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All pretty good picks. I don't see Nash coaching for some reason,I just can't put my finger on it.
Mike Monroe - Express-News Pistons forward-center Antonio McDyess has heard his name tossed around in speculation in the annual run-up to the trade deadline. He has been traded a couple of times, so it is something he expects.
Speculation that he might be a candidate for a coaching job?
Not so much.
Told last week that his name had been tossed around as a potential head coach at Alabama, which recently fired Mike Gottfried, McDyess laughed out loud.
“Me? Coaching? That ain’t gonna happen,” said McDyess, who played two seasons for the Crimson Tide before becoming the No. 2 overall pick in the 1995 draft. “That was funny to me when I heard that.”
There are plenty of active NBA players who smile when their names are mentioned as potential coaches — and not because they find the notion amusing.
Here are five players we think may very well wind up coaching their own NBA teams in the future:
Jacque Vaughn, Spurs
Vaughn has been a virtual assistant coach for the Spurs this season, mentoring rookie George Hill. That he is selfless enough to help the player who supplanted him as Tony Parker’s primary backup proves he understands the team concept. That he has played for both Gregg Popovich and Jerry Sloan ought to be enough to convince anyone that he has had opportunity to learn what works for a head coach. He also has played for some coaches who showed him what doesn’t work.
Steve Nash, Suns
Nash has one of the best offensive minds in the game — on the bench or on the court. He would need a strong defensive coach beside him — a Tom Thibodeau type — and a point guard who reminds him of himself, but his teams would be fun to watch. Being an MVP carries with it a built-in respect factor.
Sam Cassell, Celtics
Cassell already is a bench coach for the Celtics because he rarely plays. He finished second in a preseason GM poll about players best suited to be head coaches (behind Eric Snow, now retired), so actual NBA experts think he is on a coaching-career path. His upbeat personality and sense of humor would serve him well.
Derek Fisher, Lakers
His teammates call Fisher their “glue guy” in the locker room. Being able to hold together a group made up of guys who sometimes have individual agendas is Job No. 1 for any head coach. Plus, Fisher is a smart player who has played under two coaching masters, Phil Jackson and Jerry Sloan.
Kurt Thomas, Spurs
We know this list is point guard-heavy, but that is because point guards are coaches on the floor. Thomas is a big man with leadership qualities as clearly defined as any smaller fellow. He understands the importance of post play and physical defense. He already has been a player-assistant coach, during an injury-plagued season with the Mavericks. Besides, there’s nothing wrong with having a coach big enough to frighten any player.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...e_coaches.html
All pretty good picks. I don't see Nash coaching for some reason,I just can't put my finger on it.
Hard to flop when you're sitting down or standing on the sideline?
He'd cry every time the GM traded one of his players? Steve seriously sticks out like a sore thumb as the least mentally tough person on the list. He's plenty smart enough to coach, he's just a gigantic pussy.
Robert Horry should be on that list...and not just because he was a Spurs player.
Mario Elie and Sean Elliott were always two guys that stuck out in my mind as potentially good coaches.
I can see CP3 on this list in a few years.
I'd love to see it, but I'm sure he'd prefer to devote time to charities/soccer.
Maybe they should fire porter and just let nash coach right now. I'm sure they can give him a mike and let him call plays while resting his back when he's out.
Sean could, but probably wouldn't. He didn't even like his full time National TV gig a few years ago. Too much time away.
I think he saved a lot of his money, and is comfortable with a pretty much part time gig with the local coverage team. He gets to pick the games that he telecasts. For instance, he has the entire RRT off this year. He also NEVER does the one game from Detroit each year.
Bruce Bowen
I don't see any of those players listed above as a potential head coach except for Fisher.
Going through tragedy with his daughter, flying between the hospital and nba games.
He has the toughness and the respect others would follow.
I always thoght Manu could be a great coach, very smart, great to get along with and has learn from 3 of the world's finest in: Popovich, Messina and Magnano.
It just says coaching, not necessarily in the NBA. It's not hard to imagine Manu coaching an Argentinian team when he's done playing, to help carry on that legacy.
Fisher is almost a no-brainer, if he decides he wants to coach. Thomas and JV will become assistants somewhere when they retire. If they stay with it, they could become head coaches.
Sam Cassell has always been too much about Sam Cassell to be a very good leader.
The only way I see Nashy getting hired as an NBA head coach is if Steve Kerr takes over as GM for Toronto. It could happen.
Lots of veterans in the NBA mentor younger players- that does not mean they will become coaches. Coaching is an entire different job. Vaughn at the top of the list because he helps Hill is stupid.
Do you ever have anything positive to say about anyone? Seriously.
Least mentally tough person? You have no idea what your talking about. Nash has played most of his career with a terrible back. The discs in his back routinely slip out of place and yet he plays 75 games every season. Apparently, you also weren't aware that Nash had to earn his way into the NBA. He wasn't recruited out of highschool in Canada and only got a scholarship from Santa Clara when he sent them a recruiting video.
Ron Artest
Tim Duncan maybe.
I wish. But I don't think he has the right personality. Too reserved and introverted, IMO.
But I find it very hard to predict which players will end up being good coaches. It would be interesting to determine which position ends up producing the most good coaches: PGs, SGs, SFs, PFs or Cs.
My guess is PGs.
Sean Elliott would lay down against the Spurs every time his team played them. Unless of course he coached the Spurs.
Steve Nash intentionally fouled Bowen in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter. Why on god's earth would anybody think he could be a good coach?
Steve Nash would probably be alot like D'Antoni if he were to coach. I dont think Nash knows anything about defense.
If that were true then the Suns would be a better defensive team because Porter was a good defender when he played. Nash isn't going to make a team better shooters because he was a good shooter when he played. D'Antoni's system works for scoring points and winning in the regular season. It was good enough to transform Steve Nash from a pretty good, top ten point guard into a two time MVP. It's been proven to work on two different teams. Why anyone thinks that somehow makes Nash a floor general is beyond me.
I think of the current Spurs players, the best coach would be Manu. He knows offense and defense. He's smart. He's passionate. I think he would be a lot like Pop. Kurt Thomas might be good too.
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