The 20 Greatest NBA Coaches #9

Post #1 » by **penbeast0** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:18 pm

The 20 Greatest NBA Coaches Poll
1. Red Auerbach
2. Phil Jackson
3. Pat Riley
4. Greg Popovich
5. Larry Brown
6. Chuck Daly
7. Red Holzman
8. John Kundla

My personal favorite -- Doug Moe?

Lenny WIlkens 32 years (8 with Seattle) / 1x Coach of the Year / 1 championship (Seattle)
Career NBA 2487 1332 1155 .536

Don Nelson 29 years (11 with Milwaukee) / 3x Coach of the Year / no championships
Career NBA 2316 1309 1007 .565

Jerry Sloan 23 years (20 with Utah) / no championships
Career NBA 1888 1137 751 .602

Jack Ramsay 21 Years (10 with Portland) / 1 championship (Portland)
Career NBA 1647 864 783 .525

Rick Adelman 18 years (8 with Sacramento) / no championships
Career NBA 1397 860 537 .616

Alex Hannum 16 years (never more than 3 with a team) / 2x Coach of Year (one ABA) / 3 championships (St. Louis Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, ABA Oakland Oaks)
Career TOT 1213 649 564 .535

Slick Leonard 14 years (12 with Indiana)/ 3 championships (Indiana ABA)
Career TOT 1107 573 534 .518

Rudy Tomjanovich 13 years (12 with Houston)/ 2 championships (Houston)
Career NBA 943 527 416 .559

K.C. Jones 11 years (5 with Boston) / 2 championships (Boston)
Career TOT 858 552 306 .643

Bill Sharman 10 years (5 with LA Lakers) / 2x Coach of the Year (1 ABA) / 2 championships (1 Utah ABA, 1 LA Lakers)
Career TOT 819 466 353 .569

Anyone else that people feel strongly enough about to vote for as their choice for one of the greatest coaches of all time?

Post #2 » by **penbeast0** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:21 pm

I think I am going to put in a vote for Bill Sharman here. On the downside, he only coached 10 years. On the upside, his players speak well of him and he won titles in both the ABA and the NBA. Going to have to go with Hannum soon, added KC Jones to the list although he never impressed me that much, still .643 winning percentage despite time with the Bullets is impressive . . .

Longevity . . . Nelson, Wilkens, or Sloan . . . anyone want to do a comparisom of the three?

The Explorer · Post #3 » by **The Explorer** » Tue May 26, 2009 12:03 am

I'll go with Sharman as well.

Post #4 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Tue May 26, 2009 12:56 am

Between Hannum or Sharman for me. I'll throw my vote to Sharman, but can be swayed.

Post #5 » by **penbeast0** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:14 am

Anyone know why Sharman quit coaching? I know Hannum had problems with people despite his success; don't remember any stories about Sharman but few coaches with his success quit after 10 years.

Post #6 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:49 am

penbeast0 wrote:Anyone know why Sharman quit coaching? I know Hannum had problems with people despite his success; don't remember any stories about Sharman but few coaches with his success quit after 10 years.

Didn't he go onto become the Lakers GM after he quit coaching? The Lakers being pretty crappy after West's retirement and mediocre in Kareem's first season there probably had something to do with it as well.

Post #7 » by **tkb** » Tue May 26, 2009 4:43 am

Hannum still

Harison · Post #8 » by **Harison** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:34 am

tkb wrote:Hannum still

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Post #9 » by **Gremz** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:12 pm

Hannum.

Post #10 » by **penbeast0** » Wed May 27, 2009 8:40 pm

ok, I'll switch over to hannum so we can move on

WesWesley · Post #11 » by **WesWesley** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:19 pm

Doug Moe to me is a lot like D'Antoni.

High octane offense that looks good, but doesn't get the job done.

Both great coaches and basketball minds, but I still think a coach like Sloan is more deserving.

Vote: Sloan.

Edit: Are we considering ABA accomplishments? Because that changes a lot for me. I personally have been ignoring any games coached in the ABA because the title is 20 greatest NBA coaches...