The NBA’s coaching carousel has already started spinning with Doc Rivers‘ decision to step down from the Bucks, and Michael Scotto of HoopsHype suggests it could be an active offseason throughout the league on that front.
Milwaukee has a potential replacement on hand in lead assistant Darvin Ham, but sources tell Scotto the Pelicans could also have interest in Ham if they decide not to retain interim head coach James Borrego, echoing recent reporting from Jake Fischer.
Former Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins may be the top name on the market and is expected to draw interest from the Bucks, Scotto confirms. Jenkins previously served as an assistant under Mike Budenholzer in Milwaukee.
Scotto states that Borrego could also emerge as a candidate for the Bucks if New Orleans decides to move on, noting that he interviewed with the organization before it hired Adrian Griffin in 2023.
Scotto shares more coaching and front office rumors from around the NBA:
- The Bulls are hoping to hold onto coach Billy Donovan after upending their front office last week. Scotto believes Donovan may have some interest in taking over the Magic if they decide to fire Jamahl Mosley, pointing out that Orlando hired Donovan in 2007 before he changed his mind a few days later and decided to remain at Florida. Scotto cites Timberwolves general manager Matt Lloyd as a potential front office addition in Chicago, noting that Lloyd began his career with the Bulls. He also points to CAA’s Austin Brown as a possibility if the organization wants to make a run at one of the top agents in the business.
- Jenkins and Tom Thibodeau could also be options for the Magic if they make a coaching move, according to Scotto. Borrego, a former assistant in Orlando, may emerge as another possibility. Sources tell Scotto that Michael Malone had been considered throughout the league as a potential candidate for the Magic before he accepted a job with North Carolina.
- The Pelicans will consider keeping Borrego, but sources tell Scotto that Ham and Kevin Ollie will also be in the mix, while Mosley has “several admirers” in New Orleans and could be among the leading candidates for the position if he becomes available. Scotto also points out that Ham worked with Pelicans executive vice president of basketball 0perations Joe Dumars for two years in Detroit, while Ollie interviewed for the head coaching job when New Orleans general manager Troy Weaver was running the Pistons.
- Steve Kerr and the Warriors will discuss their future this summer, Scotto hears. Stephen Curry remains a huge advocate for Kerr and wants them to finish their careers together, but Kerr is the league’s highest-paid coach and there are concerns about burn-out after a difficult season.
- Interim head coach Tiago Splitter will be a candidate to remain with the Trail Blazers after leading the team to the eighth seed in the West, but several top assistant coaches throughout the league and some college coaches will also be considered, sources tell Scotto.
- Wizards coach Brian Keefe still has strong support from his front office, but Scotto’s sources say his future is “undecided” as the organization hopes to transform into a playoff contender next season.
- The Hawks‘ late-season surge could result in an extension for coach Quin Snyder, according to Scotto.
Its a 50/50 chance Kerr comes back. You can see he is tired and not having fun but he wants to ride out Curry’s last years. Warriors management needs to think of a coach for the upcoming rebuild to guide the team.
If Kerr leaves, GSW will win another title in the next 1-5 years, with Curry.
I don’t see curry playing in 5 years. He has talked about spending time with his family. If he did win another title he will retire immediately. MDJ need to bring in a scoring PF in the off season.
Curry has talked about playing deep into his 40s. He is simply too good to retire. Still a top 10 guy in the league. Has to win more rings than Bron before retiring. Hate seeing this defeated attitude amongst Dubs fans. Terrible aura tbh. There is no team to compare the current Warriors to, yet you all act like they are a 15 win team. Gross. We all saw the injuries. They were a top 4 team if healthy and playing like one until Podz’s horrible instincts took Jimmy’s season from us.
Below 500. Your grasp on reality is amusing.
Davey you need to face facts that Curry is getting older and willwant to spend time with his family. All great players retire.
But he does spend time with his family all the time? Maybe do less movies? I dont believe this take at all.
Curry wants Kerr back. How does that sit with you Wavey Davey Gravy?
Just the same old excuse. Warriors decline has absolutely nothing to do with age. Which in turn, has absolutely nothing to do with injuries. Maxed out cash wise too.
All Kerr.
@daveyj, Come on, bro. We can be Dubs fans for life and still be realistic.
Sure, Steph can continue for a 2-3 more years, but he’s showing the effects of age like everyone does. The more interesting discussion is how to rebuild in time for his very last years.
Unless they can unload Butler’s $58M contract, the 2026-27 season should be treated as a throw-away season, laying the foundation for the next era. They should be aiming for last place and a very high lottery pick.
The next 2 seasons will be about rebuilding. GSW paid 2nd highest luxury tax in league this season,
But it’s you who is the one who isn’t being realistic though, as GSW are absolutely never rebuilding. We might get a “re-load” if this upcoming draft nets them a quality rotation piece, but also, GSW might draft someone then trade them for a win-now piece. Every single thing the front office has said makes my takes correct and yours “NBA2K” level wishcasting. Real fans know it’s not over. You would have a point if Curry started openly declining, like Draymond, but he has basically been the same guy since his 2021 top 3 MVP season, every year after, including this one.
GSW are never rebuilding, period. The franchise is too valuable. The league relies on Steph and GSW about 1000x more than you think. Even if Steph was gone, Lacob would spend money on max deal free agents to keep the team winning.
The teams that refuse to rebuild are the teams that stays at mediocre for years. Example the baltimore Orioles. Curry said he will sign 2 year deals so since his deal will expire the most you can hope for is 3 years of Curry. He has not even commited to the Olympic team in 2028. If he makes it another 3 years you should be happy he stuck it out that long.
> GSW are never rebuilding, period.
That’s not true.
Lacob said publicly this last weekend that he knows next year is going to be a down year. He’s already got the second highest payroll in the league and there’s nothing available to him other than the MLE.
GSW have done a rebuild before, in 2019-20. They flat-out tanked. And the circumstances that season were very similar to this one: long-term injuries to expensive players (Klay + Steph == Butler + Moody ) would make contending impossible, and they needed to duck under the salary cap for one year to start spending again the next.
If you recall, as bad as they were, they traded a bunch of rotation players at the trade deadline (Willie Cauley-Stein, Glen Robinson Jr., etc) to get even worse and acquire draft capital.
Steph can be a Top 10 player next season and play 55 games, but no way this is a playoff team. With ownership taking the season to get under the cap, and without Jimmy and Moody, nobody, including Lacob and Dunleavey, expects the to make the playoffs.
Huh? How is Moody expensive? He is kind of cheap. Jimmy is already starting to warm up with the team. He could be back by January. Moody will probably be back by November or December.
They only have two contracts in place after next season. So, they are free to spend.
@aristotle – it is 100% true. The Warriors are too important to the NBA. It has nothing to do with their on-court standing, but the NBA has to make things easy on the Warriors, seeing how much money Curry and the Dubs bring in.
Curry is still #1 in jersey sales btw.
You aren’t seeing the bigger picture, and worse, are framing GSW like they are some struggle team. This is fact: Lacob will throw hundreds of millions at the next big FA the second he has the bandwith to. The NBA will force him to. Lacob is probably thinking of forming a Curry/Giannis/Joker big 3.
You sound like a 3rd grader on the playground. What an embarrasment you are. Is this the Peter Pan syndrome?
“Never rebuilding”? We diapers I am guessing.
Curry WANTS Kerr back … how does that suit you?
Completely agree. And Butler making 54 mil with a bad knee is mind-blowing to me. And no, I don’t blame the fans for that, I blame management for that price tag. Sure, Butler was good before the injury, but damn, couldn’t they have saved themselves some money and negotiated that number down quite a bit? I bet his agent is still happy though..Lol smh
Butler hinted at lower the money down to help out teh warriors but that means adding on another year.
So did Green. This only prolongs the rebuild while being mediocre. You’ll be stuck with these guys if you do this.
Why i wouldn’t sign Butler. His age and coming back from injury is not a good deal.
Huh? The rebuild begins after next season. No way around it. There is no turning back. Curry has already talked about playing less minutes. How fast they are able to acquire new players is the only issue.
After next season there will be about nobody left to play. Only a few under contract
Arc, its weird how quickly many of you “classic loser era” Warriors fans (I was one too) WANT and are openly HOPING to go back to “the bad days”. I will never go out like that. Stop thinking like that. Be a real fan again, please. Real fans dont think like “I cant wait to stink again!! Yay for meaningless games!!”
Also, what if GSW gets a top 5 pick and that player is literally another Kon/Cooper? Are you mentally ready to keep winning anyway??? I dont think this toxic, loser mentality you are subscribing to is ready for that convo.
I do not want some mediocre team that might make the playoffs but never win a championship. If you want to settle for a play in spot that is you but i want a team that will win more championships.
which we currently have right now.
that is why we need to rebuild Davey. Was this a fun season? NO Is the team very good right now without Butler and Moody? NO
Davey. Lmao, I’m never going out like that. Next Flagg is laughable. CJ the next Poole. Giannis is coming to San Fran.
What’s getting old and injured or anything the Warriors do got to with you. Your self importance is out of this world.
@SteveAdams a great example happening here is how I muted @NRG82 months ago, yet I still get notified when they have trolled/replied to me on here. This “mute” option does not work. You need to make it so whoever gets muted cannot be replied to by that poster, this does nothing to end stalking and harassment. I have no idea what that clown is saying, and will never respect anything they say, so why let them see my comments? I would prefer they did not, as they do not stand for anything, its pure annoying/trolling/argumentative crap, its not worth a single second of mine or anyone’s time.
Boy who cried wolf at it again.
@daveyj said,
> its weird how quickly many of you “classic loser era” Warriors
> fans (I was one too) WANT and are openly HOPING to go
> back to “the bad days”.
Don’t get it twisted. The point is that, as in all sports, a “reset” is necessary to get back to the top quickly.
We don’t need more aging/mediocre players. Outside of a Top 10 player in Steph, our player assets are the weakest in the league. We don’t have a single player that could be a #3 or #4 guy on a contending team. (Moody, Podz, and Gui are solid, but they’re second-tier.)
We need at least 2 young studs to avoid an extended period of mediocrity. Hopefully we get one in this draft. But we’ll need a high lottery pick next year to stop the free-fall.
@Arist you are correct the warriors do not have assets. You have Curry, Green, and maybe KP as starters but most of the other players are bench or situational players. We need a big PF that can rebound and crash the boards. Warriors also need a back up PG that maybe can get in the second round.
> Butler hinted at lower the money down to help
> out teh warriors but that means adding on
> another year.
0% chance they extend Butler this offseason.
Butler will be 37 years old next season. Zero NBA players have returned from an ACL procedure later than 33 years old. (See Joe Ingles)
Even if he comes back late next 2026-27 season, the best deal he’ll find for 2027-28 will be in the minimum territory.
The contract was signed 6 months before the injury. How can you blame management for that?
> And Butler making 54 mil with a bad knee is mind-blowing
> to me.
If you think that’s bad, how about $57M more for the sitting out the 2026-27 season.
Signing Butler was a calculated risk, and we lost. Everybody in basketball knew the odds were high that a 36 year old with a brutal injury history would be a liability.
Butler had averaged 57 games per season over the previous 5 seasons, one of the least available stars in the game.
At 36 years old, GSW got 38 games from him this season. Even if he’d played the expected 55 games, he’s still making $20M too much for a player his age.
No player in NBA history has ever come back from ACL surgery performed at 33 years old or later. (Google it if you don’t believe me.) Jimmy will be 37 years old.
Sure ok valid, but the risk they took was an unnecessary risk. They could’ve negotiated better. That’s all. Now they stuck
It’s the human aspect of basketball, Davey. Not all superheroes wear capes, meaning, just because Curry is one of the best shooters of all time, doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve to retire on his own terms. He’s had an amazing career but it’s ok to admit that he’s ready to hang it up soon. Point is, there’ll be nothing short of honor and respect for whenever that day comes. Future HOFer, Jersey #30 in the rafters and a lot more for his name alone.
Lol. The Pelicans signing Mosley would be the most Pelicans thing they could do. I understand that roster has had a lot of injuries but they should’ve still been a lot better than their record indicates. Even moreso with Orlando and we just saw a Mosley led team lose to their G-League team.
Pelican problem might be they have too many players for minutes available that play the same position. They need a true PG. Somebody as their QB to get passes to their big men. They need to trade assets and pick up a PG.
The Pelicans signing any of the coaches named here would be a terrible idea, especially Darvin Ham.
ORLANDO MAGIC firing Mosley will be an Atrocious Mistake !! … As he’s not responsible for the many injuries that kept his Team (throughout the season) Playing with Incomplete Personnel … Winning 45 Games that way IS an Accomplishment … NOT a Defeat !!
What’s his excuse for losing to the G-League Celtics last night in a must win game?
He doesn’t coach that team he has an assistant
@OTYG
The players shot 40% from the floor and 30% from the 3. That’s a player problem. Not building a team that can shoot the 3 other than Bane is a GM roster construction problem. I’m assuming Bane was playing thru an injury thus the reason why he played sparingly for most of the first 3 quarters. I’m not convinced Mosley is a good coach but I don’t think he was given a good team to begin with. Getting 45 wins from them might be considered enough to give him another season. The GM needs to get a better ball handler at the point that can distribute, create his own shot and got the open 3. Suggs was the only guy hitting 3s yesterday abs was 7/15 but he’s streaky and shot 33% for the season. They also need a true big to add rebounding and rim protecting. Banchero shouldn’t be your leader in assists or reminds every night. Wagner is more of a stretch 4 but can’t hit the 3 good enough. he needs to be north of 37%.
I would get a better PG. Stick with Bane at SG. Keep Banchero at PF. Trade Wagner for a guy like Ty Jerome. He’s not a traditional point guard but he has excelled at both creating for others and getting his own shot.
It was a literal G-League team they lost against dude. There’s no excuse for that.
@Oh
It’s the nba bro. bench players can ball too. Still my point is, he out the same starting lineup up out there and THE PLAYERS STUNK UP THE PLACE. What is the coach supposed to do? What in game changes can he make to get his players to shoot better than 40% from the floor or 30% from the 3? Suggs was the only one shooting well with 7/15 and that is not his usual work. they did get the game under 5 points deficit.
Bro. Mosley has not figured out how to play Wagner and and Paulo at the same time. That team is trash. When both of them are on the court. They play the same spots. He did a great job developing but he doesn’t know how to win and it’s time for him to move on. Maybe be an assistant coach for a couple years under a team that’s winning and then get a head coaching job again
@Buying
You don’t think he’s getting pressured to play Banchero, their franchise player and Franz, their most expensive player at $38 mil as starters??? Use common sense. If we can agree that Banchero and Franz are somewhat redundant and maybe not a great fit together them put that on the GM, the architect, not the coach. Mosley took this team from 22 wins to 34 to 47 to 41 to 45. Theye hit a road bump and the only impact player they’ve added is Bane. I would fire the GM Weltman before Mosley, or perhaps with him at least. Prior to Mosley the teams record was 25 wins then 42 then 33 and back down to 21. At least under Mosley they’ve consistently been .500 or better the last 3 seasons.
What are you talking about? Bro? Of course I know you’re going to play both of those players again. You must not actually watch basketball. Those two dudes are terrible when they play together and Mosley hasn’t figured out at all how to get both of them to play at a high level on the court together. At this point he’s done a phenomenal job as my post said of developing the players. He just doesn’t know how to win basketball games. There’s a difference. Some coaches win basketball games and don’t develop and some coaches develop and don’t win basketball games. So you thought you cooked in your response and you’ve made yourself look dumb
And last but not least, how are you going to be consistently 500 and keep your coaching job when your payroll is in? Basically almost second apron. You’re not 500. Doesn’t keep a job. Winning championships keeps you a coaching job. It’s time to move on and find the next coach who can push the team pass where they’ve been stuck at
Bro don’t ever come on here talking basketball again. What is your excuse after tonight? You have none because you don’t know what your talking about. Mosley is cooked. Bro has his full team and can’t even win a play in game. As we said he doesn’t know how to get the best out of Polo and Wagner
I don’t get why Portland would want to look at candidates other than Splitter. Seems to me that coaching the Blazers to a winning record and the 8th seed should have earned him the job for next year at least.
New owner is coming in right?
Billy most likely will stick with Bulls taking senior advisor role,bringing his expertise and insights.I don’t think Wes will be promoted to head coach role.With all cap space,available draft and a couple young talents to start building something,they will be looking for the best FO and coach available on the market because opportunities like this to fall everything in place at the same time come rarely.Doesn’t sound like Reinsdorfs,but looks like even them got tired of this mess
Zero chance the magic bring Billy back. He burned them once and they’ve never forgot that and neither have the fans
Mosley is gone for sure. Magic need to shake things up.
Wouldn’t mind seeing Tiago Splitter remain in Portland. Considering what he accomplished as an Interim Coach, in spite of the Injuries that the team dealt with, coupled with the Billups Arrest, he deserves at least consideration for the full-time job. Besides that, he was a member of The Spurs, under Coach Popovich. Enough said.
Bulls want to retain Billy Donovan?!?!
Can Bulls fans pls explain what the deal is?
4 straight losing seasons.
1 winning season in 6 seasons in Chicago.
A proven record for not developing young talent.
That record says he’s an NBA Assistant Coach. Or he should return to college coaching.
You need to read more than just the article about Billy and the bulls..it’s not the fans, it’s actually ownership that wants to keep Billy around. Now, why they want to keep him is confusing to me as well, but it’s clear that he’s their guy, unless he wants out.
They want him to help in the rebuild. they need young players to produce. this is a big draft for them with 4 picks 2 in 1st round.
Who wants the Bucks job without Giannis but with Jon Horst?
The game against the Celtics should seal Mosely’s job
For selfish reasons i hope they don’t but any team that doesn’t look at and seriously consider sam cassell is a foolish team