In some cases, the manager always seems to be used as a scapegoat for losing, so much so that management and players can escape blame. In the modern NBA, the replacement of head coaches is very important. As a result, the US media "sportskeeda" listed the five head coaches with the worst winning percentages in the 2021-2022 season, and the Rocket Thunder Cavaliers won the top three.
5. James Borrego (42.2%)
The 2021-2022 preseason season made James Borrego well known, leading the Hornets to be beaten by Kidd's Lone Rangers, losing 68 points. Before being named charlotte Hornets head coach in 2018, James Borrego was only the NBA head coach for 30 games. James Borrego's time at the Charlotte Hornets wasn't difficult, after all, given the Hornets' roster over the years, the low winning percentage was acceptable.
The Hornets made it into the regular season last season with a very young roster. Four of the best eight players led by James Borrego are 22 or under, and for James Borrego and the Hornets, the 2021-22 season is certainly an explosive season. Last season people saw the possibility of their explosion, and a lot of people expected them to make the playoffs in the new season. However, James Borrego's coaching ability is still in doubt, after all, in his fourth season of coaching career, everyone has not seen him bring better tactical play to the team.
4. Luke Wharton (41.0%)
Luke Wharton's NBA coaching career was a big name, and he spent three rookie seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, but he never won more than 37 games in a single season during that time. LeBron James came to the Lakers in 2018 and played 55 games for Luke Wharton, the team only won 19 games, but in the end the team missed the playoffs.
It could just be the price the team has to bear when young people in the league need to grow naturally. Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram, Larry Nance and Jordan Clarkson were all very young, but they all got better after they left Luke Wharton. After three turbulent seasons for the Lakers, Luke Wharton chose to head north to the Sacramento Kings to work with his old friend Divac. Divac was the King's general manager at the time.
It's no secret that he didn't conduct a real coaching review, but rather that they believed Luke Wharton was that person. Luke Wharton has won 43 percent of the games in his last two NBA seasons, though his roster is constantly changing. During his tenure, the Kings' roster wasn't very important. Because Luke Wharton didn't give any indication that he could improve or make a team better.
3. JB-Bikstaff (37.5%)
JB-Bixtaugh spent the second full season of his coaching career as NBA head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers last year. In 2018, he was the head coach of the team for the first time, after he was an assistant coach in the NBA for 15 years.
JB-Bixtaugh's coaching career is complicated as he often seems to fill a sacked coaching vacancy in the middle of the season. It was difficult for him to get anything out of those years because there was no time to implement any tactical system and players that he thought was best for the team. Then you look at the Cleveland Cavaliers last season, who are expected to get into a better position in the Eastern Conference. However, JB Bixtaf was so intent on developing young players and giving them plenty of opportunities to grow, and the end result was that his winning percentage was somewhat dismal.
The above aspects make it difficult to assess JB-Bikstaff's ability as a coach, and recently he has said that there is no need to emulate the Golden State Warriors' style of play, because the Bucks have achieved success on their own way, so go their own way and let others say go!
2. Mark Degnault (30.6%)
It's also normal for Mark Degnault to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to the roster, with young coaches paired with a bunch of young players. The Thunder have 8 players under the age of 23. There are 5 people who play less than 500 minutes in the NBA. Shay Giggers Alexander, currently the best player on the Thunder's roster, played just 35 games last season.
Al Horford is the team's only veteran, but was traded back to the Celtics after the Thunder played 28 games. It will take a while to know how strong Mark Degnault, 36, is in charge.
1. Stephen Silas (23.6%)
Many felt that Stephen Silas deserved praise for what he had to face in Houston. After 20 years as an assistant, Stephen Silas made his first time as head coach of an NBA team, but unfortunately he faced a farce on the Rockets.
It's hard to forget James Harden, who was a member of the Rockets at the start of the 2020-21 season. In pre-season matches last season, he had been waiting to be traded, and PJ Tucker had also been thinking about it for a long time, but not because Stephen Silas wanted to do so. Later, after James Harden and others were traded, Eric Gordon didn't look happy either and suffered from injuries for most of the season.
New signing John Wall is trying to recover from injury while also adapting to his second team since his career-long time for Washington. Core player Victor Oladipo, who has been brought in since James Harden's departure, has played just 20 games before his injury. That should be enough to make us understand that Stephen Silas didn't have a chance to win more games in the last NBA season. It is also difficult to assess Stephen Silas's coaching ability now, and it is also very exciting to see whether he can lead the Rockets to rebuild and rise into the 2021-2022 season.