Which Head Coaches Get Fired? Who replaces them?

NYG · Post #1 » by **NYG** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:09 pm

Which coaches will be replaced this off-season? Which coaches will replace them?

NYG · Post #2 » by **NYG** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:11 pm

Depending on playoff results... I could see...

Clippers
Bucks
Pelicans
Knicks
76ers
Spurs (Pop retires)
Kings

All looking at new coaches

Post #3 » by **gswhoops** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:12 pm

Willie Green (NOP), Mike Budenholzer (PHX), Chauncey Billups (POR) seem like the prime candidates. Billy Donovan (CHI) would be my dark horse pick.

Christie is technically only the interim HC, so he probably won't get "fired" per se but IDK what his odds are of retaining the job permanently. And of course Pop won't be fired but might retire for health reasons.

NYG · Post #4 » by **NYG** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:19 pm

Clippers hire Mike Brown
Bucks hire Ty Lue
Pelicans hire Chris Quinn
Knicks hire Jay Wright
76ers hire Mike D'Antoni
Spurs hire Jacque Vaughn
Kings hire Frank Vogel

Post #5 » by **gswhoops** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:20 pm

NYG wrote:Depending on playoff results... I could see...

Clippers
Bucks
Pelicans
Knicks
76ers
Spurs (Pop retires)
Kings

All looking at new coaches

I don't get this one at all. Lue is widely considered one of the better coaches in the league and he's got the Clippers outperforming expectations.

NYG · Post #6 » by **NYG** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:22 pm

gswhoops wrote:
NYG wrote:Depending on playoff results... I could see...

Clippers
Bucks
Pelicans
Knicks
76ers
Spurs (Pop retires)
Kings

All looking at new coaches

I don't get this one at all. Lue is widely considered one of the better coaches in the league and he's got the Clippers outperforming expectations.

Yeah you're probably right

Post #7 » by **zimpy27** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:31 pm

Vogel should be a head coach.

He was great on the Lakers
He had the Suns playing greater than they were.

He should be coaching a team that wants a defensive identity. I think Blazers let Billups deal expire and hire Vogel in offseason.

JRoy · Post #8 » by **JRoy** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:32 pm

Billups

MartinsIzAfraud · Post #9 » by **MartinsIzAfraud** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:34 pm

You could argue Mosley in Orlando could get fired but probably won’t. Weltman only had 1 year left on his deal so probably a prove it year for both FO and HC.

ReggiesKnicks · Post #10 » by **ReggiesKnicks** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:35 pm

JRoy wrote:Billups

Why? He built a much better culture than anyone expected given the lack of talent on Portland. A team most pegged as a bottom 5 team in the NBA is on the verge of the Play-In.

Seems like a foolish move to fire Billups at this stage, given his success with a talent-deprived team.

ReggiesKnicks · Post #11 » by **ReggiesKnicks** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:35 pm

MartinsIzAfraud wrote:You could argue Mosley in Orlando could get fired but probably won’t. Weltman only had 1 year left on his deal so probably a prove it year for both FO and HC.

If the FO has 1 year left, I think they would be more likely to go after a different HC.

JRoy · Post #12 » by **JRoy** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:42 pm

ReggiesKnicks wrote:
JRoy wrote:Billups

Why? He built a much better culture than anyone expected given the lack of talent on Portland. A team most pegged as a bottom 5 team in the NBA is on the verge of the Play-In.

Seems like a foolish move to fire Billups at this stage, given his success with a talent-deprived team.

Avdija and Camara have changed the defense. Clingan to a lesser extent.

Billups still seems hapless to me. Prefer to higher a professional coach who knows what he is doing.

ReggiesKnicks · Post #13 » by **ReggiesKnicks** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:56 pm

JRoy wrote:
ReggiesKnicks wrote:
JRoy wrote:Billups

Why? He built a much better culture than anyone expected given the lack of talent on Portland. A team most pegged as a bottom 5 team in the NBA is on the verge of the Play-In.

Seems like a foolish move to fire Billups at this stage, given his success with a talent-deprived team.

Avdija and Camara have changed the defense. Clingan to a lesser extent.

Billups still seems hapless to me. Prefer to higher a professional coach who knows what he is doing.

Don't forget Scoots development (Highest on-court and on-off on the team).

MartinsIzAfraud · Post #14 » by **MartinsIzAfraud** » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:08 am

ReggiesKnicks wrote:
MartinsIzAfraud wrote:You could argue Mosley in Orlando could get fired but probably won’t. Weltman only had 1 year left on his deal so probably a prove it year for both FO and HC.

If the FO has 1 year left, I think they would be more likely to go after a different HC.

Not Orlando’s FO they’re the most risk averse in the NBA. Rather hold onto the known vs making a move. Same with the roster the last 3 years.

JRoy · Post #15 » by **JRoy** » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:10 am

ReggiesKnicks wrote:
JRoy wrote:
ReggiesKnicks wrote:
Why? He built a much better culture than anyone expected given the lack of talent on Portland. A team most pegged as a bottom 5 team in the NBA is on the verge of the Play-In.

Seems like a foolish move to fire Billups at this stage, given his success with a talent-deprived team.

Avdija and Camara have changed the defense. Clingan to a lesser extent.

Billups still seems hapless to me. Prefer to higher a professional coach who knows what he is doing.

Don't forget Scoots development (Highest on-court and on-off on the team).

He could not have gone anywhere but up after last year.

tmorgan · Post #16 » by **tmorgan** » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:14 am

Billups early years as a HC remind me strongly of Kidd’s early years as a coach. Didn’t deserve the job, didn’t know what he was doing. I don’t know what the world thinks of Kidd as a coach now (average, maybe?), but I imagine Billups will get there.

Doesn’t mean it will be in Portland, though.

ejftw · Post #17 » by **ejftw** » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:28 am

If Clips replace Lue with Brown, well, remember, up the river and not across the bridge.

Myth · Post #18 » by **Myth** » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:40 am

I’m starting to see more speculation of Billups being extended.

ReggiesKnicks · Post #19 » by **ReggiesKnicks** » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:43 am

JRoy wrote:
ReggiesKnicks wrote:
JRoy wrote:
Avdija and Camara have changed the defense. Clingan to a lesser extent.

Billups still seems hapless to me. Prefer to higher a professional coach who knows what he is doing.

Don't forget Scoots development (Highest on-court and on-off on the team).

He could not have gone anywhere but up after last year.

He went up more than most people, including yourself.

He could have also just continued to be bad but instead he is one of your best players.

JRoy · Post #20 » by **JRoy** » Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:48 am

ReggiesKnicks wrote:
JRoy wrote:
ReggiesKnicks wrote:
Don't forget Scoots development (Highest on-court and on-off on the team).

He could not have gone anywhere but up after last year.

He went up more than most people, including yourself.

He could have also just continued to be bad but instead he is one of your best players.

He is trending toward average from one of the worst in the league.

Would not call him one of the best blazers.