Coach

Not so fast, Kurt Rambis. Team president Phil Jackson isn’t ready to name you the New York Knicks’ permanent head coach just yet. As first reported by the New York Daily News‘ Frank Isola, Jackson met with former Indiana Pacers head coach to talk about the team’s coaching vacancy: Phil Jackson met face-to-face with with [...]

The Indiana Pacers’ search for a new head is…not yet underway. Team president Larry Bird essentially canned Frank Vogel last week, when he didn’t renew his contract. When a decision like that is made, it feels premeditated, and you would think that Bird would have a replacement, or even a list of potential replacements, at [...]

Mike Fratello, current NBA TV and YES Network analyst, would love a crack at the New York Knicks’ head coaching job. From the New York Post‘s Brian Lewis: Mike Fratello, former Cavaliers and Hawks coach and current analyst for NBA TV and the YES Network, threw his hat in the ring and told WFAN on [...]

After J.B Bickerstaff informed the Rockets that he’s not interested in becoming their permanent head coach, the search has become wide open. We’ve seen jobs, like Sacramento, get filled up, so the number of available gigs is shrinking. But one name that has the Rockets attention is Kenny Smith. I’ve said for years that, on [...]

Dave Joerger was, officially, canned by the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. It looks like he’ll be unemployed for less than a week. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The Sacramento Kings are progressing rapidly in discussions with Dave Joerger, with a Monday meeting that will include owner Vivek Ranadive being the final hurdle to Joerger’s hiring [...]

Quin Snyder’s seat with the Utah Jazz was never really hot. Now it’s ice cold. Barely one day after the Indiana Pacers decided that they wouldn’t be bringing back head coach Frank Vogel, the Jazz decided to double down on continuity, announcing an extension with Snyder that will keep him in Utah for the long [...]

If you’re wondering what an extensive NBA head coaching search looks like in 2016, just keep refreshing a “Sacramento Kings head coach rumors” Google search. The Kings have been linked to no less than 5 million candidates, give or take a few. They have, by all measures, left no stone unturned. And that now includes [...]

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has no plans on leaving the sidelines anytime soon. As he said, per Tim Kawakami of the Mercury News: Q: Do you imagine that you’re going to be coaching for two, three, five more years? KERR: I imagine I’m going to be coaching for 15 or 20. I love–love–what [...]

The Sacramento Kings’ coaching search is plowing on. And on. And on. And, well, you get the point. Sacramento has been linked to what feels like dozens of potential candidates of varying experience and skill. And they don’t appear any closer to ending their search. To the contrary, two more options are instead gaining steam, [...]

David Blatt, former head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, is having his name thrown into the ring for multiple NBA head coaching vacancies. And his successor, Tyronne Lue, thinks it’s well deserved. Per the Associated Press (via NBC Sports): “He definitely deserves another chance,” Lue said. “I thought Coach Blatt did a great and phenomenal [...]