Best Coach in NBA

Who would you think is the best coach CURRENTLY in the NBA? and the worst coach?

My first choice would have to be Phil Jackson (Lakers) because even though he had amzing teams to work with he still won 6 championships so he must be doing something right.

The 2nd Best is Larry Brown. He has a lot of experience as a coach. He represents team USA in the olympics well.


My least favorite is Lenny Wilkens. He doesn't motivate his players enough.

I hear Red was an amazing coach, I never saw him though.

Pat Riley and Phil Jackson

Worst? Ehm...? I dont know? Don Chaney perhaps? He's too laid back?

1.byron scott
2.larry brown
3."pop"

Phil Jackson, he is part of 2 of the greatest teams in basketball history, has 9 rings....sounds good to me

and Pat Riley

My coach met him a couple times and he told me that he has a very high basketball IQ, gotta give him some credit

Jerry Sloan: no coach in the NBA gets more out of his players than Jerry Sloan. Every player that left Utah has struggled, to name a few Shandon Anderson, Howard Eisley, Bryon Russel, Donyell Marshall, and Antoinne Carr. Stockton and Malone were also responsible, but Sloan deserves quite a bit of credit as well. It's ridiculous that he has never won coach of the year. Without Sloan's systematic rotation, there's no way the Stockton and Malone would have been able to play as long as they did. And biggest thing of all, he's an honest, loyal, and classy man who wants the best for his players.

for the east i'd pick

Larry Brown:awsome coach definatly deserves to coach the USA team in the olympics

for the west its probably

Don Nelson: although he can not stop the opposing team he has made a great offensive plays

Phil Jackson: 9 rings need i say more?

Greg Popovic: lead the Spurs to two titles...and only one superstar on the team...

Jerry Sloan: he's a great coach but too bad he never won a championship with the Jazz

Phil Jackson's the only one in my mind who could coach this new Laker team. I don't see any other coach being able to do that and I think that Phil will turn them into the Champs and make sure the egos don't clash.

Best: Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, Jerry Sloan, Greg Popovich, Eric Musselman

Worst: Don Cheaney, Tim Floyd

Best:
Eric Musselman

oh yeah i forgot about him...he's a great coach only 37 and turns a team into an almost playoff team...i'd add Carlise in there too...

Phil Jackson is the best in history..or will be if he isn't!I mean he's won 9 rings...his team's records have been awesome during season and playoffs...over his career his teams average over 55% in season and playoffs..i think?? Any how, in his Bulls years...didn't he ease tensions between players to make them play as a team...didn't he help "tame" Rodman to make him a better team player? Did Jackson have an influence on MJ? Oh well...with the Lakers he's won three rings but I guess the team wasn't good enogh for their fourth (well...let me say that Shaq wasn't playing like he used to!)...but it will be pretty interesting wat Phil can do with this year's team!

So Phil is my pick...

rick carlisle has a pretty good track record so far

rudy T did a poor job utilizing yao last year

Phil's a great motivator, and he certainly knows what he's doing on the sidelines. But as far as Xs and Os, I consider guys like Jerry Sloan and Pat Riley to be better coaches.

didn't he help "tame" Rodman to make him a better team player?

He didn't tame Rodman - his approach of not trying to tame Rodman was what made the Worm's tenure in Chicago successful. Popovich and Bob Hill both tried to tame Rodman, and in the end lost his respect and loyalty. Jax basically told Rodman as long as he did his job, it didn't matter about his wacky persona.

Phil Jackson's the only one in my mind who could coach this new Laker team. I don't see any other coach being able to do that and I think that Phil will turn them into the Champs and make sure the egos don't clash.

Chuck Daly might also be able to do it, but I agree that Jax is the best man for the job.

ima have to go with Phil Jackson and Rick Carlise
Rick got a team with barely any talent(compared to the rest of the nba) and got them to the East Finals.
He also gave Prince PT in the playoffs just sumfin i liked

Phil, well his name explains it all.

i hope pop and duncan will lead spurs to nba finals AGAIN.

rick carlisle has a pretty good track record so far

rudy T did a poor job utilizing yao last year

I'm not sure about that...or at least it wasn't all Rudy T's fault that he didn't get the best out of Yao. I read that Rudy didn't use Yao early on but that was only to get Yao used to NBA Play. That in my mind is probably moe benificial to Yao than sticking him on 30mpg in his first NBA games.

Basically, I have read that it was Steve Francis and Cat who didn't pass to Yao as much as they should have. Also NBA.com states that "Steve Francis shot the ball more when Yao arrived. He shot 20% of the team's shots."

BTW...thanks Anmdrew for making the Rodman-fact clear!

rick carlisle has a pretty good track record so far

rudy T did a poor job utilizing yao last year

I'm not sure about that...or at least it wasn't all Rudy T's fault that he didn't get the best out of Yao. I read that Rudy didn't use Yao early on but that was only to get Yao used to NBA Play. That in my mind is probably moe benificial to Yao than sticking him on 30mpg in his first NBA games.

Basically, I have read that it was Steve Francis and Cat who didn't pass to Yao as much as they should have. Also NBA.com states that "Steve Francis shot the ball more when Yao arrived. He shot 20% of the team's shots."

it's not all rudy T's fault, but he's still the fall guy (medical reasons could be attributed to him not being the coach this year. but a healthy rudy T most likely would have been fired anyway).

*the rockets were 2nd to last in league in assists
*no one other then francis averaged more then 3 assists
*yao ming would get no shots for long stretches, averaged less then 10fga per game (shot more then 50fg%)
*2 all stars that are arguably amongst the top 5 at their position and a fairly talented roster but still miss the playoffs

translation= poor offensive sysytem, poor coaching, and francis/mobley are ball hogs.

you can try and put the blame the blame on stevie/moms, but it's the coach's fault if he continues to let those 2 dominate the ball and miraculously let a 7'5 player become the invisible man.

and actually it's not a matter of getting the best out of Yao, but a matter of utilizing his skills. yao's the tallest player on the court who has a great game 20ft and in, good fg/ft%, good passing skills, good understanding of the game on offense altogether. all of that is thrown out the window when 2 other players have the ball for most of the possession

best - Jerry Sloan also Jeff Van Gundy of Houston

Worst - probably Don Chaney, JVG pushed players like Houston and got the best out of them just dont see that from Don.

actually it's not a matter of getting the best out of Yao, but a matter of utilizing his skills.

Thats true! And hopefully Van Gundy can use Yao to the team's advantage and stop Franchise/Cat from hogging so much!

I think Van Gundy will do a good job with Houston, they are a young up and coming team, now all they need to learn is to play together as a team.

Last season it was a Francis/Mobley duo, this season I think we'll see a Yao/Francis/Mobley combo.

IMO: i think we will see who the best coach is after this year

Phil Jackson will have one of toughest jobs to find how to distibute the ball to 4 future hall of famers, and how he handles the troubles with Kobe Bryant will be very tough indeed.

Flip Saunders has a brand new team. Only 4 players remain from last season: Kevin Garnett, Wally Szczerbiak, Troy Hudson, and 6th man Gary Trent. He will have to find a way to create chemistry for the 5 players on the floor, and get out of the first round.

Don (Nelly) Nelson got rid of the reason they won 3 games in the playoffs, Nick Van Exel. And got in return the best player on the Golden State Warriors Atwan Jamison.

Jerry Sloan lost 2 hall of famers and has jack squat left on the team. He will have to show how great of a coach he is by getting wins with a team that is rebuilding.

Greg Pop lost his favorite center due to retirement and has just came off a Championship season, can he repeat? With new faces on the team, will Tim Duncan still have the MVP type stats?

Randy Ayers. Who?! The Coach of the Philidelphia 76ers of course, will have a tough job bucause of one man Allen Iverson, one of the most controversial players in the NBA will be at the orders of new coach Randy Ayers

Tired of Being second Sacromento Kings coach Rick Adelman will have a tough job because of well Rick Adelman is under a lot of presure to win the whole thing, if the Kings don't make it to the finals don't expect Rick Adelman being around next year.