Who is the first coach to leave class this season? Bulls Donovan became the number one favorite Popovich Malone, the safest
With the 2023-24 NBA regular season about to begin, which head coach has the most dangerous job? On October 17, Beijing time, the odds of the first coach of the NBA have been released. Bulls coach Donovan is number one and Hornets coach Clifford is second, with both favourites to leave the class. At the bottom of the odds are Popovich of the Spurs and Malone of the Nuggets, both seen as the safest head coaches in the position.
The specific ranking of the odds of the first coach out of class is as follows (the higher the front, the more optimistic about the class) -
1st-10th: 1. Donovan (+400) for the Bulls, 2. Clifford (+500) for the Hornets, 3. Fincher (+600) for the Timberwolves, 4. Kidd for the Lone Rangers (+700), 5. Unseld Jr. (+800) for the Wizards, 6. Tyronn Lue (+1000) for the Clippers, 7. Thibodeau (+1100) for the Knicks, 8. Billups (+1200) for the Blazers, 9. Willie Green (+1400) for the Pelicans (+1400), 10. Nets' Vaughn 1600);
11th-19th: 11. Hamm (+1800) of the Lakers, 12. Mazura (+2000) of the Celtics, 13. Carlisle of the Pacers (+2200), 14. Vogel of the Suns (+2500), 15. Griffin of the Bucks (+2800), 16. Jenkins of the Grizzlies (+3300), 17. Hardy of the Jazz (+4000), 18. Udoka of the Rockets (+4500), 19. Mosley of the Magic, Nass of the 76ers, King's Brown, Raptors' Rajakovic (also +5000)
23rd-29th: 23. Bixstaff (+5500) for the Cavaliers, Snyder (+6000) for the Hawks, 25. Daignnot (+6600) for the Thunder, 26. Spoelstra (+7000) for the Heat, 27. Kerr (+7500 for the Warriors), Monty (+8000) for the Pistons, 29. Malone for the Nuggets, Popovich for the Spurs (+10000).
The Bulls' Donovan is seen as the top favorite to get off the coach. This is Donovan's fourth year with the Bulls, following three seasons with a 117-119 regular season win rate of 49.6 percent, scoring only once in the playoffs, and going out in the first round with a 1-4 win rate of 20 percent. With the Bulls just going 40-42 last season, the team with DeRozan, LaVine and Vucevic underwhelming expectations, and Donovan is at risk of leaving school if he doesn't improve quickly in the new season.
The Hornets' Clifford is also in danger, a team that has missed the playoffs for seven years in a row, and it's hard to say how much patience the new owner will have. With the current strength of the Hornets, it is still very difficult to break into the playoffs in the new season. Clifford, who was sacked by the Hornets in 2018, returned to the Hornets last season with a 27-55 record. The 62-year-old's position is unstable.
As for the head coach who is least likely to leave class, in terms of odds, it is the Nuggets' Malone and the Spurs' Popovich. Malone led the team to a championship last season and is naturally in a very solid position, and as for Popovich, the Spurs have just renewed his contract and want him to coach Bunbanyama and will certainly not sack him. Who do you think will be the first manager to leave class in the new season?