 What's the word welcome back y'all today is no basketball and I probably should be doing other things other than recording basketball related videos But here I am. I'm I'm doing exactly that. I'm recording basketball related Okay, so there's no basketball So there that gives me an opportunity to talk about other things that's going on around the league And if you didn't know there are seven coaching vacancies it would have been eight if the butch lost Seven coaching vacancies right down the NBA and boy is that a lot. I don't know if that's the most in an off season I don't have the statistic but it feels like the most we've had in a long time And out of these seven jobs all of them are good jobs They've been times where I've seen a coach in vacancy and I was like, oof I would not test that with a 10 foot pole. So in today's video, I'm gonna be ranking basically I'm just gonna be talking about all seven coaching vacancies. I technically is a ranking system But it's all arbitrary. It doesn't really matter at the end of the day It's just excuse for me to put in the title because people like the name ranking when you hit when you see ranking You click this video because it said rank it. I already noticed what you did So I'll be ranking them all um and like out of these jobs. I mean, I'm hoping I'm expecting Three two to three, maybe four of these jobs to be first-time coaches, which will be magnificent Magnificent. I love it. There's fresh faces in the NBA. Do y'all remember when Brad Stevens came over from Butler? I remember after two seasons of Brad Stevens people are calling him the next grand pop of it There is a there's a tweet of a pole and they asked if I don't remember who made this tweet It's just on top of my head right now. They said would you rather have this all-star caliber player? Or Brad Stevens as a coach and majority of people said Brad Stevens as a coach That's how good of a like there's a youtube video from like four years ago That shows Brad Stevens silent out of bounds plays and all the NBA nerds watched that 20 times Me included You know, I was happy to see him come over obviously they didn't win a championship And even that last year in boston and feel like a brad Stevens offense But hey, he's got different jobs now You got that he's got to feel the role of a coach actually Um, and then you had like nick nurse took a team that was good They made a big trade for kawaii obviously, but he elevated them to win a championship Steve Kerr came in after mark jackson elevated them to a championship But then you got the other side of that like Nate um Nate Nate brokering was not in the league long enough for me to remember how to pronounce his name But he's a first-time coach Hey, we we left navy mill in the dust because he keeps getting us to the playoffs And we can't do anything once we get there and now they got nick brok had nick brokering He got canned immediately. They were basically throwing punches on the satellite So this pros and cons have a first-time coach But even like the Portland trailblazers are interviewing people who are going to be first-time coaches So i'm excited to see um what can potentially come of that. Let's talk about these Rankings one through seven and now that i'm thinking about this I think i want to do it on tiers Rather than rankings because people get so upset about whether you have them a five and six like one ranking Be having a common section going crazy. So i think i'm putting them in tiers of like, yes I'll take that job right now. That's tier number one tier number two is like, yeah, that's that's that's the deal I'll sat on for that and then see like I said, there's no bad team. No bad jobs here and tier number three is like I'll I'll take that interview and if tier number one and tier number two don't call my phone I'll pick up it for you. All right. Those are my three tiers. All right start off with the bottom tier Remember again the bottom tier ain't no real order. So the first team i'm putting on the bottom Tim is the Washington Wizards again, not a bad coaching job You have Bradley Beal. You have Russell Westbrook. That's two all-star caliber talent But I think with the current construction of this team I don't know what is something you can do to elevate the team to the point where you're more than like the six seed You know, and I think that um, Washington Wizards fans have been calling for Scott bricks to be gone And now that he's actually gone. It's like a hallelujah moment. Um, but I don't even think a brand new coach That's a that's really good. It's elevating this team to become a title contender And if I am a coach, remember, this is all my arbitrary thinking and the way I would do if I was a coach out there I want to go to a team that I feel like I'm I'm aware of what the future is looking like And I don't know what that is for the Washington Wizards because if the writing is on the wall that eventually they're Going to have to hit the reset button either trade Bradley Beal trade Russell Westbrook or whatever it may be They need to hit the youth movement to restart because Rihachi more than you got for Thomas Bryant These are these are younger guys that are cool These are younger guys that that I like a lot and I said and I said that you build around them But you have to do something Bradley Beal before he decides and for agency I'm just going to walk for nothing You have to figure out what's going on with Russell Westbrook. He had a great second half of the season But like he is a point guard who is aging He is less athletic than he was three years ago and he's making some of the best money in the league So I I wouldn't I would put this on tier number three just because I don't know What the roster or the direction of this team would be in just two seasons also on the third tier And maybe I'm bugging Because me and the homies talked about this a little bit I have the Portland trial blazes here as well. Then we're getting this is my own personal rankings But it is a similar thing with the Washington Wizards. I don't know You know the the one thing that's prevented me or that might make me put them into tier number two Is that I have a bona fide MVP caliber player in Damian Lillard, but my real question with that is for how long Like like Damian Lillard. It's like the him and Bradley Beal are super Super loyal players in the NBA some of the most loyal players in the NBA But eventually Dame has to look in the mirror and be like this ain't really working for me You know like Terry Stout has been a bad coach for a few years I think all Portland sure but as a fan is one of his head as well But I don't know if you just put a good coach in the situation and now they're a championship contender Right, I feel like a few years ago when he made us a conference finals. That was their ceiling even this year I was so high on their offseason. We bring in Robert Covent even though we gave him a couple picks Um that they needed perimeter defense their Jones. You could do that and they still were one of the worst defensive teams in the league Still a lot of that has to do with like the smaller backcourt And I know there's there's rumors between the CJ and Ben Simmons trade I read four articles this morning about Ben Simmons and potential traits and every single one of them had Ben Simmons for CJ it's like the like that might happen that might happen But even if you make that trade sure it can make it can make uh Damian Lillard Or maybe a little bit more happy because he's got more perimeter defense or more defense in general But even after that you're still just a good team your playoff team every year and something There's value in that but eventually Damian Lillard might look in that mirror and say I want a championship and the front office hasn't been able to do that They haven't been able to do that So I might request a trade and if they request the trade and I'm the head coach of the team at the time I'm going with Damian Lillard, you know, then dock rivers get traded a few years ago I'm trying to get traded like dock rivers did because I'm following Damian Lillard because if Damian's not in the team We make a trade we might retool and still be an okay team Or we might hit the full rebuild and I'm not here for that right now I signed on to be the coach of a team trying to make the playoffs every year I don't know if I can change my psyche. I couldn't be the browns of the league. I couldn't be um David black David black at a job at the Cavaliers to be a a guy that's going to develop kairi Wigs and the other players and then LeBron came and uh, oh, we don't need development because LeBron is as developed as anybody ever You know, I couldn't be that guy I would sign up to try to you know, keep the vision alive and and and that's one of those places where I'm like, ah Next team is the Indiana Pacers. See same tier same third tier But I do like I'm I'm really battling here because I do believe that the Indiana Pacers job can be fun It could be fun. Think about the players you have you have Malcolm Brogdon You have sabonis. You have my turner. You have um, kairi sliver. You have tj warren. You have tj mcconnell. You have Um, duggin mcbuckets. I think some of those players are free agents But anyway, you have a really solid seven, but still you didn't make the playoffs You know, that's that's that's terrible. And that is of course, um, Nate Broncker came in a team that has historically been a playoff team Immediately becomes not a playoff team They dealt with a lot of injuries a lot of this and that mouse turn them into the season tj warren was out There's a lot of things going on this team, but the reason why This might my system to the two tier because they have so many pieces that like the front office needs to start making trades Right mouse turner sabonis split it. I don't know who you keep who you trade away split it And that might be out I think I'd more enjoy being a front office job on a team more than a coaching job Because if I sign this coaching job thinking that I'm gonna have sabonis to build my team around And then a month into the season we trace the bonus away. I'm gonna be blue But as a GM job Beautiful, I would love to be the GM of the state Because sabonis, Malcolm Brogdon, Karis Laverg, Myles Turner, tj warren, these are all Valuable pieces around the league that they can get a good return that can make a more fluid team But I because I'm putting them in a in a seat here But if I am a general manager looking for this job, hey, they might be towards the top Now we're going to tier number two, which is yeah, I don't take this job If the tier number one people don't call, um, this is your lendo magic I know people like whoa, kitty, they're a little magic or hi I don't really think so because this is one of the teams where I know the direction of the team Hey, we're rebuilding team as long as I know that and my front office tells me we we got your back, bro We got your back We're not gonna fire you after two seasons if we aren't successful because we're not supposed to be successful This is what's weird about the NBA by the way. The Bulls made a trade for nick voosevich We gave up a pig. We have a two pigs at voosevich window card We gave a lot to give voosevich and immediately Some people in or lendo magic twitter start coming at me. It's like we're enemies. We're not enemies It's my guy. We're both just rooting for our individuals. We're just rooting for our individual teams Like I made a poll the other day after the Rick Carlisle thing came out And I was like, which one of these because you only can put four four teams on a poll which one of these four teams do you not want and The or lendo magic they make my four and somebody said or lendo. I was like And then your lendo magic twitter came at my head I was not saying your lendo magic job is bad because obviously you're gonna have a top five pick You're gonna have the eighth pick two with the chicago bulls You're looking like you're in a good spot as long as you're hired to be a coach to help the rebuild to to help the development Now I may not be that coach. Like I said, I want to win like I hate losing But I understand that this is not a bad job You know, you have Jonathan Isaac coming back and hopefully he's 90% of what he was uh defensively marquel folks I'm not out on marquel just yet. I've never been out on window carter You know, like mo bomba. I can't have mo bomba jersey Like there are a lot of pieces on this thing that I really like and then of course you're gonna have a top pick So I would be excited about this job as long as I my general manager when he hired me He's like, hey, we giving you three years at the minimum So I can help with development of this team because of that w I know what the direction of the team is Also on tier number two is he knew all his pelicans Um, I like what the pelicans have, you know, I like zion. I think zion could be I said this on my podcast zion has generational potential But he needs a coach To to get that out of him. This is about to be his third NBA season. He's going into his third coach already That's not a good sign Especially when some of the people in his camp are already saying they want to see him other places Stability stability stability can be the determinant factor in a player being an all-time great And just being a guy that makes a few all-star games but never elevates the organization, right? And the New Orleans pelicans need stability more than ever One of the reasons why anthony davis decided he wanted to go is because they lack stability And it wasn't necessarily in the coaching spot But the pieces around him need to be better And so so they have to figure out the rest of this rod this off season is This off season is the biggest off season and pelicans friend ties history History players are younger than ever and deciding. Hey, I don't want to be here And if they bring in another coach that doesn't jail well with zion who is stopping him from saying I want out It would be somewhat unheard of for a young player of his caliber to do that But we've seen crazier things happen. So you need to bring in a coach that understands what works with the team Bring in a player coach Because Stan vignetti wasn't that Stan vignetti was supposed to be this x's and o's defensive guru And they were like the worst defensive team almost of all time Bringing a guy that can jail well and understand how to maximize zion But also put the team around zion So as me as a coach can elevate zion Don't put zion on the court with two people that can't shoot. I'm sorry steven. I'm sorry eric y'all can't shoot Am I star player don't attempt threes So give him shooters like how how hard of an idea is that? You know, so this is one of the because you can't zion is looking at what tray young is doing as the one of the youngest Stars in the league when luka has done in the first couple years of his plafker I know they didn't make it out of the first round But they were still in the playoffs and he was winning games Looking at these younger players devin booker in the conference finals and being like, I know i'm 21 But why can't I do that? I'm already averaging 25 already have another guy on my roster that's averaging 25 So why can't we be the team making the playoffs getting to the second round potentially being in the conference finals The younger guys are taking over the league and zion should be in that conversation as well And one of the ways you do that is getting the right coach. So I I'd answer that call I think I think I can help I can help zion Run to the basket dunk the ball play point guard for us play play more ballhandler than what stan van did Stan van started to do it a little bit later in the season, but about that time It was too late And now we get to tier number one our first team in the tier number one is the dallas mavericks Luca is a generation of talent. It seems like and I would like to coach luka. How how crazy is that? Um, but I mean the the front office does have a lot to do figure out person is figure out tomorrow We dream figure out how to build around luka But like having luka as your backbone as a coach It's automatically getting you a couple years in the league at least that's what it feels like Because he's good enough to carry you to the playoffs to make your resume look solid Oh, I came into a team and I continued them on their playoff run two years in a row They made the three years in a row now because I'm the head coach. They made the playoffs luka's that good luka's that good, um, so I would I would pick them I don't know what else really just I would like to be in that front office job for them Yeah, because they got some big decisions to make with chris taps But again as the coach you don't really make the decision you just coach the players in front of you I like the organizations where the coach does have a say I like the great popovitches and the was rc beautiful type teams Where the head coach does get some type of say but also not all to say Because we've seen that work terribly as well and that was stan van gunny with detroit Then detroit have stan van gunny as the guy making the decisions and the guy coaching And that's how you leave to like john lure signing a big deal or some of those other players actually a tear on his own Give me the boss themselves his job right now the best job available We have an emergent superstar jason tayton. We have an emerging all star in jail and brown That's all I really need That's all we need Legitimately and it looks like the front office brats. He was already dedicated to making a better or the roster better a better fit We got another big after we didn't really have a big even though al whore for we'll see what he can produce Um, I think this this job is more about the I think it's more about the front office more than the coaching But I would love to have that job I mean like There's so many players on this team that I think will be fun to coach or Or could be flipped for players that are fun to coach You know like you cannot beat having two star players as a coach Like all these other teams all these are like the dallas mavericks. I'm looking at the list of teams, by the way The dallas mavericks have luka. Obviously generational. I already set that but that's only one star The polo charlotte's have one star the pelicans have one and a half stars Brandy in terms of star caliber player, but you get what I'm saying Um, they don't magic have no stars the pacers have a star the wizards have a star and a half I'm just saying a half for russia wesberg. I know that's gonna make some people mad, but whatever There's nothing better than having two star players And I would take that As a head coach. That's it. I know that the top two teams. I didn't really give super in depth But you should understand why those are the top two teams in my personal opinion Um, but that's it if you enjoyed the video leave it a like I guess let me know your personal ranking that I have somebody too low too high It's it doesn't really matter. It's just an excuse for me to talk about seven teams that aren't in the playoffs anymore. I see y'all Probably sue. I don't know whatever