has the most annoying speaking voice I ever heard.

 

[Superman]

Not sure he has any desire to come out of retirement and I know he HATES the spot light but I think John Stockton might make a great coach. Honestly was the smartest PG to ever play the game.

That would be awesome. Stockton played tougher than a lot of the "big men" in the NBA do. Did you ever see him set a pick?

 

[Bricklayer]

Not sure he has any desire to come out of retirement and I know he HATES the spot light but I think John Stockton might make a great coach. Honestly was the smartest PG to ever play the game.

Greta players do not always make great coaches though. In fact rarely works out. And you're really taking a risk replacing one of the all-time winningest coaches wiht a guy who has no coaching experience at all. Might work. But could also be a real mess and set us back.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Greta players do not always make great coaches though. In fact rarely works out. And you're really taking a risk replacing one of the all-time winningest coaches wiht a guy who has no coaching experience at all. Might work. But could also be a real mess and set us back.

Whoa there big fella! If you will look up to the top of the thread you will see that this thread was NOT about finding a replacement for RA. Just a thought excercise on which former players we thought MIGHT make great coaches in general.

That being said you are of course right that great players seldom make great coaches and the top coaches were mostly middeling players. The problem here being if one speculates on which former players might be great coaches it's nearly impossible to even THINK of a middling player much less justify say... Lawrence Funderburk, or say Louis Lloyd as your pick.

Of course I am NOT advocating the Kings go up to Spokane and try to drag poor Johnny down to CA. Not only will it never happen it never should.

 

[Bricklayer]

Whoa there big fella! If you will look up to the top of the thread you will see that this thread was NOT about finding a replacement for RA. Just a thought excercise on which former players we thought MIGHT make great coaches in general.

That being said you are of course right that great players seldom make great coaches and the top coaches were mostly middeling players. The problem here being if one speculates on which former players might be great coaches it's nearly impossible to even THINK of a middling player much less justify say... Lawrence Funderburk, or say Louis Lloyd as your pick.

Of course I am NOT advocating the Kings go up to Spokane and try to drag poor Johnny down to CA. Not only will it never happen it never should.

You are correct of course about the point of this thread. My bad.