Is the idea of the "retread" NBA coach almost completely dead?
Sure, some franchises are still interested in hiring head coaches with plenty of experience on the sidelines. But with Phil Jackson in a front office and old-school legends like Larry Brown, Don Nelson and Jerry Sloan apparently drawing little or no interest from teams with vacancies, there's been a pronounced shift.
Fresh blood is being added to the NBA coaching tree, slowly but surely. Well, maybe not even too slowly at this point.
Just think about the candidates who have been discussed ad nauseam during the playoffs. Steve Kerr has already been hired by the Golden State Warriors, despite not having any coaching experience at any level. Names like John Stockton, Earl Watson, Derek Fisher, Scottie Pippen, Tyronn Lue and plenty more have been bandied about, even though their coaching resumes are just as threadbare as Kerr's.
And all this comes on the heels of Jason Kidd being hired by the Brooklyn Nets before the start of the 2013-14 campaign, even though he'd only been retired for a period so short it's better measured i ...
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