Player Coach? That'd be a sweet le for Tim in his final season. Hasn't been done for decades but it can be done.
Wiki "Today, the
collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the players' union prohibits the use of player-coaches, in order to avoid cir venting the league's
salary cap, as coaches' salaries are not counted under the cap. Therefore, if a player is to serve as a coach, he would have to receive commission from his contract as a player. The player, then, is not technically an official coach of his team but instead simply a coach in name."
Timmy Player Coach. Sounds like a fitting le to TD's last season. Get it done. Exactly the opposite of Kobe's final year where he hindered the young Lakers. Tim can help everyone on the team from the bench, especially the newbies and play when he is up to it or in favourable matchups for him. Player Coach. Get it done. Imagine Timmy pioneering the player/coach position. It could come back big with vets who are smart and nearly retired but wanna keep playing and who are maybe not ready for a full on assistant job just yet.