Ranking all 30 NBA head coaching jobs right now: Why Lakers are near bottom and Dan Hurley was right to say no

When Dan Hurley passed on the Los Angeles Lakers, it sparked a debate about the job that the NBA’s marquee franchise was actually offering. The Laker brand remains strong, but, in practical terms, is the job especially desirable beyond that? Multiple league sources that spoke to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander suggested that it wasn’t. 

“That Lakers job isn’t good,” one source told Norlander. “It is not good. Anyone that’s not in the NBA might not realize it, but the perception of the job is better than what the job is. It’s not a good job. It’s hard; the ownership group isn’t flush with cash, and their front office hasn’t proven they can build a roster. Moving forward, you can’t even build up with three superstars because of the new CBA. You take LeBron and AD off that team, look at that roster. The team is horrible.”

This raises several worthwhile questions. What exactly makes a good coaching job in the NBA? And which teams have the best, and worst, jobs for coaches right now? Below we’re going to rank all 30 NBA head coaching jobs on their desirability. For the sake of argument, we will assume salary is not a factor. After all, we live in a world in which the Pistons are more willing to pay their top choice than the Lakers. Additionally, we will rule out market preferences as well. Those are going to vary on a case-by-case basis.

Instead, we’ll judge which of the 30 jobs would appeal most to a typical coach on the basis of these six categories:

How stable is ownership, and how involved is it in basketball decisions?Has ownership proven willing to spend on both players and off-court personnel?How stable is the front office, and what kind of track record does it have?How much job security does a typical coach with this team have?How talented is the roster, today, particularly when it comes to star-level players?How well-positioned is that roster for long-term success?

The teams at the top of this list check all six boxes or come relatively close. The teams at the bottom might not check any of them. So where do the Lakers fall,…

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Author : Sam Quinn

Publish date : 2024-06-11 16:10:06

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