Everyone has different priorities when looking at a job opening, but is there a consensus for which jobs are better than others?
Based on the current state of affairs, how would you rank the potential coaching opportunities if you were a head coach candidate?
So looking at the non-playoff teams in the NBA (minus OKC since they hired Donovan and including Toronto cause duh), how would you rank each one?
Use whatever subjective criteria that you would consider as most important (money, city, contender, etc), but rank the following teams:
Toronto
Orlando
Brooklyn
Philly
New York
Indiana
Detroit
Charlotte
Minnesota
Denver
Utah
Lakers
Kings
Suns
Please provide an explanation for at least your top 3.
~~~ My list ~~~
Minnesota – Wiggins, LaVine, Dieng – that’s a solid group of youngsters to build around. Will have to build from within cause no UFAs are walking through the door.
Orlando – lots of good young prospects – could become an insane tough defence. Sunny weather and no income tax doesn’t hurt either.
Toronto – a solid compete now roster, but ceiling is a concern with current roster. Lowry dynamic would concern me.
Suns – similar to Toronto in a lot of ways, but playing the West makes it much tougher.
Utah – as far as locations go, not very desirable, but the roster has good young players like Gobert, Exum, Burke and Haywood. Future could be very bright in tough West.
Lakers – a hard one to gauge since you never know who is going to be on their roster, but they will do whatever it takes to win. Legacy counts for something.
Indiana – Paul George but the rest of the roster is likely at a cross-roads. Looks less stable than it did 2 years ago
Detroit – you can see some nice pieces here but lack of star (and being in Detroit) isn’t much of a sell. Working under SVG would be entertaining but Ron Jeremy jokes would run rampant.
Charlotte – small town quiet in the NBA landscape – seems perpetually not good enough.
Philly – low expectations and lots of talented young prospects are enticing, but the turnstile roster approach would be very frustrating.
New York – the big apple has certain appeal as a city, but Melo and whatever dregs Jackson can acquire isn’t enough to pair with a top pick when the future picks are all traded.
Kings – more talent than the teams below (and some above) them, but a bat shit crazy owner goes through coaches too fast for comfort.
Denver – not much talent, best hope is Knicks pick swap.
Brooklyn – you will win more games this season, but it is going to be a long road before this team can ever actually contend.
Based on the current state of affairs, how would you rank the potential coaching opportunities if you were a head coach candidate?
So looking at the non-playoff teams in the NBA (minus OKC since they hired Donovan and including Toronto cause duh), how would you rank each one?
Use whatever subjective criteria that you would consider as most important (money, city, contender, etc), but rank the following teams:
Toronto
Orlando
Brooklyn
Philly
New York
Indiana
Detroit
Charlotte
Minnesota
Denver
Utah
Lakers
Kings
Suns
Please provide an explanation for at least your top 3.
~~~ My list ~~~
Minnesota – Wiggins, LaVine, Dieng – that’s a solid group of youngsters to build around. Will have to build from within cause no UFAs are walking through the door.
Orlando – lots of good young prospects – could become an insane tough defence. Sunny weather and no income tax doesn’t hurt either.
Toronto – a solid compete now roster, but ceiling is a concern with current roster. Lowry dynamic would concern me.
Suns – similar to Toronto in a lot of ways, but playing the West makes it much tougher.
Utah – as far as locations go, not very desirable, but the roster has good young players like Gobert, Exum, Burke and Haywood. Future could be very bright in tough West.
Lakers – a hard one to gauge since you never know who is going to be on their roster, but they will do whatever it takes to win. Legacy counts for something.
Indiana – Paul George but the rest of the roster is likely at a cross-roads. Looks less stable than it did 2 years ago
Detroit – you can see some nice pieces here but lack of star (and being in Detroit) isn’t much of a sell. Working under SVG would be entertaining but Ron Jeremy jokes would run rampant.
Charlotte – small town quiet in the NBA landscape – seems perpetually not good enough.
Philly – low expectations and lots of talented young prospects are enticing, but the turnstile roster approach would be very frustrating.
New York – the big apple has certain appeal as a city, but Melo and whatever dregs Jackson can acquire isn’t enough to pair with a top pick when the future picks are all traded.
Kings – more talent than the teams below (and some above) them, but a bat shit crazy owner goes through coaches too fast for comfort.
Denver – not much talent, best hope is Knicks pick swap.
Brooklyn – you will win more games this season, but it is going to be a long road before this team can ever actually contend.
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