Can The Rockets and 76ers Pull Through With Their Teams?

The Clippers, Rockets and 76ers were all major disappointments in the playoffs, and as such, each of those teams subsequently parted ways with its coach.

Do the math, and that leaves six current NBA coaching vacancies, and below is a ranking of those potential opportunities from most to least attractive.

I hesitate to put the Clippers in the top spot, as my personal preference would not be to go to a team with championship-or-bust expectations — which the Clippers absolutely have, despite what Paul George thinks.

It’s also a tenuous situation with the Clips in that both Kawhi Leonard and George are entering the last year of their contracts, so whichever coach comes in is going to have exactly one season to get things to a championship level.

If said coach doesn’t do that, they will face the potential of losing one Leonard and/or George, only to be left with a talent cupboard that was largely emptied to lure George in the first place.

That said, every coach wants as much talent as possible, and there are no coaching vacancies that offer the current talent of this Clippers team.