(The original text was published on November 17, and The author is Zach Harper of The Athletic website. The content of The article does not represent The translator’s point of view)

NBA head coach is a job full of variables. Maybe you were the savior of a team the day before, and you finished class the next day. You began to consider going to a certain team as an assistant coach, at the same time, I can get the salary of the remaining two years in the coach contract. NBA coaches are often replaced. Even if you win the annual best coach award, you have to find a job during the off-season of the same year. Do you still remember that after coach Dwain-Casey was fired by the Raptors, the Raptors were still on Twitter to congratulate coach Casey on the nomination of coach of the year?

When the coach finishes class, it often happens suddenly, which surprises everyone. Look at basketable nets. Durant applied for a deal during the offseason and asked coach Nash to finish class in the game with boss Cai Chongxin. Nash officially left basketable nets at the beginning of the last season. Sometimes in the blink of an eye, the head coach changed his position.

The Athletic website analyzed all 30 head coaches of NBA teams, including temporary and formal ones, to see which coaches are more secure and which coaches are in danger.

As long as you like, you can teach for as long as you like”

Gregg-Popovich baby (Spurs)

This year is the 27th year when coach Popovich baby teaches Spurs. I think it is safe to say that his job as head coach in Spurs is still very secure. Instead of discussing whether Popovich baby will be fired, it is more meaningful to discuss who will take over Spurs pointer from him. This season may be the last season of his coaching career, but it is also possible that the 73-year-old man decided to coach for another five years, which is difficult to determine. But what is certain is that Spurs will not let him go to any other team.

Eric spoolstra (heat)

In the early days when James joined the Heat, he once tried to bring Pat Riley back to the hot pointer. At that time, coach SIBO had only two years of coaching experience, riley led the Heat to win the NBA championship in 2006 after taking over pointer from Stan Van Gadi. However, Pat Riley’s trust in coach SIBO has never wavered. With the honor of two champions and five finals tours, the Heat would not want to fire coach SIBO. If something happens, SWO is more likely to replace Pat Riley’s role in the heat and work in the management, and the players will also ask him to return to the head coach for another year.

Steve Cole (warrior)

If Coach Cole leaves the warrior, he will only want to leave, not because he has lost the trust of the warrior. Cole has won four Championship championships in eight seasons of coaching warriors, and warriors and Coach Cole are working towards the goal of five championships in nine seasons. Cole’s health condition (the previous back problem was once very serious) may be the reason for his departure, rather than the dismissal notice from the management.

Just signed the contract, so you are safe”

Mike Brown (King)

So far, Coach Brown has not solved the problem of the King’s defensive end, but he has successfully led the king to a record with a winning rate of more than 50%, the last time the King won more than half of the game was when Dave Jorge was coaching in the 2018-19 season. The King’s offensive fire was fierce, and the whole team was full of confidence in the game. Regarding whether coach Brown can keep his job, what is worrying is that since coach Adelman finished class in 2006, the king has changed 12 different head coaches. Coach Mike Malone once led the team to start with 8 wins and 5 losses, but the class was over when the team’s record came to 11 wins and 13 losses. However, everyone who looks at the King seems to like Coach Brown at present, and the team’s performance at the beginning of the season is also encouraging.

Darwin ham (Lakers)

They (Lakers management) gave Coach ham a bag of groceries with oat milk, a box of cereal and a plastic fork, and then asked Ham to cook a Kobe steak dinner, with roasted spinach and baked potatoes. Even the management of the Lakers would not take coach ham out as a scapegoat so early.

Will Hardy (Sir)

Maybe when Danny Anji stared at banyama above, coach Hardy would be fired by Anji for winning all the time, but he would not leave the Jazz. Coach Hardy has been one of the hottest assistant coaches in the league for a long time. This season, he led jazz full of role players and made a fantastic start instead.

“The resume is good enough or the performance is too good, so you don’t have to worry about being fired”

Nick NAS (Raptors)

Raptors fired a coach of the year for coach nasus, and then nasus immediately brought a championship trophy to the team. Coach NAS has always been regarded as one of the most impressive coaches, especially in terms of adjusting the game plan and trying different defensive tactics. The management of Raptors likes him, and the Raptors also like him. He has brought a lot of help to the success of this team, so he will not go anywhere.

Tyron-Lu (Clippers)

Coach Lu has not won the championship in the Clippers, but he is a champion coach and has done a very good job after replacing Rivers. The existence of coach Taren Lu made the Clippers not defeat when they were unable to play as stars. Last season, it can be said that the Clippers had the chance to participate in the playoff play-off match thanks to coach Taren Lu’s hard adhesive tape sticking the lineup together. If the two Clippers can play normally, it will not be a problem for Taren Lu to lead the team to compete for the championship. The Clippers love Tyron Lou very much, and they should do the same.

Monty Williams (Sun)

Coach Monty Williams will feel that his work is very stable. After three years as the head coach of the Sun, he is two victories away from the NBA championship. Last season, the Sun played the league’s first regular season record. The Sun in the rematch Park was perhaps the most memorable part of NBA at that time, and the sun was not as strong as it is now. Almost everyone is willing to listen to Monty Williams, except perhaps Elton, and his cooperation with Paul and Booker is excellent. Monty Williams sits firmly in the position of head coach of the sun.

After the first year of resistance, your work is safe”

Willy Green (Pelican)

Willy Green is a great coach. Pelican started a bad game last season due to injuries, but in the past 63 games, they have played 33 wins and 30 losses in total, there are three new players in the rotation lineup. Pelicans scored the playoff play-off last season. After locking the last playoff ticket, the first round brought a lot of trouble to the first sun in the West. Compared with former coach Stan Van Gadi, Willy Green gets along better with the players and gets some great veterans. He will serve as Pelican coach for a long time.

Changxi-Billups (pioneer)

Perhaps last season, you still had doubts about whether Billups could always be the coach of the Blazers. The blazers at that time gave up many excellent players and there were not many players left to use. It was a bad start for Billups’s coaching career, but later the Blazers reorganized the entire lineup, making the lineup structure more balanced and the team had a good starting point. Today’s blazers no longer need Lillard to stand out like a superhero every night to win. With or without Lillard’s leadership, Billups coach can make the Blazers perform well.

Jason Kidd (Lone Ranger)

Kidd’s third post as NBA head coach may be his best performance. He once had some strange and difficult moments with the Bucks in basketable nets, and then he had to be ignored, put down your self-esteem and seek a third job. Before coaching the Lone Ranger last season, Coach Kidd had a lot of funny performances on the court, but after coming to the Lone Ranger, he helped the team play a better defense, and Dong Qiqi could play more freely. Kidd’s work in Dallas should have no problem unless we find that the soloist’s defense has been completely degraded in the next few seasons.

It’s already the second year, and your performance will be closely watched”

Jamal-Mosley (magic)

After Nash and basketable Nets parted ways, something strange happened. Magic coach Mosley became the next NBA coach with the highest odds. Mosley became the head coach of magic after about 15 years of coaching in NBA. This season is his second year of coaching magic. Magic is not a team that is going to produce results now. Not long ago, they just got the star player bankelo. Maybe the odds stole the laziness, casually found a team with the worst record, and then put the head coach of this team at the top of the odds. Or some unknown prediction, at least we can start to pay attention to it now.

Little onselde

Led by coach anselde, the Wizards made a good start for the second consecutive season. Last season they started 10 wins and 3 losses, and this season started 8 wins and 7 losses. Although they did not play well last season, considering that the best players in the team did not play in the past few games, such an opening performance is still surprising. However, last year, the players of the Wizards raised the problems of the team’s offensive system bluntly. I feel that there is a very open critical environment in the talent team. The head coach will not only accept everyone’s criticism, but also welcome this kind of frank communication, which is a very mature way of communication. However, if the team encounters difficulties and this behavior of publicly questioning the head coach from time to time will bring about any impact, it will be a question mark.

“If the team lets you go, it will be crazy”

Nate McMillan (Eagle)

After coach McMillan took over pointer from coach Lloyd Pierce, he almost led the eagle to the NBA finals. Last season, the Eagles started badly. Coach McMillan reunited the players and took each game more seriously. After the start of the season, he once again pushed the Eagles to play a bigger squad and played harder on the defensive side. As the head coach, McMillan has some shortcomings, but he has indeed proved his ability in the Eagle.

Mark degenot (Thunder)

Even though deginot sat on the sofa holding the sign of “I am Thunder coach”, I don’t think most people can immediately recognize him as Thunder coach, but he does seem to be a good coach. Thunder has a very young lineup, and its defensive efficiency can be ranked in the first half of the league. Coach deginot was asked to train a reconstruction team to have certain competitiveness. Thunder’s management also gave him time to grow up. When Thunder no longer wanted more picks, soon we can see the rewards coach Degano gave to the team.

The team played well and everyone liked you very much”

JB-bikstav (Knight)

Knights and other teams are going in reverse. All teams are playing a small lineup, emphasizing the comprehensiveness of their abilities? Bikstav played a big squad in the front court and fought against the opponent. In the short term, they would become the real trouble for the opponent. Knight Management made a very correct decision and gave bikstav a formal full-time contract. He built Garland and Jarret Allen into all-stars, and he would do the same thing on little Mobley in the future. If it weren’t for the tide of injuries, the Knights would have been in the top six in the East last season, so bikstav’s work was still very stable.

Taylor Jenkins (Grizzly Bear)

Even if Morant was selected by the grizzly bear in 2019, the grizzly bear at that time seemed to have to go through a period of reconstruction. However, under coach Jenkins, the reconstruction goal was completed ahead of schedule. In his three seasons as a full-time coach, Jenkins led the grizzly bear to win the second regular season record in the league, winning the Young Pioneer Team history single season. When the best players in the team are absent, the grizzly bear can also win the game. Coach Jenkins can say that he can stay as long as he wants.

“Although I won the crown, I still want to shout ‘budenholzer, class is over! ‘”

Mike Budenholzer (Stag)

I joked before that the stag should fire coach Budenholzer during the championship parade. Coach Budenholzer attracted a lot of criticism because of some shortcomings of the team before the Bucks won the championship, and most of the criticism voices were appropriate. For example, coach Budenholzer did not make enough adjustments during the playoffs. Downtown could easily collapse the stag’s defense. After that, coach Budenholzer seemed to be enlightened, adapted to the competitive environment of the playoffs and made changes, learned how to become a champion teacher. However, I think the stag management should dismiss Budenholzer and then rehire him back to stay in the team for a period of time.

“Temporary employment, I can’t make a final conclusion for the time being”

Joe mazula (Celts)

Who knows how the Celtics will decide the manager’s choice in the end? Will you make mazula positive? However, as long as the team has been winning, the half-time attack seems to be more and more overwhelming. Coach marzula has a greater chance of becoming a full-time head coach from a temporary head coach. Coach marzula is relatively not famous at present. Although Wu was banned by the team for one year ducurno, in fact, there is still an employment relationship between the team and him. However, coach marzula seized this opportunity very well, because when he took over the Celtics, the situation in the team was much more chaotic than now.

Jacques warn (basketable Nets)

Don’t refute me in a hurry. I know that basketable nets has given coach Warne a formal contract until the end of next season. I think his job is still like a temporary employment, mainly because this is the basketable Nets team. I wouldn’t be surprised if basketable Nets got into the situation of the Lakers or kings in the 2012-13 season, constantly hiring new coaches and then firing them until they thought they had found the right person. Coach warn is respected, but basketable nets was banned by Celtics in Wu ducurno, he also tried to consider hiring him to become the head coach of basketable nets. I think when analyzing the situation of basketable nets, we can abandon the thinking of the normal team when hiring and firing the head coach.

“Maybe when will the class be over”

Steve Clifford (wasp)

After coach Kenny Atkinson decided to stay in the Warriors, the boss of the Hornets, Michael Jordan, rehired Clifford as the head coach of the Hornets, feeling like the couple just broke up and got back together soon. Clifford is not a bad coach, but I feel that hornets and Jordan do not think so completely. Coach Clifford is a very reliable choice if Hornets plan to go all out and try their best to reach higher heights. He has his own coaching philosophy, strong adaptability and great defensive awareness, but if the wasp’s goal this season is wenbanyama, why leave Clifford? Maybe when the offseason comes and the Hornets reevaluate the team, coach Clifford is the one who needs to leave.

Rick Carlisle (Walker)

The danger Carlisle faced after class was not due to him, but to the management of walkers. Not long after coach Carlisle took over the Pacers, the management realized that the team needed to be rebuilt. The walkers got Halliburton through trading, took matherin at the draft convention, and then sent Saponis and Brogden away. As for Turner, I feel that the walkers have been trying to send him away since a long time ago. Does the 63-year-old Carlyle coach want to see the rosters list shrink further and have to face the situation of guiding a group of young people? Maybe he is really willing to stay, maybe this is the coaching experience he wants to seek after saying goodbye to Dong Qiqi!

“If things don’t develop as expected, they may become scapegoats”

Billy Donovan (bull)

It is not complicated to analyze coach Donovan’s future in the bull. The bull can form such a lineup at present, thinking that one day they can become competitors of the championship, or just saying that they can play well, waiting for a future deal, a star who is dissatisfied with the home team will realize qualitative change. If it is the former, then the bull can’t reach the division finals, and coach Donovan will definitely be the scapegoat; If it is the latter, coach Donovan will be in a good situation unless the players want to kick him out.

Dwayne-Casey (piston)

Do you still remember the goodwill established by the piston with a strong ending performance last season? Coach Casey has established a good connection with the young players of the piston and performed well in the second half of the season. And all of these disappeared after the start of the new season, there are many reasons to explain, and the odds of “The next dismissed NBA coach” mentioned earlier, the second place following the magic Mosley coach is coach Casey. Personally, I don’t think Casey will be fired by the piston. Maybe he will take a step back after the meeting and join the team management in some capacity. But then again, the performance of the piston this season is indeed very bad.

Chris Finch (Forest Wolf)

When you bet on the team’s future picks for players like Gobel and expect him to solve all the team’s problems, if things start to develop in a more embarrassing direction, at this time, we must find a scapegoat. I guess De Angelo Russell will be the scapegoat first coach Finch, but it is much easier to change a coach than to adjust the lineup on a large scale. Finch is a good coach, and he is also the reason why Timberwolves succeeded last season, but he has not found the formula to make the existing lineup produce chemical reactions.

Mike Malone (Nuggets)

This is the eighth season for coach Malone to coach nuggets, during which he performed well most of the time. In fact, since coach Malone coached the Nuggets in 2015, the total number of wins of the Nuggets ranked eighth in the league, and when he took over, the Nuggets was not a strong team. In the past five seasons, the Nuggets have won more than 46 games each season. With the help of coach Malone, jokiki has become one of the best players in NBA and has been selected as an all-star for many times. But in the end, you still need to succeed on the playoff stage. We have seen a better coach than Malone in the Nuggets. The Nuggets have been closer to the Championship. If they fail to win the final honor, the coach will often become a scapegoat. If the Nuggets continue to fall on the championship journey in the playoffs in the next few years, it may not be enough to leave coach Malone in the division final of the rematch Park. However, if yokiki wants to keep coach Malone, he will probably not leave.

Stephen Silas (rocket)

Silas only coached the Rockets for two seasons, which brought such a big change. When he took over, the situation of the rockets was very bad. Almost all the excellent players in the team wanted to leave, and the Rockets immediately started rebuilding. Coach Silas had to endure losing and hope to contribute to the team’s victory one day. The rocket is still a young team, and the early growth stage has not seen the dawn of victory. Silas seems to be a good coach, but after all, the Rockets have not started to win, although it is unfair to Silas. The rocket owner fairdita is very patient this time, but how long do you think he can be patient?

“The personal profile may be updated soon”

Tom sibodu (Knicks)

After the start of this season, I feel that SIBO du may continue to coach in the Knicks. Last season, Knicks performed very badly under the leadership of sibodu, which was still a very good team two years ago. The Knicks have made a stable start this season, and I feel that there should be no problem with SIBO’s work. However, it should be noted that the decision makers of Knicks are not rational. Leon Ross and his team are competent for the management, but in the end, we are still not sure whether boss James Dolan will intervene, I don’t think Dolan will last long.

Doug Rivers (76 people)

Only four weeks after Rivers took over 76 people, the team exchanged Simmons for Harden, and now the team is more like the former rockets. There are rumors that if the state of 76 people falls into a downturn, the management will replace Rivers with a coach who is more in line with the style of rockets that year. Although these are only rumors or speculations at present, Rivers can indeed rank in the top five NBA coach who is most likely to finish class.

Original: Zach Harper

Compile: Li Taibai

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