https://bleacherreport.com/articles...zz-sources-peg-mark-jackson-as-kings-favorite Kings But early indications during this round of interviews are that Jackson is the front-runner and Kings chairman Vivek Ranadive's favorite to emerge as Sacramento's replacement for interim head coach Alvin Gentry, league sources told B/R. Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation believe Brown is the favorite among McNair's front office. If this choice is McNair's to make, he not only has to decide which coach is best to develop the budding pick-and-roll duo of De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis but also which coach has the greatest likelihood of steering Sacramento into the postseason. The Kings' well-known playoff drought has stretched to an NBA-record 16 seasons, and there's a strong expectation around the league that Ranadive may look to make changes to the management structure if Sacramento fails to reach the postseason again in 2022-23, the third campaign of McNair's tenure. Turnover has been a constant in Ranadive’s nine-year reign. This will mark the seventh head coach during that span, and McNair is the fourth lead executive of basketball operations. Hornets D'Antoni is expected to receive consideration for the Hornets' opening. Kupchak hired him in 2012 to helm Los Angeles, and Charlotte is said to value previous head coaching experience in its search, similar to the process in Sacramento. D'Antoni's uncanny ability to maximize playmaking point guards would seem to form a natural marriage with the Hornets' future, featuring second-year All-Star Ball. Charlotte may be D'Antoni's best chance to return to the sideline in 2022. He's been a popular name floated among league personnel as a potential replacement for Doc Rivers in Philadelphia should Rivers or the 76ers decide to change direction at the conclusion of these playoffs. But despite widespread rumblings of Rivers' intrigue in the Lakers' opening, and incessant talk of Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey perhaps desiring a different play-caller, the 76ers have maintained that Rivers and team leadership remain aligned about their future together. Rivers' contract runs through 2024-25 at $8 million per season, which is a hefty price for ownership to swallow. Brown and Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson were identified as other potential candidates for the Charlotte position. League sources have also mentioned Jerry Stackhouse, a North Carolina product who is the head coach at Vanderbilt and has long been known to desire an opportunity in the NBA. Jazz Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder is another candidate to monitor for Charlotte's search, sources told B/R. Not only was Snyder a Lakers assistant during Kupchak's tenure, but Snyder also played college ball at nearby Duke in the 1980s and was a Blue Devils assistant from 1995 to 1999 before taking his first head coaching post at the University of Missouri. Whether Snyder will be a candidate for the Hornets or Lakers job remains to be seen. He has one year left on his contract, league sources confirmed, and an option for the 2023-24 season, as first reported by The Athletic's Sam Amick. For Snyder to become a free agent, he would need to walk away before the conclusion of the agreement. The rampant speculation about his future has stemmed from the coach's rebuffing Utah's offers to extend him prior to this season. And while the Lakers are known to have strong interest in Snyder, pessimism persists around the NBA and several sources familiar with Snyder's thinking that Los Angeles does not present an attractive landing spot for the veteran coach. He is more often linked as a possible eventual replacement for Gregg Popovich in San Antonio. The Lakers have requested permission to interview Milwaukee Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham. Los Angeles appears to be taking the most patient approach among the league's three teams with coaching vacancies.
The good candidates are what MDA, Atkinson, and Snyder? Nobody is getting excited over Brown/Jackson lol Rockets had a choice between MDA, Atkinson, and Silas already, nothing new there. Snyder is interesting, but he's still under contract, and I doubt we would be able to land him if we tried, nobody lines up to coach the worst team in the league.
Mike Brown did a pretty good job with Team Nigeria in the Olympics and has also had a nice tenure with Golden State. Not a bad hire IMO..
Mike will gladly accept because “no one” else is hiring him as HC. Clifford, Mike Brown, MJackson…whatevs
No matter what you hear, and whatever smiles and claims of this being a choice everyone in the Kings organization wanted … know that the GM had almost ZERO say in who the candidates were and who the final choice was.
I would’ve taken Mark Jackson over Brown GS players constantly speak about the impact that he had there but he’s been blackballed guys like Thibs and SVG will continue to get chance after chance tho no matter how much they fail
Name the last time Mike Brown did something of significance without a dude named LeBron James on his team. I'll wait.
No one wins without great players. But, It's hard to say, 5 of his 7 head coaching years were with LeBron. One year he had the Lakers at the end of their run and they got to the second round. The other year he had a garbage Cleveland team where the 2nd best player was either Dion Waters or Tristan Thompson. I'd say he hasn't underperformed or overperformed. He's been an average coach. That’s probably more than the Kings could ask for at this point.
That's kinda my point. His most successful teams had a LeBron or a Kobe on them. And for the past 6 years, he's had Klay, Steph and Draymond. He's never not had a top 10 player on his team, before. Now he's going to a team where their best player is Domantas Sabonis, while their upcoming pick in this year's draft probably isn't going to be in the top 5. Since it's likely, moreso than not, that the Kings are going to Kings, Brown will probably be mediocre for 2-3 years before he gets fired and replaced with the next Mike Brown.
